Cali "09" with the Lim Fam!!!

Kinsley on Halloween night, she is so dang cute!!!

And Keagan....Equally as cute!!!

Ryan, Me Trav, Brandee and Alivia at Sea World, fun times!!!

Me at the dolphin exhibit, ironically, there are no dolphins in the picture....duh!!!

Gracee and I, waitin for the "Shamu Show" to start.

Ry, on the pier in Santa Monica.

And a shot of me.

The beautiful San Diego Temple.

Ahhhh cute!!!

And more of the same!!!

Here we are at Angel Stadium watching the Yankees kick Anaheim's butt!!!

This picture speaks for itself, I'm chillin at Newport Beach!!!

Ry and I at Newport.

A shot of the kids and I.

Me thinkin I know how to body surf!!!

Ahhhh how cute???

DISNEYLAND!!!

Nice sunglasses Livie!!!

Little Miss Cinderella!!!

The knight, Snow White and Cinderella.

Us girls at our lunch with the princesses.

Alivia midway through the day at Disneyland, she wanted her Cinderella

costume off , 101 degrees wasn't sittin with her too well!!!

Gracee was a trooper and kept hers on.

Ry and I at California Adventures.

The Universal Studios crew, minus Ryan.

This picture is out of order a bit, this is Yuen after his marathon in St. George.

A shot with Ry and Yuen.

Then back to our Cali trip. Gracee, Alivia and I on the airplane.

Bradyn, Brenton and me at Universal.

And Ry and I at the Marriott the day we left to come home.....What a fun trip~~~

Due to some technical difficulties, it's taken more than a few days to post these pictures, I hope they are worth the wait!!!

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This post is long overdue, sorry for all of those that have been waiting for the Cali update. I hope you have about an hour to get through all of the pictures and my short novel below!!!
Last month Ry and I went with the Lim clan to DISNEYLAND!!! We also hit Sea world and Universal, fun stuff!!! We arrived on Sunday, checked into the "Marriott-Newport Beach", and then we unpacked and ate Pizza Hut (Nice and Relaxing.) Monday was our Sea world day, We had a lot of fun, Ry even talked Brenton, Bradyn and myself into feeding the sting ray's, it was really scary, you actually have to stick your hand down into the water and then the sting ray slides by and sucks the squid (gross) out of your hand!!!
Tuesday Ry and I took off on our own to Santa Monica Pier, we ate some Mexican food on the pier and relaxed on the beach. That evening we hooked up with Yuen, Trav, Bradyn and Brenton to catch an Angels game. They played the Yankees and ended up loosing by 1 run!!! It was pretty cool to see Jeter, A-Rod and Posada (just to name a few.) We were hoping to catch a Dodgers game while we were in town as well, but they were playing on the road that week we were there, what a bummer!!!
Wednesday was Newport Beach-This was a way fun day!!! We ate some way yummy food at Charly's (a little restaurant on the pier,) rented some body boards and got our body surfing groove on!!! I love the beach, oh how I wish we lived way closer to the ocean!!!
Thursday was Disneyland!!! Gracee was absolutely in heaven, it was her birthday and she was treated like a queen all day. We started the day off by hitting the"Bippity Boppity Boutique" with all of the girls (Brenda, Brandee, Gracee, Alivia and myself.) Gracee and Alivia were given the royal treatment. They both got their hair done, nails painted, and picked out princess outfits to wear for the day, Gracee was Snow White and Alivia was Cinderella. After the little girls got all dolled up, we headed over to "Ariel's Grotto" were we had a fabulous lunch and mingled with Belle, Cinderella and Mulan. After we had lunch, we met back up with the boys to enjoy the rest of our day at Disneyland and Adventure land, this truly was a day to remember!!!
Friday was Universal Studios for Ry, Yuen, Bradyn, Brenton and myself. It was 93 degrees this day and man did we fry!!! We had tons of fun riding the Mummy and going on the old Universal Studios Tour, I just love learning all the cool things they do to make movies so awesome!!! Later that night we bounced back to Disneyland to catch the firework show and to get in as many rides as we could before they closed!!!
Saturday was the day we left to come back home. We left in the evening, so we were able to layout by the pool for a good part of the day. We all had such a great time with each other, it's amazing how quickly a week flys by when you're on vacation, especially when it's jammed packed with amusement parks. Thanks Yuen and Brenda for such an awesome vacation to CALI!!! We'll never forget how much fun we had!!!
The very next weekend after coming home from California Ry and I went down to St. George with Yuen, Brenda and Debbie to watch Yuen run in the annual St. George Marathon, Yuen did a great job as always, he amazes me!!!
And there you have it.....What a dang long post. Hope you enjoy the millions of photos!!!

