A Picture Year in Review 2009

I was putting together some pictures for a Christmas gift and I felt like this was a pretty good review of our year.  Here it is for your viewing pleasure.

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ICE

We went to an ICE exhibit at the Gaylord Texan (a fancy schmancy hotel and resort.) We had about an hour to kill before we could enter the exhibit so we walked around the resort. The whole place was decorated with Christmas trees, lights, trains and even a life size gingerbread house.

The theme of the Ice Exhibit was “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas”. We were each given a a big warm coat because the exhibit is kept at a balmy 9 degrees, however, when we went into the exhibit they told us it was only 2 degrees. The entire exhibit was made of ice. It was absolutely amazing. It was hard not to touch the sculptures. We spent an hour in the exhibit walking from room to room and we each went down the ice slide. It was really cool !!(no pun intended)

Thanksgiving in San Diego

It has been years since we’ve visited Nathan’s parents in San Diego.  Since we live SO much closer now we decided to spend Thanksgiving with them. It was a two day drive  - 11 hours each day.  The kids did awesome.  On the way we saw lots of cotton fields and got to see the cotton plants up close when we stopped for gas.  Several of Nathan’s siblings came to San Diego as well.  Nathan’s dad, with the help of his brothers, deep fried a Turkey and his brother, Jamie, Barbequed some Turkey.  Each of the sisters and sister in laws helped with the dinner and many hands made light work.

Some of the Teuscher’s spent the morning playing soccer.  We were shocked when Ryan wanted to go and even more shocked that he scored a goal. On the way home Ryan said “That was surprisingly  fun!” Cassidy (the only girl) kept up with the boy cousins and gave them a run for their money. 

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On our way home we stopped at my brother Scott’s house in Queen Creek, AZ.  They were kind enough to let us stay there on short notice. We were so excited when we saw a baby scorpion on the wall.  It was really fun to visit with Scott and Heavenly and their kids.  Their house is so cute and Scott’s artist talents are thoughout the whole house. We are excited to see them again at Christmas time.