Christmas 2009

Warning-this is a long post!!! We had an awesome Christmas this year! We were able to spend lots of time with both sides of the family and had a blast! The weekend before Christmas weekend, we went down to Dave's parents house to see Dave's brothers and sisters that wouldn't be with the family Christmas Day. It was great to see everyone-especially Steve & Heather and Mike & Steph's families! We had planned for quite awhile that we were going to "roast" Dave's dad like on Comedy Central. That weekend, we filmed the whole "roast" video. It was hilarious. Dave was nominated to be Douglas because he looks and acts the most like him.

The resemblance was scary! The filming process was hilarious-Kari peed her pants 3 times! So funny!!!

Let the roast begin! We dressed him up as the king of the night. The video turned out great and was a fun experience.

Amani and I hangin out. I think Dave was changing her diaper right then.

My gorgeous niece-McKenzie. She is so amazing!

We did the Empey Nativity reenactment this weekend since we had everyone here. It was great to see all the nieces and nephews.
We opened 1 present at my parent's house before we went to Bear Lake with Dave's family for Christmas Eve/Christmas morning.

Amani got princess shoes and tiara from her aunt Ami. She has loved them since the minute she opened them. Who knew I would have such a girly girl?

Here's the little princess striking a pose. She was grumpy and wouldn't let us take her binky away.
We spent Christmas Eve/Christmas morning at a cabin in Bear Lake. It was a blast. It should be illegal to have that much fun. We opened our traditional Christmas pajamas on Christmas Eve.

Amani's, of course, were Minnie jammies.

Dave jammin out in his new pj bottoms. They are super soft. I know, I did good!

Here is me sportin my new jammie pants. Mine are super soft too, he did good too!
Christmas morning, we went down and got into our stockings.

Santa left Dave some killer ninjas and a fanny pack. He is a winner!

Amani got a fun dolly from Grandma Empey.

She got a stroller from Santa. She loves it and pushes it around the apartment wearing her princess shoes constantly!

She got a new purse with a cell phone. She loves talking on the phone. Like I said, total girly girl.

Here is Amani and Mommy-hangin out at the cabin.

Here is me in my sexy new red sweater Dave got me! Love it!!!!

The drive home was beautiful.

Gotta get out and take pictures in the freezing snow. What kinda girl from Idaho would I be if I didn't?!

All in all, we had a wonderful Christmas! Tons of fun with tons of family! Can't get anymore perfect than that!

Birthdays & Halloween

Too much to catch up on! I dunno why I do this to myself! My 24th birthday was the beginning of October, then we had Halloween, then Dave turned 27 the beginning of November. So here are some pictures to catch us up to Christmas. I didn't get any pics from Thanksgiving. I get the awesome opportunity of sharing my birthday with Dave's Grandpa Nelson. I turned 24 and he turned 101!! He is so amazing!

Here we are with our cakes. I love celebrating my birthday with him. We had a big party at Dave's parents house and it was lots of fun. I got lots of fun presents! Thanks everyone!

This picture pretty much sums up how I was feeling by the end of everything. Exhausted but happy!

Then came Halloween! Amani was funner this year. We dressed her up as a pirate princess.

The princess and the middle school coach. What a nerd!

I dressed up as Satan's whore/mistress! It was a blast!

She was adorable! Much better than last year!

Here is a full body shot of all my whore-ness! I love Halloween!
Then came Dave's birthday. We had a party at his parent's house again! We are so lucky to have them so close!

He is so silly! He might be 27 but still is a 6 year old at heart!

Happy birthday babe!

That catches up the past couple months! Sorry all!