Yee-Haw!

Howdy! I was invited to a baby shower this weekend and it was western themed. This wasn't any old baby shower though, this was the shower for London Daniel Gwartney, who is our future Godson. Tristan and Lark are the future parents and we just love them so much. Tristan is like a kid sister to me so it is very weird that she is about to be a mama.

Anyway, it was a lot of fun. I wish I would have taken tons more pictures of the event because it was decorated so cute. They did a really good job.

Y'all come back now ya hear!

Me and the future baby's mama

Vegas Baby!

This past Saturday Micah and I decided we would meet up with Jace & Jan for a day in Las Vegas. Well, more like an evening in Vegas. So after getting settled in at their hotel we realized that it was basically time to head out to go eat and pick up our tickets for the show. Jace tried to get a quick cat nap in before heading out but that didn't work out so well. Anyway, dinner was fabulous, and surprisingly The Phantom of the Opera was pretty amazing. We loved the show and enjoyed the evening with mom and dad very much. Unfortunately, we needed to head back home so we said our good byes and dropped them off at their hotel. It was kind of weird, because of it being a short visit it felt like we lived in the same state or something and were just meeting up for dinner and a show. Thanks you guys we had a blast seeing you.

Two Chai Tea Lattes and a Carmel Macchiato

"So Micah, you want to get a Dilly Bar sometime?"

That was our quote for last weekend. Micah and I were able to have Bea all to ourselves while Davey and Shan went out of town for the night. So yes you're right, we spoiled her rotten. Friday night it was restaurant of her choice and she decided on her very favorite restaurant which is Ruby's Diner. She had a grilled cheese and french fries but she kept calling it a Quesadilla. HAHA!
Then we woke up Saturday and we went out to car hunt, I know what you're thinking "Who the heck takes a five year old shopping for a car?" Well we went and visited my dad and brother at the dealership they work at and we test drove a few cars that Micah is interested in. We actually had a really good time and since Bea was on her best behavior she was able to get an ice cream of her choice from Dairy Queen. She chose a Dilly Bar.

We ate the ice cream in the car on the way to her special surprise we had planned for her. The scary thing was we had never been to where we were taking her so we had no idea what to expect. We took her to John's Incredible Pizza Co. (basically a glorified Chuck-E-Cheese, except it has rides) She had a blast, and surprisingly so did we. The only thing was we ate so much bad food we felt like crap so after we cashed in all of Bea's tickets and she claimed her prizes we went straight home and went for a jog while Bea rode her bike. We were determined to get all the sugar out of her system by the time Davey and Shan returned home. I think we did OK, but she was just so excited about her fun day that the minute they walked in the door she was bouncing off the wall again. We loved having her, she is just so precious.




Bea riding her own bumper car!


Then came Sunday. All of us had a sneaky surprise up our sleeves for Bea. After church we headed out to Disneyland and didn't tell her. We just told her we were going to get breakfast from somewhere, and then we would go home. After stopping at Sonic for a good nutritional breakfast, we drove to D-Land. It was only seconds after pulling into the parking structure that Bea realized where we were, and she flipped out. It was so much fun. We had a great weekend.

Rewind

Back on the Blog truck people. (I have no idea what that means so don't ask)

I didn't blog about the Holidays and there is just so much that happened I will try and remember it all in order.
Let's start with Christmas Eve. We enjoyed it in the comfort of the North Wing section of our house a.k.a The Quiggle's. We had Brie fondue and played board games all night. I believe we officially went to bed by 2:00 am Christmas morning only to be awaken by a very excited 5 year old. Seriously we had so much fun! We were all so excited by the mountain of presents that were awaiting to be opened the next morning.

This basically sums up our evening

Bea was ecstatic about Christmas, almost as much as I was. We literally spent hours opening every one's gifts. Mind you neither of the two families went home for Christmas this year so we all had gifts from Grandparents, parents and siblings. We enjoyed coffee and muffins, while opening all the gifts and just had a great time. It was awesome celebrating Christmas morn with the Quigs, an experience I will never forget.

awww...Christmas morning

                         Shan got us awesome stocking stuffers...Thugs for life!

We bought Bea a tutu. She was so precious in it!

Even Don and Smashy got in the holiday spirit.

Then we left the mess for Shan and Davey to clean up while Micah and I ran next door to start preparing the Christmas meal. Actually, Micah prepared the meal I just assisted. My family would be coming over shortly and lunch was expected at 2:00 pm, and if you know my family when they are hungry, they are ready to eat. So Micah prepared his delicious Chicken Cordon Blue, with twice baked potatoes, green beans, rice pilaf and the special gravy that is spread over the chicken. It was delicious!Then the rest of the afternoon was filled with games with the whole family and playing Wii.

Wii and some more Wii.

OK now I will fast forward through the week to the New Years weekend. We decided before Christmas that we would visit Mamaw and Papaw in Clovis, NM. So after a few hours of work that Friday morning Micah, Don and myself drove 14 hours straight there. We haven't taken a road trip in awhile so we enjoyed it very much. We stayed the weekend and enjoyed the company of our loved ones. Jace and Jan drove down for the weekend as well so that rocked! We ate some of Mamaw's awesome cinnamon toast and Chicken Enchilada Casserole...mmm...mmmm...good! It was a great time and we were so glad we went.

OK I knew we weren't in Cali anymore when I saw this!

OK so now onto New Years Eve. We wake up extremely early so we get home at a decent hour because you know we had somewhere to be for New Years Eve! We arrived home at 7:00, only to shower, get dressed and head right back out the door. One of my oldest friends (Natalie) invited us over for her New Years Eve bash, so we headed straight over there. We had so much fun, and we even got home at a decent hour.YAY!

Natalie's roommate had a little Chiuaua named Chandler and I loved him!

Ya so I am not done. New Years Day has a traditional of it's own for the Quiggles and Ensors. We all partake of the worst food you could ever eat, and by doing this it is a kick off t eating healthy again for the new year. That's right, we had KFC. We only have it once a year and this is the day we do it. We all feel horrible after we eat it just because it is so fatty, but it is tradition so we have to. Of course we enjoy it while eating it, but not even a minute after we are finished we are all guilt stricken.

Cakesters!

OK so that about sums up the Holidays. There are a lot of details and events I think I might have left off and I am sorry.

OK I don't when this was but it some time in between Christmas and New Years. Micah living out his childhood dream of being a Transformer.