Putting Up The Christmas Decorations

Peter got out all the Christmas decorations today! Don't you just love the Holidays!!!

Setting up the first piece of my 9 foot Christmas Tree!

Notice the fall decorations are still up on the book shelf and piano. I usually start the weekend after Thanksgiving and don't finish for about a week!

Rachel Came To Visit!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Fun With Gillian

Peter recites a book to me called "My Little Love Bug"

If you have children, you should definitely read this book. It is too cute!

Gillian learns the science of magnification. She loves to do anything

to get a laugh (just like her Uncle Peter) She is always the star of any room =)

Zeniff and Tiffany's Wedding!

One beautiful day!

Zeniff, Tiffany, and Chris Williams

Husband and Wife!

Sweet Boy! <3>

Skyler slept through the entire ceremony. Congratulations Zeniff and Tiffany!

The Newest Addition To Our Family!

Mom, Dad, and Skyler

Uncle Peter

The Boys

Sweet Baby Boy!

Skyler Lee Rudd

Born October 10, 2008

6 lbs 15 oz 19 in long

We Love You So Much!

Pumpkin Carving Family

My little brother and sisters live in Idaho...too far for my

liking!!!, but they sent me some pictures of their holiday fun and

I though I would post them to show off their pumpkin carving talent!

The Talented Pumpkin Carvers!!!

Rachel's Wolf

David's Goofy Grin

Lorry's Goblins

Summer Projects

Peter and I love to do projects together! Whenever we have a free weekend you can usually find us at Lowes or Home Depot getting ready for a new project on the house. This summer we decided to build a new deck for the back yard. It took us about 20 hours from start to finish, but it was worth it! Here it is from start to finish. Everyone is invited over to come and enjoy it!!!

2030 pounds of Oklahoma Slate!

One step at a time. First the gravel...

Then the weed cover...

Then the sand...

Then the stone and mortar! The truck was so low to the ground, I thought it was going to bust!

The stone had to be laid piece by piece just like a puzzle. Getting all the pieces to fit took a little while.

Almost finished!

We finished the remainder of the mortar that evening and the next night or two.

All finished! Here it is! Our new deck!

We got the tent and furniture up the next weekend. Followed by Peter's grandmom's bird bath and the flowers! Time for the next project...!

Happy 24th Birthday Peter!

Peter had a whole day full of surprises! When he got up that morning the dining room was decorated especially for him! We had a BIG breakfast, followed by a "surprise" visit from Peter's family, and then dinner for two!

Peter's day!Mural of pictures from Peter's childhood. Isn't he so cute!

Our kids will be so adorable! =) Peter's Bday center piece! Representing his MANY accomplishments over the past year! I accidentally grabbed the wrong set of balloons, but by the time I got around to decorating his room (2am) I couldn't exchange them so "Happy Retirement" balloons were made to say Happy Birthday!
Our awesome friends, The Woolseys, took Peter and I out to his favorite restaurant On The Border for his birthday. I hope they will forgive us, but the only pictures we got were the ones Emma (their four year old) took of us! Marc is so excited to be out with his best bud Peter!
Amy and Savannah! So cute!Peter and Logan
Emma took this picture too.

She loves her dad!


Peter's "surprise" pool party. I'll tell you why surprise is in quotations...A few weeks before Peter's big day I sent out invitations to his family to come over for a family surprise party for Peter complete with a secret plan to get Peter out of the house so that his family could sneak in and get the party started. Well, that morning after breakfast Peter decides to call all the family to see if they want to come over and swim and bbq and well, as you can see...he wanted to do exactly what I had already planned for him! So, Peter single handedly manages to ruin his own "surprise" party! I should have figured we have been married so long that not only have we started to act like eachother, but we also think the same too! Peter got a big kick out of it when we told him what he had done!

My most favorite niece ever! I love being an Aunt!
Being Us!

Gilli helps Peter open his presentsMore pool fun!
We made up this see saw game, I think I won?!?!





Out to Fort Worth for Peter's special dinner



Entry way of the Italian Inn
Great Piano EntertainmentPeter checks out the wall of stars.

We added our mark to the beautifully decorated walls! This place is so fun and relaxed and romantic all at the same time! I recommend the stuffed mushrooms, yum!



What a great day! Happy Birthday to the greatest husband anyone could ask for from your completely spoiled wife!



On another side note, Peter had just bought me some new jeans from one of my favorite stores the other day, so I wanted to wear them to dinner that night. Peter had cleaned them and put them in my closet (yes, because he spoils me so! I do my own laundry too!) so when I went to go try them on they were really, really tight. I wore them anyway though and when we got home that night I realized the new jeans I got were still folded in my closet! Turns out the ones I put on were some I hadn't worn since Middle School!!! I can be such a smarty pants sometimes =) Thankful that I had not gained 10 pounds in one week we got a good laugh out of it!