An Amazing Cause!!!

A Celebration of Survivors
From the moment a patient is diagnosed with cancer, they become a survivor – and remain survivors through the rest of their lives. canSURVIVE is a event honoring these courageous survivors. Their stories are told through portraits of courage and strength, photographed by award-winning photographer and cancer survivor Chad Hurst. The canSURVIVE gallery stroll and silent auction is the first annual fundraiser benefitting the Utah Resource and Education for Women (UCREW) and its educational and Needs Beyond Medicine programs.


Please help support Chad Hurst and this amazing cause. Here is all of the info.

Event Information:

Date: September 25, 2009

Location: The Blue Goose @ the Depot, Gateway Mall

Invitation: http://www.cansurviveutah.org/invite/invite.html

What: Gallery Stroll and Silent Auction

Time: 4:00-8:00pm

Price: $10.00 per person

A little update to apease everyone!!!

How cute is Sky, OUr little All-Star!!!

Here she is at he Bee's game singing the anthem with the Pitcher.

Little Brenton, The other cute little All-Star.

Alivia and Bradyn up at the camp out.

Brenton won the kids fishing contest, he was pretty proud of the backpack

he got for his prize.

All of the kids, don't they look ready to hit that pinata???

Ry and I.

Brenton and Ry all ready to catch some fish.

Heath and I at the WJ parade.

Ry and I at the parade.

And Neil and Ryan in their twiner shirts.

Heath and I at Bennett's BBQ.

A group shot.

Take Two:
Oh man, Let's try this again....I have literally spent two days getting an update posted and about two hours ago I downloaded all of the pictures and was trying to modify a few things when bam!!! I accidentally erased the whole flippin post, so here we go again!!! This version might be a little shorter cuz I am having a really hard time remembering all that I wrote about the first time.
So here's a little update to catch you all up on the last month or so.
We celebrated the the 4th of July by taking part in all of our favorite activities: We went to the Wj parade, had a fabulous BBQ with the Miller clan, hit the "gangster" Wj carnival, went to the Western Stampede Rodeo with the Lim's and took in the firework show at my parents that evening. Gotta love the 4th of July!!!
A couple of weeks ago we headed to Roosevelt for the annual "Nickell Reunion." I do have to say that I had a great time, (we all know how much I dislike camping.) It was a lot of fun and very relaxing.
However, most of our summer has consisted of nights at the ball park watching all of our nieces and nephews playing baseball/softball, which we absolutely love!!! Skyler and Brenton's season ran a little big longer because they both made their All-Star teams, such cute little sluggers!!! Last week we tagged along with Sky and her team to the Bee's game, all of the girls got to go out on the field and sing the national anthem with the Bee's player that played their same position, (Sky was pretty stoked, being the pitcher and all!)
We've made a few jaunts to Wendover, hit the drive-in with the Lim kids, I had a few "Girls Night Out" activities with the Lim ladies and we've enjoyed many BBQ's with family and friends.
There you have it, all caught up, very exciting right???
I'm getting a little depressed realizing that this summer is coming to an end, and knowing that I have another cold and boring Utah winter to look forward to. Here's to another couple weeks of warm summer nights!!!

This is becoming a major problem.

