Our Busy Weekend!

This weekend was a whirlwind of fun activities! First I had decided that I wanted to put up my Christmas tree and Christmas decorations. I know it's early, but... we're leaving to Logan for Thanksgiving on Tues so I wont be able to do it that weekend, then it's already December and we leave for Oregon on the 23rd and I want to enjoy my Christmas decorations for more then three weeks! So there is my justifications to those who think it's too early for Christmas.
Chris and I were married last Christmas, but since it was right after we got married we were never able to put up a Christmas tree or decorate. This year it was so much fun! I had never put up a fake tree before (yes that's right, I'm from Oregon, we have real trees there :) so Chris showed me how, we had a lot of fun listening to Christmas music and reminiscing of past Christmas'.
We also decided to clean our carpets this weekend. They were getting really dirty, so we rented a carpet cleaner from Home Depot and Chris spent the next couple hours cleaning them. Thanks babe! We also decided that since we had it for 24 hours we might as well clean our car's carpet.
Here are some pictures of us putting up Christmas decorations.













Afterward some friends in our ward gave us tickets to the BYU vs. Air Force game. Chris had never been to a BYU game and he was VERY excited. :) We had a lot of fun and BYU won!









This is apparently how you're suppose to watch football....













If that wasn't enough we went to see New Moon later that night!! It was such a great movie, and for those of you who haven't seen it yet... GO! It was a busy Saturday and the weekend went by fast, but only a couple more days until Thanksgiving break!

Ross Family Reunion

This past week Chris and I had the opportunity to go to Redmond, Oregon for a family reunion. Since my grandparents are extending their Nauvoo mission for another year, all of the extended family decided to get together. It was the first time we had all been together in a very long time! We had so much fun together relaxing and playing at Eagle Crest.






The only downside of the trip was that we had to drive... It was 12 hours one way, but we did caravan with my grandparents, aunt Kayleen, some of my cousins, and Janelle so it wasn't that bad and I took a few cool pictures on the way.








We did a lot of sleeping and playing 20 questions






We also took a lot of potty breaks because the kids needed to play and stretch out their legs.



This is Kai, my little cousin. He's so cute, I can never get enough of him!



One of the first days we were there we went on a short hike to Cline Falls. There were so many of us, but it was fun and the falls were so pretty!












My little sister Nicole and cousins Kristian and Preston being silly.






Huge tumbleweeds that tried to chase us down!



Sisters :)



Cute babies Kai and Olivia






Nicole and I trying to entertain ourselves as we wait for dinner.



Some of the fam just hanging out. Left to right; my Uncle Tom, mom Lori, Aunt Renee, Nicole, Me, and cousin Christy.



Crazy cousins! Kristian, Nicole, Preston, and Janelle



Some of the boys doing what they did everyday....watch football... Uncle Jonathon, my dad Richard, brother Adam, cousin McKinley, and Chris.



We also had a girls night and made cute beaded watches. Which is such a fun craft, but make sure you know how to do it before you get started! Cause we didn't really know what we were doing...but still managed to make some cute stuff. Left to right; my Grandma Ross, Janelle, Aunt Kayleen, Aunt Stephanie, Kai, Mom, Cousin Michelle and Christy.



Kai even got in on the crafting



Janelle and I



For those of you that don't know my family very well, we are avid volleyball players and try to get a game together everytime we have a reunion. Although it was a little frustrating at first since it was too cold to play outside and all the gyms were being used. Finally we found this gym and played around a little bit before they set up a net for us and the real games began!






Thanks Chris and Adam for sitting out to take a few action shots!






The last day we were there we went to the outlet malls in Bend, but before we left we came upon these wild deer that let us pet a feed them! It was quite the experience since none of us had ever been that close to a live deer.









We had such a fun time we were all sad to leave. But we can't wait til Christmas to get together again! Love you guys :)

Halloween 2009

Over Halloween weekend my cousin Miguel, who has been serving in Iraq for the past two years, surprised my cousins and I with a visit! He brought his wife Val, who we had never met before and stayed and visited with us for a few days. Since it was Halloween weekend we all dressed up and went out to dinner. Chris and I dressed up as Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dirt and Miguel and his wife were Dora the Explorer and Diego. It was so fun to see him and catch up after such a long time.



We also went to our ward Halloween party later that night.



There were a lot of cute and creative costumes!






Chris got really into it and played the part :)



At the end of the night they had prizes for some of the costumes and Chris and I won the silliest costume.