Merry Christmas!!!

Welp we haven't posted since Thanksgiving and yeah we haven't taken any pictures either. I need to get better at that. Dallas is the great photographer, but he is done with taking pictures. 

Anyway, not a whole whole lot has changed with us. Dallas finished up his semester at MCC and is more than happy to be on winter break until Jan. 16.  I also am on winter break now. I finished up Friday. It has definitely been a challenging semester for me, but I am learning a lot and I do really love my kiddos. I am so grateful to have the job that I do. 

So now that we are on winter break we are getting ready for Christmas. We have been Christmas shopping a couple of times and have just a few gifts left to buy. Then all the wrapping! Tomorrow i plan on baking now that i have some time this year before Christmas. It should be fun. My sisters and I will bake up a storm. Sorta. This Christmas should be a good one. Dallas and I plan on cooking breakfast Christmas morning at Dallas' Dads. We also plan on a white elephant gift exchange with Dallas' Mom's family which should be hilarious. Dallas and I bought great gifts. We plan on putting up a good fight to get them back. We are also going to spend sometime with my sisters, brother, brother in law, and niece to do a gift exchange and to hang out. More than likely we will watch Christmas Vacation. Charlie's favorite. 

We love you all! And are just happy to have a break and to have each other this time of year especially.

Happy Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving this year Dallas and I split our time as usual. We started our day with 2 turkey bowls for Dallas and a great workout for Jenn. Out of the ordinary though, I (Jenn) had to actually cook! I think this is the first Thanksgiving I was asked to make something. I am 25 though so I guess I have to start sometime. Everything turned out great. After our morning Dallas and I went to Nana and Papa's place for our first Thanksgiving meal with is mom's side. Everything was really good. especially his moms sweet potatoes. They were made with extra love and boy did we love her for that. After the meal i helped clean up and chatted with the family while dallas took a nap. The turkey kicked in really quick. After Dallas woke up we said our goodbyes and made our way over to see my family and to eat our second meal. Ugh!

So during and after dinner Langley enjoyed her Thanksgiving food. She was in a sharing mood and gave me many chunks of her green bean casserole. She also decided it would be fun to smear it on her own face instead of putting it in her mouth.

Thanksgiving turned out really great this year. After spending some time Thanksgiving afternoon at Dallas' Grandparents house with his mom's side of the family, we traveled out to south Gilbert and had a dinner with my sisters and brother and niece. Joey made the Turkey which turned out great and which Dallas was so generous to carve. Jessica did the green bean casserole and mashed potatoes. Alexis did the stuffing and I did the other green bean casserole and rolls. Everything turned out great and Langley even enjoyed it. After dinner we put Lang to bed and played games. It was a pretty hilarious time.   

Langley got to say hi to her daddy.

Dallas carved that turkey to the bone:)

So this is our apartment well parts of it. all decorated an what not. It must have been late because Conan is doin his thing on our HDTV which is a year old. The lovey wreath on our door was an awesome gift given to me (Jenn) from my good friend Lara Fletcher:) She an amazing girl and really shouldn't have:)

Twilight

Well Friday is the day!!! Twilight is out and I can't wait! It took me long enough to get into the books and after I read The Host, I though ok why not. So I began reading figuring I would loose interest, but much to my surprise I loved them and quickly devoured all 4 books and I am currently reading Midnight Sun online. I have become such a fan that for my classes themed scarecrow for the school fall festival we did a Twilight theme and dressed our scarecrow as Edward. It was a labor of love;)So yes I can now be grouped with the tweeny group of girls and their mothers who will be lining up to watch Bella and Edward's story come to life on screen....it will never do my imagination justice:)

Pumpkin Hunting and New Happenings

Yay!! Its finally starting to get cold in AZ. Well at least in the mornings and late evenings. We'll take it 
though. Its helping us get into the holiday spirit. Not that I (Jenn) need any help. I am watching The Grinch as I type this. And if you're wondering its the cartoon version, the best one:) Well as you can see we went pumpkin shopping the week of Halloween. Now why this is still relavant is because we ended up never having time to carve the pumpkin and it is still chillin on our doorstep all perfect. Well its only rotted a bit, on the back side. But its doing well and adds to our festive Thanksgiving decor. Besides holidays, we have been super d duper busy. Dallas has started up his own city of Mesa softball team the Softball Homers. He recruited some guys from church, some from highschool and some from work to play. So far they are pretty decent, but the one team that they played sucked hard core. Dallas is also playing on a work softball team for the city of Mesa. So thats right he is gone 2 nights a weeks ballin it up. Thats just fine with me. Except the first team, the team Dallas put together, I have to be team wife. Its not bad, just cold. Along with being team wife:) I am juggling quite the load between work and school. Being on the activities commitee, we are in the heat of the season. I just helped to wrap up the Halloween party which was a success and we have moved right on to the Christmas party. A Hawaiian Luau. Nice right:) The best of both worlds, kinda sorta. I am also now a den leader for the bears and every Thursday night we are creating and doing and trying not to hurt ourselves while signing of cubscout stuff. I dunno I've never done this before. At work, whew,  I am shoulder deep in Student Council work. We just wrapped up a Fall Festival where we made $300 from a bake sale. Not shabby. I am also coordinating and running a canned food drive. Did i mention i am doing all this for only half the pay. Yeah. Sucks. Oh and did I mention the 24 kids that occupy my classroom and are my number one priority?? Yeah my head is spinnin to say the least. But somehow I am whippin it all out and getting it all done and still having time to spend with Dallas. Whew prayers answered yeah? Soooo... life is very busy and crazy to say the least but we are still oh so happy and lovin it all. Crazy is good right?? Well, thats my motto for now.