So I really hate it when people blog without pictures, weird I know, but it's true!!! Now, the reason I bring this up....I have lost my camera. I have been searching high and low for the last three weeks and have almost come to terms with the fact that I may never find it. So, I'm just going to give a quick update with what has been going on in our lives for the last month (without pictures!)
* Alivia Was blessed and Bradyn was ordained to a deacon (Ryan had the extreme honor to give both of the blessings) it truly was a great experience to be apart of. Yuen did get a few shots with his camera, so I will be posting a few of those.
*We've had a few BBQ's with friends, One of which I took a bunch of pictures of (so sad, I'll never see those pictures again!)
*We had a weekend camping trip with Neil and his family and Jason and his family to Aspen. We actually did have a pretty good time, I say that because I absolutely hate camping and I somehow made it through the weekend!
*We've been watching about a million baseball/softball games and the big news is that Skyler made the All-Star team, she is one heck of a little pitcher!
* Ryan had his 34th Birthday. All he wanted to do was go out to dinner, so, Brenda, Yuen, Ry and I went and ate at Pagoda's, Ry's most favorite place to eat in this world.
* Ryan found out the he had skin cancer on his lip. We thought that it was just a cold sore but it just wouldn't get better. So he had it removed and all is well again. He was also in a car accident while on duty a couple of weeks ago, A little old man rear-ended him while he was stopped at a red light. His back has been hurting him quiet a bit but he should be back to normal in no time ( as normal as he gets that is!)
* And the biggest news is that I got a new car, I traded my Nissan Sentra in for a Nissan Xterra. I'm madly and deeply in love with it. For starters, it's an SUV, which I've never had, I love sitting that far off the ground when I'm driving, I feel like I'm on top of the world!
And there you have it, you're all caught up with what has been going on in our lives. Hopefully I'll find my camera one day or I'll finally talk Ryan into getting a new one....We'll see how that goes!!!

Introducing Chace Dean Gibson!!!

He's here!!! Ter and Mark finally had their little bundle of joy on Sunday evening (04/26/09) at 9:30 pm. He weighed in at 8 lbs and was 21 inches long. He is so freakin cute, I absolutely love his dark curly hair!!! When I made the jaunt up to see the Gibson Family, my timing couldn't have been better, I was able to watch Mark give Chace his first bath

through the nursery windows....How cool is that???
Congrats Ter and Mark and I cant wait to see the little guy again!!!

What a handsome little man!!!

Another Potpuri of Events!!!

The last couple of weeks have been pretty uneventful, which has actually been a good thing. We've even had some time to work on our yard a bit and to enjoy a few of our nieces and nephews baseball games over at West Jordan Park. Gotta love it!!!
Last Wednesday we had the opportunity to go and see the play "Wicked." Brenda bought us the tickets for Christmas and man was it worth the anticipation, Ry and I really enjoyed it. We went with Travis, Brandee, Deb and Jo, such a fun and crazy little group. We ate at PF Changs before the show and the food was just scrumptious!!!
This past weekend, Ryan and I had the Lim kids over night.

We just hung out at home most of the time, playin hide and seek and the PlayStation.

( This dang weather is going to be the death of me!)
My friend Shauna and I decided that we would bleach our own hair over the weekend as well.....What an experience!!! What you go through to save a little money during these rough economical times!!! After we had applied the bleach and were all ready to wash it out and see the final product we noticed that we both had orange hair, I'm not even kidding!!! So it was back down to the beauty supply store to buy a bunch of toner to get our hair back to a somewhat normal color...In the end, it actually didn't look that bad, we may even attempt to try it again down the road.

Brenton, Me and Alivia, the day after our sleepover.

(Oh and Kinsley snuck into the picture at the last second!)

How cute are they???

Liv, Me and Gracee.... (My hair doesn't look that bad, does it???)


After the toner!!!

Before the toner, We look like orange headed skunks!!!

Trav and I getting ready to head into the theatre to see "Wicked"

Oh, How Cute!!! Ry is trying to cover his bottom lip purposely, he has a cold sore.

A shot of the girls: Jo, Me, Deb and Brandee.

Brandee and myself.

And a group shot: Ry, Me, Trav, Brandee, Jo and Deb, at PF Changs before the show.