The Owen Family Times

Cabo San Lucas!!

So Cody, Daniel, and I were able to go to Cabo with Cody's family! It was sooo much fun!

Danny was great on the plane rides! He only cried a few times. (That's the wonderful thing about taking Tylenol PM the night before!)

He loved the water and was the talk of the resort!! It was so much fun to swim together!

We took family pictures on the beach that turned out perfectly!

This was the picture of the vacation. Grandpa Neil "babysitting" the two babies in the shade!!!

It was so much fun, and I was so grateful to be a part of it! Thank you Owen family!

Danny's first Halloween! (Sorry it's been so long!)

So, as most of you know, Cody is a HUGE Star Trek fan. Well, has has gotten me into it, too. After this new movie came out, I was hooked. I agreed that we had found the perfect Halloween costumes...

Cody was Captain Kirk, I was Uhura, and Daniel was Spock! (I made the costumes!)

Daniel had a Spock wig, too! (It was an adult size, but it worked.) He didn't care for it!

Here are some of our pumpkins. Cody and I did two each. Cody did: the Lincoln Memorial and the "Boo" face. I did: Ariel the Little Mermaid and Tigger. It was fun.

Daniel liked to chew on the pumpkin pieces!

We had a great Halloween!

Random Cabo Videos

So, I finally found the cord to my camcorder.... So here are some of my favorite videos from our trip to Cabo San Lucas!!

With the Christmas season here, I love to watch people be nice to one another. I love to help out other people, and wish we were more financially stable so that we could do more. Carrie, thank you for bringing over that bag of clothes! I went through and picked out stuff for Daniel, then was going to take the rest to the DI, but I kept putting it off. (In fact, it's still not at the DI...) Anyways, a friend came over to use some of my scrap fabric to fix a toy. She was fixing it for a needy family that she knows of. They have a 9 month old boy and a 3 year old boy and no way to provide Christmas. I asked her if she needed any more clothes for the baby, but she said that everyone had stuff for the baby. Luckily, I remembered the bag for the DI. We went through and picked some clothes out for the little boy. I know that it was not much, but I wish I could witness the joy on his face when he gets some toys and clothes on Christmas!

The other night, Cody and I went out to dinner. We were getting ready to leave and our waitress came up. She said we had two checks. I thought that maybe there was a mistake on the first one, so we would have to pay separately. She then explained: before we had ordered dessert (I have been craving ice cream...) someone pointed us out and paid for our meal!!! On the receipt it says "Merry Christmas from a random stranger!" I couldn't believe it. I started tearing up! How sweet and amazing that someone would do that!

Anyways, I just wanted to blog about it. I wish that everyone would do more things like that all the time, not just Christmas. That stranger made my whole week better!! I have the receipt in my bag still. Even though I don't know who did it for us, they will now hold a special place in my heart. I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and remember the real reason for this special season. Jesus Christ our Savior was born so that He could be our example. Then He lovingly laid down His life for us so that we could return to Him again.

Christmas!!!

Christmas was awesome!!! We spent Christmas Eve morning and afternoon in Preston with Cody's family. Then went to my grandparents for dinner. Then stayed a couple nights at my mom's. We had a blast!!! Daniel loved the wrapping paper! He got more presents than the rest of us combined!! Here are some pictures:

Christmas Adam - Cody, Daniel, and I had our own little Christmas as a little family!

Here is the bag I made for my sister-in-law, Christie! It is my favorite so far!

Our attempt at a family picture... Daniel was not cooperating.

This is my mom's tree. Guess how many of the presents were for Daniel!

He enjoyed the wrapping paper!!

Daniel playing with his new John Deer toy from Grandma Iva!

Daniel playing with my Christmas present: a karaoke machine!

Daniel enjoying a massage after a long day. Cody got that from Carrie, his sister. (We love it!! We all use it!)

Okay, I left the room for a second and came back to this: Daniel had unwrapped a chocolate-peanut butter Santa and was enjoying a little snack... It was the cutest, funniest thing ever! And: he didn't make a mess. He is a very neat eater!!!!

This was a great Christmas!

Daniel's First Hair Cut!!!!!!!

My baby is growing up, and I finally gave in to his need for a haircut... I was really sad to see his curls go, but a little girl in my Primary class asked if he had pigtails. So, it was time. Thank you Connie for cutting it for us!!

Before:

After:

My Baby Boy is 1!!!!

I can't believe it! The year has gone so fast! We had a Mickey Mouse themed party with family. It was so great! Thank you so much to my mom, brother, and Cody for all their help! (The cae would have been a disaster without Robert's art skills!!)