Stuff thats New. Finally!

Things are new and changin!! Thats right I'm blonde again:) kinda miss the brown and the length but... I guess its ok. You tell me:) Though you cant see it, our apartment is fully furnished and decorated. Guess you'll have to stop by to see the poshness of our place. We have included a pic of our favorite spot of decor... the wall o Nixons. Thats right the dream has come true and we arent done yet. We want that whole dresser full of them. Dont worry we will post that picture too because we know how seriously awesome it is to look at. AND of course the newest addition to the Clonts family no not the 51-30... the Suzuki SV 650 S. Dallas has a new baby and I have decided that he can keep it because we hope someday he will let me have a baby too. One that coos instead of revs. Anyway he is loving it and doesnt look to bad all suited up;) Life is good here and we will try to do better at keeping this current. We know you miss us Bullocks:)

YAY!!!! Little Lang has made it to her year mark! This 2 month premie celebrated her 1st birthday Sept. 29! The party was great and the family was all there. Aunty Jenn even made the crown meant for a 3yr old princess work for this tiny one. It was a great day and isnt she the cutest thing you've ever seen!!!?

The Next F'n Trip

Oooooook... so here is trip number 2 of the summer of Dallas. This time Dallas' travels took him to the beautiful bay area of California. The F'n in the title of this entry regaurding this trip has 2 meanings. 1: Dallas left me home for a whole week, again. and 2: a very large purchase was made as a result of the trip. SO details. Dallas had the opportunity to spend some time with my fam.( dad, brother, and brother in law). The trip was out to Laguna Seca in Monterey, CA. The boys go every year and this year my Papaw had to drop out so Dal got the ticket, which is quite expensive. Sooo dallas spent a week taking in the Racing bike world and being "greenhorned" by my brothers. By the end of the week Dallas was sold. The testosterone filled world of MotoGP got to him and he wanted a bike. So here we are 3 months later and there is a bike sitting pretty outside in our parking space and a sparkly helmet decprating our breakfast bar. Hold on to your butts ladies and gentlemen dallas is out on the streets. 

The F'n Back Packing Trip

Soooo... Over the summer Dallas took a few trips. This was the F'n back packing trip as he likes to call it. Dallas and his BFF Jake spent a week back packing through the rough and ragged terrain of northern Arizona. Strapped with about 60 pounds of gear they set out for their week of adventure. Dallas and Jake planned to hike a trail that would lead them through Chevlon Canyon and out to Woods Canyon Lake. Even though the trail was plot there was still a problem upon arrival...rock and LOTS of it. We're talking big boulders from canyon wall to canyon wall. Needless to say there were bumps, scrapes and bruises and even a night on a hard granite surface (the only area that was flat enough to sleep on). There were some pretty spots and lots and lots of green. But lets just say they were sooo done by the weeks end. 

Graduation

May 22, 2008 The last little Holmes entered the "real world" kinda. Though we all know that the real world doesnt hit ya until many years down the road when we graduate from college, then its when we get married, then its when we have kids. Anyway she has progressed in some form into the world outside of high school. LIttle Alexis (not so little anymore) graduated and we were all there to celebrate. Even Langley and Dallas made an appearance seeing as how they are the newest additions. Alexis wore killer shoes that did in fact eat her feet alive. We couldn't find the car fast enough after the ceremony. We took pictures, in the Holmes fashion of course, all in our pose and showing our bright whites. We shmoozed for a bit among the sea of graduates families and friends and then headed back to Gilbert to go home and sleep. Alexis, who knows what she did and for that matter I dont really want to know. Happy graduation little sis. Someday you'll be as old(and cool) as I am.

Laie, Hawaii

It was all about Lost! They film all over Oahu!!