Thanks G 2010

This year we were going to drive to Seattle to enjoy the holiday with friends and my sis, Krystle. Then the weather wagged it's snowy finger in our face and sent us south instead. Since mountain passes were closing, we decided to head to sunny Phoenix and hang with my awesome parents and cousins Alyssa & Kyle. So we hopped in the truck and made the 11 hour journey!

Here we are enjoying the "snow" every half hour at the mall in Gilbert. It was quite a festive atmosphere and only required a light jacket. Gotta love that AZ weather!
We were privileged to have a visit from Elvis!!
Here's Spencer and Mom as we walked to the park, there are a couple in the neighborhood. We had to walk off that delicious turkey, pie and strawberry fluff!
Here we are racing the boats, but the controls were interfering with each other...so basically we'll say I won!!
Family pic with the palms!
Knuckles was a great traveler; he stayed in his little bed and laid down. He would lift his little booty and shift his weight when we went around corners...cracked us up.
Hope every one had a great holiday, it's so nice to share it with loved ones!
PS we also braved the stores at 3am on black Friday...no major traumas or black eyes from the mobs and we even got a few things on our list!

Lopez Life Lately

Hello to my 2 fabulous blog fans out there!! I haven't updated lately because not a lot is going on. For the past 3 weeks I have been "working hard for the money" & putting lots of overtime and 12 hour work days in for new software implementation for the U of U Hospital. This week we have actually been using the software and there are lots of glitches and it will take time to get used to... but I am back to my regular work schedule at least... but there is hardly time for personal emails which is just plain wrong!! Paul kept up on most of the chores, dinner on my late nights. I'd make an occasional "list" for him... he's not so sure he likes being a house wife and definitely despises a "honey do list" --but I even drew boxes for him to be able to check off, who wouldn't love that?!?!! : )
On the Friday before Halloween, I wore a Boston Red Sox jersey to work...any excuse to wear jeans to work is fine by me! I only ran into one Yankees fan that I had to handle.
Knuckles told me he wanted to be a Ninja for Halloween and we went over to gramma and grampy Lopez's. I jumped up to pass out candy at every door knock to check out the costumes. My favorite of the night was a chubby cheerleader with pig tales...she reminded me of myself at 9 yrs old and she got some extra pieces of candy from me!! Little Ninja Knucks enjoyed his costume so much that I decided he likes clothes and his mama likes a good deal and is thrilled that TJ Maxx sells little pup clothes for only a few bucks!! He practically begs me to put him in his new sweater and it keeps him warm on these brisk fall nights.
He turns ONE soon---on either the 6th or the 9th...Hey, he was adopted don't judge me!! I'll have to find his paperwork so I can give him an extra raw hide for his B-day or I'll feel like a bad mom!Not that I obsess over my dog or anything!!! ..... October was full of work and hardly any play. I'm excited to enjoy the up coming holidays and looking forward to doing some crafting and treat making.
Lastly, I'd like to dedicate this blog to my dear dad, Roymundo Louise. He inspired me to update my blog by saying, "Hey! Update your blog, the St. Marten recap was so last September!!!!" Thanks dad, enjoy!!