I've Been Tagged!

I've been tagged by The Francis 5 (who will have to change their name because they will be the Francis 6!!) That means we had to post the 4th picture in the 4th file from our pictures . . .

And the funny thing is -- it's a picture of the Jarvis Family on the 4 OF JULY way back in 2005!! (How appropriate!) We were getting ready to enjoy a seafood and veggie spread that was cooked by my dad in a big ol pot. The best part is you just pick out what you want and eat it with your hands!!

So, part of being tagged I have to tag 4 other people. So I'm tagging:

1. The Dixon Family

(and maybe get her back up to blogging!!)

2. The Gratton Family

3. The Lewis Family

4. The Perley Family

The Rules:

1. Choose the 4th folder where you store your pictures on your computer

2. Select the 4th picture in the folder

3. Explain the picture

4. Tag 4 people to do the same. No cheating

December Catch Up

Life got a bit too far ahead of my blog! I got so wrapped up in Christmas that I was a total slacker on the blog thing. We did SO much in December I can't wait to share it the moments and pictures with you. So before we change our background, here it is . . .

DISNEYLAND!!

We finally took the family to Disneyland! It was Maya's first time there. We had an absolute blast! After a lot of insider information from my good friend Sarah who has season passes and my sister Kendra who had gone the week before, so we were able to hit a ton of things! But it didn't start without a bit, I mean a TON of rain.

We had planned it all out so that after Maya got out of school on a Tuesday at 11 am we would head up to my parent's house so I could work, we'd spend the night and the head straight to Disneyland first thing the next morning. Well, we woke up Wednesday morning to complete downpour! We decided to skip Disneyland that day head home because Maya had to go to school on Thursday. Thursday after school we rushed back up to Disneyland and didn't leave until 11:00 pm!

Maya got to go on her first roller coaster and then after that we couldn't slow her down. That girl went on Matterhorn-twice, Splash Mountain-twice, and Thunder Mountain-twice! She also got to learn how to act like a lady with the Princesses. Then she got to meet three princesses, Cinderella, Snow White, and Ariel, where she got to talk to them, get their autograph, and take a picture with them!

Teagen got to go on rides too! Just her and Mommy went on Winnie the Pooh while Daddy and Maya were on Splash Mountain. Teagen also got to go on It's a small world once with just Daddy and another time with all of us! One of our favorite rides was Pirates of the Caribbean. But we loved the parade, the light show and especially the SNOW!!

The infamous first Disneyland picture

"Mom, why do you have to take so many pictures"

On our first ride!


Maya's favorite princess

"It's a Small World" ride


Watching the parade

Big surprise . . . Maya made friends with the people in the front row. (You'd think getting there 45 minutes early would be enough, but apparently not!)


In front of the beautifully lit Cinderella's castle with our new hats

Father and Daughter- hand in hand

Celebrating the ALL the family

My side of the family picks a day for all of us to celebrate since our families are multiplying like crazy! It is so much fun for all of us to get together to chat, hang out, eat . . . drink . . . and be merry! This was the first year, since probably any of us can remember, that EVERYONE was there! A miracle I know!!

The Steve Jarvis Family

Teagen, Chad, Lindsey, Taylor, Maya, Brian, Sheena, Roxi, Jedeen, Steve, Cooper, Kendra, Scott

The Steve Wilson Family

Sara (Wyatt in the belly), Kristen, Kevin, Cynthia, Maddie, Noah, Steve, Danielle, Carlos, Brody, Trevor

The Skip Jarvis Family
Parker, Marilyn, Shelby, Skip

A drink for the Ladies
Aunt Cyndy, Sheena, Jedeen, Aunt Marilyn, Shelby, Kendra, Me

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

We had a wonderful Christmas! We celebrating with all of our family! (makes for a crazy few days!) But we loved every minute of it. And so did the girls. I tried to only pick a few pictures so you won't be bored!

CHRISTMAS EVE

Steak dinner: our new tradition!

Maya & Teagen in their new Christmas jammies by the tree

A plate for Santa and a plate for us!

CHRISTMAS MORNING

The girls coming out for presents

Teagen opening a present

"Mr. & Mrs. Clause"

Presents from Santa

Chad's present from Santa

CHRISTMAS WITH CHAD'S FAMILY

Kohl, Maya, Teagen, and Kaden (Brady was sleeping)

Maya rocking out as Hannah Montana

Our gifts to the Ford people (so they feel better about owning one!!)

Maya with her new buddies, Pat & Susan

CHRISTMAS WITH LINDSEY'S FAMILY

Maya & Teagen, Taylor & Cooper in ther jammies!

Playing with Cooper's toy!

Teagen is jealous that her cousin has more hair than her!

We double in kids

We had the wonderful joy of my sister and her family coming down for the night. Then we shoved Kendra and her husband, Scott out the door to have a fun night at South Coast Winery Resort and Spa for a child-free night. That meant us having a 5 year old, a 2 year old and two 1 year olds! We had such a fun time with the kids, but of course not as much fun as the kids!! Needless to say we had our hands full, so this is the only picture we took!

Taylor as Hannah Montana and Maya with Belle hair!

Christmas Fun

We took the girls to see Santa about a week ago. It was so much fun. They were all dressed up in their Christmas outfits looking so cute. It seems we went early enough because the line was VERY short, only a few people in front of us.

So we got pictures of the girls on the bench . . .

Some in front of a pretty Christmas tree . . .

Both girls were looking at Santa smiling and getting so excited to go see him. It was out turn. We march right up there . . . still smiling. Maya was first to get to Santa and sat right on his lap. I leaned to put Teagen down and this is the picture we walked away with . . .

After rescuing Teagen from the oh so scary Santa, Maya had a little time with him to give him her wish list. Apparentely she didn't want us to know what it was and wanted to make sure Santa could really hear her over all the mall noise!

That seriously melted my heart!

Maya also had Ruldolf day at her school. They did a bunch of activities with all the kindergarten classes. This is her at the end of the day!