A Wonderful Christmas Time.....

Christmas time is here!!! And I tell you what it has been a blast so far! I have been a terrible poster lately but only because we have been doing so much! Here is a quick run down of the things we have done this season so far.... at least that we have pictures of:)

 For those of you who don't know Tanner is in a Bishopric of a singles ward. It has been such a blessing for us. We have met some of the most incredible people and they just love our little Owen! Not to mention the awesome activities!

FOOTBALL
Here we are cheering on the guys in our singles ward at their intermural flag football game. It was freezing but totally worth it! They had a huge fan club and even had a "Fan Appreciation" dinner after the season. They won the Championship this year!!! WOO WOO! ( I have to mention my cute little O Bear in his bear suit:) So cute! He LOVES football!!!)

CHRISTMAS PARTIES
This is at the singles ward Christmas Party. We had an awesome meal and then they acted out the book "How the Grinch Stole Christmas". It was histerical! I am convinced that we have the funniest people in our ward!

If you can't tell, the sleigh is actually a couch with a motorized wheelchair on the bottom!

FESTIVAL OF TREES
Every year now we go to the Festival of Trees at the South Towne Expo Center. It is a huge fundraiser for Primary Children's Medical Center and I love it!!! They auction off the most amazing trees, wreaths, quilts, gingerbread houses, etc. and all the money goes to the Hospital. I can't help but think of our sweet Ashley girl (my neice) everytime I go now. She was there for the first few months of her life and is doing really well now but will be having open heart surgery on January 7th. We love you sweet girl and are praying for you!

 

 Tanner's little sister Camille always dances at the Festival of Trees! She is so fun to watch! She is the GORGEOUS one in the middle.

Owen hanging with Bumpa while watching Camille

WORK PARTIES

For Tanner's work party his boss took everyone to a go-kart place and had dinner catered by one of our favorites... Goodwood. Before you could get in your go kart you had to put on these awesome hair nets. That's pretty studdly if you ask me:)

 

TEMPLE SQUARE AND GATEWAY

We love going shopping at the Gateway and checking out the Temple Square lights! This picture was taken last year... we attempted to go see the lights after shopping but it was so cold and the Mo Tab concert just got out so we decided to just drive around it:) we'll see if we can make it back up this year to get a picture.

Best of all.....

SPENDING TIME TOGETHER

I am so grateful that Tanner is able and willing to go to school but I LOVE when he finishes up that last final! Now we can just just spend time together for the holidays! YEAH!!!

My guys:)

 

Owen's favorite "together" time is when we bring him in our bed Sunday mornings! He loves our bed! He usually will even fall back asleep! Who says you can't sleep in anymore when you have kids:). He's such a good boy!

 Then there are the times when he just takes over:)

And yet again... playing on our bed!:)

I hope you are all having as much fun as we are!

Pictures!!!

We decided to do pictures and a Christmas card this year and thanks to my friend Jacquel we could afford it!! She is absolutely amazing and so much fun to work with! Even though it was FREEZING cold I think that she got a TON of awesome pictures! Tanner and I felt so bad for Owen! Poor kid! He was a champ though.... he has some of the cutest/funniest faces in these pictures! Love them! Sorry about the picture overload:) Yep... she's that good that there are just a ton more I could post! Thanks again Kel!
If you want her info go to http://www.momentsbydesign.blogspot.com/

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

So yes... I know... I am a little late on the Thanksgiving greetings, but yes I am still grateful!

First of all for this studly man...

Close second this oh so handsome boy...

My wonderful family...

And the Savior... and the insurmountable blessings that come by being a member of His church!

So many things to be thankful for.....

Happy Halloween!!!

So my friend Jacquel has just started a business designing announcements, cards, newsletters, and things like that and she is amazing!!!! She did Owen's announcement and I love it! We got together today and she put her amazing photography skills to work! These are the untouched photos and she is doing a little card for my family members and I can't wait to see the finished product! She is amazing and so much fun to work with! You can check out her website at http://www.momentsbydesign.blogspot.com/. She recently did a card for my niece in Oklahoma and did an awesome job! Thanks again Kel! Love you!

 

Yep... it was freezing and he wasn't very happy at first but he warmed up to it after a while:)

WELCOME HOME ELDER ROBERTS!

It is so fun to have Scotty home! He is such a good brother and example to all of us. It was so fun for him to meet our Owen! We love you Scott! (Nope... no pics:( but we still love you!)

BIG Week

A blessing... brother leaving on a mission... and a new baby!!!

It has been a big week for us! Other than me working 2 jobs (other post) and Tanner working and going to school full time we blessed Owen on Sunday, my brother Jesse left on his mission on Tuesday to the Brazilia, Brazil mission, and my only sis just had their first baby Grace Anne. It has been the most amazing week just filled with blessings!

Owen's blessing day... was so great! I am such a lucky girl! I have the sweetest little boy in the whole world and I am so grateful for a wonderful worthy husband who can bless him. It was such a beautiful blessing. Thanks to all of the family who came and helped out! It really made the day special. I was so great to see so many righteous men standing in the circle... especially knowing that there are two more in Oklahoma and one in Brazil that are worthy to join. We love you all!

Is that just the cutest!?!

Elder Jesse John Roberts... left tuesday. It is always bitter-sweet to say goodbye to a missionary. He is amazing and will do awesome! We love our missionaries!!! Owen especially loves Jesse. It is so cute...he will always just grin at him with his mouth wide open.:)



Best Buds! Jesse and Joel won't see each other for four years. (pretty handsome guys)

Grace Anne... was born on Tuesday! We can't wait to see her! She is the daughter of my sister Suz and her hubby Matt. CONGRATS!!! She is just so beautiful! We can't wait to go to Oklahoma to see her! Love you guys!


(quick note on the hair.... yep it's short and I have never had it short before. I love it! new and fun!)This is on our way to a ward camp out. We didn't sleep over though. Owen didn't love it:)

Also Tanner made the Dean's list!!! WOooO! I'm so proud of him! He has worked so hard and it is definately paying off.

SO MANY BLESSINGS!!!!

Who knew Tanner was a carpenter?!?

So for those of you who know me well you know that I very much have the attitude of "If you can't find it.... make it!". Of course this applies mostly to extremely expensive clothing items.... formal dresses, wedding dresses, clothing in general really. Usually not much else. Well apparently I married the right man because Tanner thinks the same way when it comes to things that you can't find (or that are over priced) that you can possibly make.... headboards, accent tables, etc.
Well Tanner decided to put his carpentry skills to work when I decided I wanted a little accent table but couldn't find the right size for the right price. What a sweet hubby! So here are some pictures of my new accent table that Tanner made for me along with some of the headboard he made me a couple of months ago! So glad I married a man who loves me enough to built the crazy things in my head:). I always tease him that he is going to build our house some day..... he doesn't think that sounds like a very good idea:).



Proof that he really built it!


The beautiful finished product! Love love it!!!!