OK so we've obviously gone a very long time without updates so here is a massive post of the last 4 months to catch y'all up on what's been going on with the Rupps.
NOVEMBER
We spent Thanksgiving in Arizona with my family
Gregg & My dad went Fishing
Gregg celebrated his 32nd Birthday in AZ. I bought him a print of his favorite painting from one of our local galleries.
We got a flat tire on our way back to CA - so much fun :) We were in the middle of nowhere and had to get a used tire from the local tire repair shop - Billy Joe's tire repair - it was quite the adventure!
DECEMBER
I spent 2 solid days baking cookies for our friends & neighbors
I ran out of room to put them when they were done so I had to use our bedroom floor
We spent the first 1/2 of X-mas week in AZ
Mustache Bash 2008
Disneyland @ Christmas - my favorite!
Petty Family annual "Christmas Eats & Games"
Every year my family gets together and we have "eats" - tons of yummy food and then "games". We play two games every year. My favorite is the wrapping game - my mom wraps a gift card a million times and then we roll a pair of dice, whoever gets doubles gets to put on the gloves and start unwrapping until the next person rolls doubles - it goes until the gift card is unwrapped - my mom won this year much to Monica's dismay.
We spent the second 1/2 half of Christmas week in Utah with Gregg's mom and all his siblings and their families. We had so much fun playing in the snow and being together. It was my first white Christmas - it was magical.
We went Sledding
On Christmas Eve night it snowed over 2 feet
Christmas morning Nerf fight tradition
Gregg's new beanie
On Christmas day Gregg went skiing with his brother Chris
I stayed at the house and ate snow while the kids played outside
We made snow angles and played together
Monett & JoAnn started this crazy puzzle and worked on it for days - they were never able to finish because they bought it at a thrift store and it was missing a few pieces. So they burned it.
Coke & Mentos - very cool!
Christmas dinner
My favorite gift from Gregg was the cookbook he made me out of all my hundreds of loose recipes I had shoved in a binder - he organized them and taped them into a really cute book. He's so thoughtful, one of the many reasons I love him so much!
The elk across the street one morning
We went skiing at Sundance - Gregg taught me and his neice & nephew.
JANUARY 2009
We spent the day at Disneyland.
Gregg got a new sleeping bag - this makes number 4 (I think this has become a little more than a hobby - obsession I think describes it better)
We went to the US vs Sweden soccer game with some friends
FEBRUARY
Today we spent a lazy Sunday at the beach. The tide was extremely low today so we walked out on the rocks and found some cool creatures. Then we enjoyed the beautiful sunset.
