Uncle Hunter

I promise to get a Christmas post up and an updated post about Nash. I have so much to catch up (thank you Danielle for reminding me;))

Anyways, my brother Hunter is in the Peace Corps. He is posted in Cameroon, Africa and left last September. If you do math, yes that means he has never met Mr. Nash.  So this Christmas was a special one.  Hunter was finally able to meet Nash. He even brought back a boubou for Nash. Below are some pictures of Hunter and Nash in their boubous.  Also, this is the first picture of our entire family together.

I promise a Christmas post to come!

Where have we been

I know it has been a long time...life in these parts have been crazy!

Last week, we traveled to CA to celebrate Chris's Aunt Kathy who passed away the first week of December. 

It was nice to see everyone and spend time with relatives we had never met before.

I did manage to capture a few photos while being there.

Tay Tay reading

Nash admiring the dogs from inside

We also celebrated my husbands 29th birthday while we were there.

Pappi and Nash playing buzzy bee

On another note, we have had a busy little guy.  Just see below

Santa Claus 2011

Yesterday we ventured out to the outdoor mall in Scottsdale that we love.  We saw the Easter bunny there and then decided to take our chances with the Santa.  He was such a good Santa! In true Nash fashion, he did not react at all to the Santa.  Nash took one good look at Santa and then looked at Chris and I like we were crazy (however, we were the crazy parents dancing behind the camera to get a smile)! Well, we ended up with stroller face the whole time.  I will take it.  That is my very serious Nash.

By the way does anyone else think that the cost of the pictures with Santa is crazy!!!!

Winter Festival

Our Little Neighborhood is having a big weekend!

Tonight was the first night of it.

The Winter Festival

We headed down to the middle school for the festival

There were balloons, silent auction, craft show, kid choir and awkward middle schoolers.

Us Denoves met up with Kayla and Arlie

The biggest hit was no other than the balloon!

We had a great night and are looking forward to the Christmas Tree lighting and snow tomorrow night.

Family Fun

My Mom requested that I do a little family shoot of them and Nash and my Aunt and Uncle. 

Below are the results from our shoot.

Mr. Nash turns 1

Our little guy turned 1 this past week.

Can you believe it? ONE

We were so blessed to be able to celebrate his birthday with many loved ones.

Nash's Birthday was on Thursday. So his Daddy and I gave him three presents.

The first was a big bouncy ball in the morning.

Later in the day Nash received a big balloon

(he is in love with balloons)

Then that night we gave him his first taste of cake!

At first he was not sure....

...but then he tasted it.

And it was the end of the cupcake from there.

Then his third present was his slide!

Friday is when all the company started to arrive.

Chris's parents and his siblings drove in on Friday.

Then my parents arrived Saturday around 12.

Followed by all the Aunts and Uncles from the Denove side.

Nash's party started around 11 on Sunday morning.

The decorations turned out perfectly.

Minimal but sweet.

 Cupcakes were decorated by the nieces and nephews

 Banner that Mom and I made

 Table with most of the food

 The amazing cake pops made by our neighbor Kayla

Delicious Cookies made by my friend Erin

 Nash got a new jump jump from his Nana and Pappi.

He has become pro at it and catching some air.

Our old jump jump went to storage:(

Nash's smash cake

Kayla made Nash a birthday wreath also.

I think this wreath may come out for every birthday!

Just change out the 1.

 Nash also received a toy truck like his Daddy's!

Cousin Michael loved driving him around in it

After present opening, the kids went upstairs to play with some of the toys