Photo Radar

I officially hate Photo Radar Cameras. I wanted to post a pic of my alleged speeding, but it wouldn't let me copy the picture online. Driving School here I come. Thank you Scottsdale Police Department!!!

One more week...

Yes, I know that it is pathetic that I have not posted since LAST YEAR - really pathetic. None the less, we have a lot of exciting things happening in the near future so I am starting afresh. Stay tuned.

For starters, we have one more week until we find out where we will be living for the next three years. It is exciting, yet just kind of hangs over our heads. We are waiting to see. They have match day ceremonies at the same time across the country so that all graduating students find out at the same time where they will be doing their residencies. It should be exciting. We will keep you posted...hopefully before next year.

Top 10 events in the last month

Yes, it's a long post, but what can you expect when I only update my blog once a month. (Mom, the video of her walking is from December 6 - I'll have to put an updated one on here soon.)

10. Thanksgiving: This year we went to Casey’s grandparents house for Thanksgiving in Taylor. It was raining and cold, but it was really fun. Some of Casey’s extended family was there, so it was fun to see them.

9. Casey turned into a ‘real’ handyman: Paige broke our lamp a few weeks ago. Casey didn’t want to buy a new one so he decided to “fix it.” Needless to say...we got a new lamp.

8. Our 4 year Anniversary: Yep, four whole years. See #10 for pics. This year our anniversary happened to fall on Thanksgiving so we didn’t really do anything to celebrate except eat too much.

7. Casey’s Birthday: Casey turned the big 2-7!!! We never celebrate his birthday on the actual day because it normally falls during finals week. This year we went to the zoo lights (very exciting) and we had cake and ice cream. A good time for all.

6. Tamra’s Birthday:
Yes, our entire family (so far) has birthdays in December. When Paige was born, my dad told us we should have all our kids in December and party all month long – we already have to party all month long so I don’t think we can fit in anymore birthdays. Anyway, for my B-day, we went to see the Nutcracker at Symphony Hall. Carianne and Rusty came with us and so did Andy with a date (Casey’s brothers).
5. New nieces: Carianne and Rusty had their first baby – little Kate Annette. And Taunya (my sis) and Nick had a baby girl, Mackenna Noelle, on Christmas eve.















4. Paige started walking: Paige was taking quite a few steps by thanksgiving and by the beginning of December, she turned into a little toddler. She no longer crawls at all, she just gets right back up and keeps walking. She does really well until I put shoes on her. Shoes make her a little clumsier. She is getting into everything and loves to climb into things or put things into things. Her favorite are my corner kitchen cupboard and the refrigerator.


3. We got a new car: We bought a brand new car at the end of November. Casey’s car broke down while we were in Phoenix a few months ago and we were planning on buying a car when he graduated and were not prepared to buy one now. They have some really good deals on cars right now, so we went ahead and got it early. We ended up with a Ford Explorer. I get to drive it and I love it. It is a bigger car so I feel safer and can see more on the road and it is way easier to get Paige in and out.

2. Christmas: After we went to the nutcracker, we went back to the Crandell’s in Casa Grande and stayed there until Christmas morning. Then we went up to Jenn and Brent’s for Christmas dinner. Taunya was there with her 1 day old baby (what a brave mom). We had a good time and then packed up and came home.

1. Paige turned One: Paige turned the big One year old on the 19th. We had her birthday party at Grandma Crandells house so it would be easier for our family to travel. She of course had no clue what was going on, but was very excited for her new toys (particularly the ones that she saw before they were wrapped).

Apples, apples, apples

My sister and I got together to make applesauce and apple pie filling. The recipe for pie filling is absolutely delicious. We did this a couple years ago when Casey's Grandpa had a bunch of apples from his garden. The apples failed this year so we ordered 4 boxes from Utah and canned away. Paige was a big help and so was Matt, who probably peeled a whole box of apples by himself.


Here is our finished product...I forgot to take a picture before we started packing up our jars so most of them were already packed in boxes.

First Step

This is quite literally Paige's 1st step. It just happened to be caught on video because it was on Halloween and we had the camera out. I have yet to see another performance that is this skilled. She kept trying to walk for awhile and then she realized it is more efficient to squat down and crawl away when she is ready to make her move.

Happy Halloween!!

Paige decided to be a ladybug this halloween. I was going to make the costume, but I went to buy some wings for it and found the whole costume for $8 more so we went with that. Here she is for her big debut...

Paige sat by the door the entire evening waiting for trick-or-treaters. Everytime I would shut the door, she would cry. It was pretty funny (yes, I am a mean mom who thinks it is funny when she cries). Below she is enjoying some of her favorite treats - she just doesn't know how much better they are unwrapped.Here she is at Grandma Crandell's last week. She is going to be one spoiled girl. Really, who needs the whole bowl of candy.

Snot...

...all babies have it!!!