Turkey Day 2009

This year we both ran in the Mesa Turkey Trot!

It was a warm day for a run and we enjoyed getting out and

burning the calories we'd later be adding on at dinner!

Spencer finished in 53 min 16 sec

and I finished in 1 hr 18 min 18 sec.

After the run we headed down to Tucson

to spend time with my side of the family.

We also celebrated our Grandmother's 91st birthday!
My cousin Stephanie made her fabulous present cake.

This Vasquez side of the family - 2009 Thanksgiving

Me and my favorite brother

Arizona State Fair

On Saturday night we and some friends went to the Arizona State Fair! The Fair is always fun to people watch, pet the animals, eat everything deep fried and enjoy the rides! Now I know the food is far from healthy but the gobs of grease just taste better at the fair. We enjoyed a ginormous polish dog and a pile of piggly fries. mmmmm

We had fun watching the smash derby!

Steve and Jenna had a mystery guest pop-up in their picture LOL

These are the cars at the Smash Derby. This was seriously one of the funniest things to ever watch. They paint their cars just to crash them into everyone else. Some even caught on FIRE!

Check out the cute Wallaby! and it's BABY in the pouch!
So tiny and so cute!!

me and the goat!
It was trying to eat my purse but was super friendly.

What a face! I LOVE LOVE LOVE piggies and want one so bad!

baby chicks!

The Grand Wheel

It was a fun ride looking at the lights of the Fair

and sneaking some kisses up high in the sky!

Fall Fun

For family home evening we carved pumpkins! It was so fun. This was my first time ever carving my very own pumkin. It was messy. It smelt kind of funny. But it was so so fun.

Our friends Krystal and Steve Humble came over to carve with us. Steve's was a death star from Star Wars and Krystal's was a cute jack-o-lantern.

I was having a creativity block so I just carved and S for my favorite name Smith :) and I was blown away with Spencer's talent and creativity. You can tell he's a big Simpson's fan by his carving of Crusty the Clown.

Ward Trunk or Treat

This weekend was our ward's annual trunk or treat and chili cook off. I was amazed by the competitiveness of some ward members and also by their fabulous chili cooking skills. We had over 20 kinds of chili and soup to chose from! No one went hungry. Some families had fun decorating their trunks and themselves for the treating part of the evening.

Carnes and Huish family

super cute trick or treaters

the Bailey family...

brother Bailey is not in costume, he just got off work!

brother Johnson looking very dapper

sister Johnson the Maleficent and her adorable little Glinda

taco, burrito, what's coming out of your speedo!

wouldn't it have been so funny if we cheered... but we didn't

at least we looked cute!

Jack even came out to support the missionaries

brother and sister Lopez looking good!

Contest Time!

Please help us win a canvas photo to decorate our house!
All you have to do is post a comment on our blog post from Justine Miller Photography! Easy huh!! Hurry and post... you only have until October 31st!!
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Amazing!

This past year has been amazing!

We've had so much fun.

We've grown so much closer together.

We've learned so much from each other.

We've traveled.

We've loved so much!

We can't wait for the years to come.

Happy Anniversary My Love!

I love you always and forever!

Family Time

My brother and his fiancé are moving to Conway, Arkansas! We all decided this is the perfect time to get some great family pictures done. Bucky loves his sisters and his nieces so this will be great keepsakes for him while he is away in Arkansas.

Aren't my nieces the cutest?!

the whole family

Bucky and his girls!

We took the opportinuty to have some shots of us too!

I love his silly face!!!

Justine Miller has once again done an amazing job!! We just love her work and I believe her camera is magic!