Darrin's family has been in town the last few weekends visiting Disneyland, oh wait I mean us. JK. I am impressed at how much we were able to see them during there down time from Disney. We had a great time being able to see family and hanging out with the Craner clan.
The Craners are Disney experts and little did I know but Disneyland has Trick or treating at California Adventure. They close down the park and have Trick or Treat booths throughout the park, it is also nice because no one is there except the people who bought the special Halloween tickets. It was super enjoyable. I thought that it would be fun but Colby wouldn't really understand, oh let me tell you. He is way smarter than I thought. He knew exactly what to do, he loved holding his trick or treat bag and going around getting candy. He had a blast. Darrin and I had a great time watching him. He is just so dang cute in his little monkey costume.

Posted in: 2009, colby, craners, darrin, riss on Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 4 comments  

We headed down to our friends house to watch the BYU game only to find out that it wasn't on the satellite, we decided to go swimming instead. We all had a blast. I was impressed at how much Darrin enjoyed playing in the sand:)

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So, while in Boise, I discovered that your mother is needed at all times during pregnancy. With hormones galore I should have just stayed up there the last 4 months of pregnancy. I should say if crazy pregnancy hormones were rated on a scale of 1-10 I think I would have been a 10 or even an 11. With that said I am now for the most part a 5, so doing much better. I do have new found respect for anyone that lives away from family or their mommy especially during pregnancy or just raising little kids. I will say crying helps because then my parents get to see me more. :) Haha.
I had a blast in Boise. Good thing I am pregnant because all of my mom's wonderful cooking and my favorite joints to eat at did not help the scale much but of course well worth every bite. Yum, Yum. Colby and I had a blast getting spoiled and loved every second of it.



Colby was able to play in the cockpit on our flight home. He loved pretend flying. The captain was super nice and was letting him hit buttons that made missile sounds and lots of cool things like that.

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I love to decorate and am so excited to get great pictures and keep adding. Here is the start of the boys room.

Posted in: 2009, home project on Saturday, October 3, 2009 at 0 comments  

Darrin is a crazy Diet Mountain Dew fan. He is a horrible influence and I am now on the band wagon. :) There was a crazy awesome sale and since California is more expensive with a crv tax and pricing... we could not resist.

Welcome to our Mountain of Dew

We went around every store in Rancho, in one night, and loaded up!!

Posted in: 2009, darrin, riss, us on Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 0 comments  

These pictures describe our little guy the best. He just loves to chow down. Food, food and yep more food. I seriously can't believe how much this kid can keep down. I don't know how we will afford this kid and Ethan. How did Penny and Greg do it with all those boys?

After he loves his yummy food, he must sleep.

Posted in: 2009, colby on Monday, September 7, 2009 at 7 comments  

Moving to California has been a great experience for me and a really tough one. I have always lived with or close to family. I was so comfortable always relying on family that I never had to reach far from my comfort zone. When I moved here everything changed. I knew I wouldn't have any family and that it was going to be rough. Luckily we stayed with a great family until we found an apartment which put us into a great ward. I don't think I could have made it here this long without the ward that we have. The girls in my ward have been so great. It is becoming our California family. I have never been the outgoing type or comfortable calling others to hang out but the friends I have made in the ward have made it so easy and they all have been so sweet. It can get lonely talking to a toddler all day- it has been so nice to have park day, hang out, do activities together and trade babysitting or for dates. Just want to say thanks for making a really tough situation easier.

P.S. This message does not mean that blood related family should feel like they are getting off the hook. I love visitors. Please come visit! We miss u! Honestly- how can you turn a face like that down?

Here we are at Huntington watching the awesome bike show, these guys are all crazy good. Huntington Beach always has the funnest events all year long. We first watched a surf competition from the pier. Gotta love the beach!

Posted in: 2009, colby, darrin, riss, us on Wednesday, August 19, 2009 at 4 comments