Ho Ho Ho, Merry Kiltmas!

Our Neighbor Toby, invites us over from time to time to take Rowdy pictures with all his photography toys. He has a son just a little older than Rowdy, also named Cody. Anyway we thought this would be a fun time for the debut of Rowdy's Scottish getup, which was a gift from the grandparents.

I don't know if Rowdy was upset because he didn't recognize his Dad, or he realized he was basically wearing a skirt

Heres the gettup

"You better behave little boy, or you'll get coal in your stocking!"
just kidding, I think was supposed to be an endearing pose.This is little Cody begging Rowdy not to jump ship

Merry almost Christmas everyone!

Some Pics

Well here it is: Celeste and Rowdy did the decorating and I just paid for it. Isn't that how it usually works? It is a sweet little cottage though.



Disclaimer: I had nothing to do with this. I was at work.

Homeowners!!

We finally own a home!!!!!! I never thought it would happen!!!. It is here in Cypress. Its so cute! Its 2 bed 2 bath. Its a little cottagey. There is a good size yard. and my FAV, Is this coolest brick fireplace. I know we haven't really told anyone because we didn't know if it was all going to work out but its something we have been busy with! anyway I am sooo excited and I will post pictures soon!

Mustache Withdraw

Always keeps ya guessing doesn't he?

Not so much

The True Spirit of Christmas

Saturday night Nan and Pops came down to our house in Cypress. We had a really good time with them, and then we got to see "Reflections of Christ". Its a photography exhibit reflecting scenes from Christ's life. Its on until Tuesday if anyone close wants to come experience it. They basically turned our primary room into a beautiful gallery to display the photos. Here is the link to Reflections of Christ. Nan's favorite is when Jesus is being baptized. One of Cody's favorite is the manger scene, with just Jesus, Mary and Joseph. I couldn't pick one favorite. They are amazing! and so real, which was an excellent reminder that Christ IS real. It was really uplifting and got us all in the true spirit of Christmas. I hope we can all grow a little closer to Christ this Christmas and not get overwhelmed by all the hype.
Loves,
The Bowlers

We are thankful for our Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was awesome!
It was a Camp Hinckley year, up in Running Springs, with Cody's family. The weather was fabulous and wintery, as in rainy and the food and company were fantastic.
Rowdy discovered Dry erase boards and black olives all in one trip

Everyone say, "Turkeys!"

Cousin bath in the cafeteria kitchen sink

My mom and Dad came up the Mt. for Thanksgiving dinner and then headed out that night to go hike the Grand Canyon! It is awesome to have both sets of grandparents just around the bend from each other.

Nan taught the little boys how to ride a horse broom

It was amazing to see how close the wild fires had gotten to Camp Hinckley. We are so glad they preserved the lodgeRowdy is already learning to use a razor.
and don't worry everyone his Dad remembered and trashed the stash!

Thanks everyone for your hard work! We had an amazing time.

V8 POWERED

Today Rowdy drank his veggies. Well, at least half of them.

Diggin' for gold

While in Sacramento we went up to Coloma, where gold was first discovered in CA. Here is Cody diggin' in front of the Sutter's mill replica on the American River. We stuck our feet in the river to see if we would stub our toe on anything shiny and gold.On the way up to Coloma we did a little Johnny Cash history detour and stopped by Folsom Prison. I was already a little nervous being there and while we were in the little museum the full on prison sirens went off and the old tour guide got a shocked look on his face and said, "ohh noo! " (I was already flipping out) "its twelve noon!" he was cracking up at the rise he got out of me. Anyway heres to Johnny Cash

And here are some more Gold Rush pics

Cody didn't get his fill at Folsom. He loved this old broken down prison in Coloma. And an interesting family history side note, one of my great great great grandpas was a gold miner up here in Nor Cal and he and his partner found a vein of gold and then his partner murdered him. Sad, huh. For any non-Bowlers This is Aunt Debbie, Cody's Dad's Sister, who lives near Sac town

Church vs State jk

We took a road trip up to Sacramento a couple of weeks ago. We had a nice time checkin' stuff out. The architechture of the capital building is stunning, but... You just don't get the goosebumps like being here.OR should I say Turkey bumps? There were like 20 enormous wild turkeys running around enjoying that nice mormon soil outside the Sacramento temple on a sweet acre or two picnic area.

Here are some more pics.
Notice how many shots I have of me running after Rowdy.

Thanks Aunt Deb for the nice time!

The Best Part of Waking Up

Rowdy and I eat cereal together whenever I'm home and awake in the morning. We're a perfect team. I eat the cereal and he drinks the milk

His 1st Allergy

I guess it was bound to happen. The culprit: amoxicilan. or however you spell it.

Halloween

I don't have my camera or a lot of time to post, but I couldn't resist stealing these shots of Rowdy from Letti's blog. I crack up every time I see them. Rowdy had a good Haloween, and so did we

Fun Fall Weekend

We took another trip inland this weekend. Partly to visit and partly for a baby shower. We decided to go up to Oak Glen for the afternoon too, with Nan.
P.S. don't go there on a Saturday during apple season unless you enjoy waiting an hour in line for a caramel apple

We had a lot of fun at the petting zoo. Rowdy went hog wild actuallyHere is a picture of Nan and me (after all of the caramel goodies)

Cody also got tricked into participating in a Hog calling contest. Its a good thing we don't depend on his pig farming check every month.

I tried to tell Rowdy he could look like this if he keeps asking for "more" all the time

Rowdy tried to get a drink with the goat.

We had a nice time. Katie and Armanie were also down for Heather's baby shower, I went with my Mom. Also a nice time. On Sunday Nan came out to our house to speak to the youth for the bishop's fireside. She is such a fun speaker. I really enjoyed it and I am sure the youth did too. Except when she made Cody and I sing our own rendition of "The wise man built his house upon the rock." I am pretty sure the youth didn't like that part.

I really like this video

R is for Rowdy

Disneylandia

We had an awesome time at California Adventure on Monday. It is so much more mellow than Disneyland. Here are a few of the people we ran into. Rowdy really liked the queen of hearts and was in love until...
he saw Sully. Rowdy didn't want to share Sully with anyone else and wasn't scared at all. He even stuck his hand in Sully's mouth. Rowdy thought that this was the best part of his day, until...
keep going,
he found this hole in the fence. We were waiting for the Pixar parade and this hole was right next to the balloon ride on the parade route. I'll give a dollar to anyone that finds this hole and has the picture to prove it.