Christmas at the Challis House

Blair and I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and hope you have a

wonderful new year! Here are some pictures we want to share with you!

Mom and I kickin butt at pool, mom rocked the house!

Brad and Hannah, who are now in Texas,

dang cowboys!

semi-annual shoot-off

Blair and I didnt bring our A-game

Grammy and the girls making a gingerbread house

Tavie ate the decorations off the house just as fast as they were put on

me and Naomi (nomi) playing with strawberrry shortcake,

who by the way smiles like strawberries.

Blair and I enjoying the kids! they were having so much

fun opening presents and throwing wrapping paper around.

we decided when we have kids we will just give them wrapping paper

and bows for christmas and us the real presents. they have more fun

with the paper than the toys!

Grandpa and Britton (look at those smiles!)

Sarah and Tavie getting warm by the fire

Tavie.... Huh?

poor nomi, so tired, but here's part of the Rowles family

Beautiful Tori, who by the way can spell/write both her

nickname and her full name

Nomi getting ready for the 10 degree weather!! she rode

the fourwheeler with me and spent the whole ride back facing/hugging me
because she was so cold!! she's just the cutest thing!

monkeys with a fudge covered face!

Lovin that squash

Eden sportin' her little mermaid pj's

Eden enjoying the glorious squash

The Jared Hanson Family

Britton Truckin' (Jared's and Becky's son)

Becky is pregnant with their second child and just looks beautiful!!!

The Roger's Visit

Excited and ready for the ice skaters

Glorious Cheerios

Tavie was very content sitting on Blair's lap

and sharing her Cheerios

I'm not sure that Blair minded it very much either

We took them to the Davenport Hotel to look at all the Christmas

trees and decorations, and here is Tavie sitting next to Mr. Davenport

Blair and Evan weren't completely into the Ice Skating, but then

there were fireworks, flips, and fire breathing dragons.

So it wasn't so bad for them after all.
the sailors of the Little Mermaid were doing flips

The fire breathing Dragon

(name that disney movie!)

after the show ready to brave the snow!

It snowed the entire time they were here!!

Tavie's probably grabbing for her princess snowcone

once again, she has a problem with concentrating on the camera

Waving to Belle's dinner party

Sarah, Evan, and Tavie drove up to see us last weekend and we took them to Disney on Ice (mainly for Tavie). It was such a blast! Tavie was a kick! She was having so much fun, laughing and smiling, it was so great! She kept waving to all the princesses and clapped at just about everything. It was so much fun watching her loving it.

Avery Girl

Pretty much the Hippest Chick around

She kept these on for a few minutes (until they fell off.)

Avery is just so freaking rad. She's got attitude and a good sense of style.

She's rockin in my black and pink Aubrey-Smith sunglasses!

I went to Cali to visit my family before thanksgiving and only managed to

muster up maybe 3 pictures! I know, what a dummy!

Thanksgiving Pie!

Blair was proud of me too!

(k, I'm not pregnant, its just not a very flattering picture of me!)

So happy I didn't screw it up!

I made my first Chocolate Meringue Pie. It was yummy! I was really stoked about it, and it turned out really well! Blair and I spent Thanksgiving with his family here and we had a really nice time. Once again the turkey was huge!!! (30lbs). Last year someone set the turkey on the oven door for a moment and it ended up costing about $600 in repairs! This year poor Blair got burned from the juices while transporting the turkey, because the turkey was much too big for the pan! After a few laughs and lots of pie and football, the day turned out to be great!
I got this beautiful pie dish from Michelle Hunt as a bridal shower gift

along with the awesome pie crust recipe.

Here's to you Michelle!!

Nursing School

I just got accepted into the Intercollegiate College of Nursing here in Spokane. I'm really excited! Some of you probably already know, but for those that don't, I want to share my excitement!!! I was having a crummy/sick day a couple of weeks ago and Blair came home with the mail and read my acceptance letter to me (I was instantly better of course), we then called about 6 of our friends to come celebrate by having dinner with us, but all of them had already eaten. Needless to say Blair and I had a celebration dinner at Wingers watching football. Good times :). I start at the nursing school in January and I'm sooo excited. Its going to be a blast!!!

Our Wedding

Blair and I got married June 16, 2006 in the San Diego, CA Temple.

It was a beautiful day, and we had so many people there to support us.

After the wedding we spent 3 hours in traffic on the way to Ontario, making sure to make a stop at baskin robins. Blair even made an in n' out run for me. (what a good guy!)

we had the reception at the McCormick's house in Claremont (the next day) and it was so beautiful. the sky was so clear and it was the perfect temperature (no Smog!!!)

after that we went on the traditional 5 day cruise. it was killer.

its almost been a year and a half and we are so happy!

Pure Happiness

Blair's poor feet were melting, it was sooo hot in San Diego!!!
But, feel bad for me too, I had a huge slip on under that dress!

Of course you have to have a kissy picture

My Girls.
James was my maid of honor, she was amazing!!
all of the other girls, pregnant and not, were soo helpful. they made me a queen for two days!
it was incredible, and they looked stinkin cute!
and how cool was it for the temple to plant flowers that matched!;)

Campin Days '06

After a long ride, Blair was pretty dirty!!

up a dusty trail

Of course, Hannah had to kill her 3-wheeler in the middle of the creek

but Blair was there to save her!

Blair and I love to camp!

After hours of choppin' wood

SUCCESS!!!

Greenbluff

a big bite for a little girl!

Uncle Blair giving her a taste

Here's Avery in a pile of apples. She rode in the wagon, being

shaded by her dad, much like a princess in her chariot.

Little Rowles Girls

Once again, my mother, and not my sister sent

me pictures of my nieces. Here they are in all their glory!

The first two Rowles girls

you can't help but smile when you look

at this picture!

What cuties (I'm not sure who the blondie on the right belongs too)
The newest addition to the Hanson Grandkids Hall of Fame

Eden Elizabeth Jo

Naomi, Eden, and Tori (silly little girls)