Howl if you love the Coyotes

A patient at the physical therapy office I work at had extra tickets to a Phoenix Coyotes NHL hockey game and invited me and Evan to go with her. The game went into sudden death overtime and then a shoot out. They ended up losing to the New York Islanders, but it was definitely an exciting event and one of the only events in Phoenix where I've ever worn a coat.
Me and Sue

Evan's birthday

Special birthday dinner, "Gunpowder Chicken," eaten on the special birthday plate.
Then we watched the National Championship game for college football and had birthday brownies. I ended up making two different batches of brownies, because Evan couldn't decide which kind he wanted.

A new Swiss Army backpack from his parents.

Group picture in the new camping chairs my parents bought Evan. I got him a board game he was wanting, called "Ticket to Ride: Europe." I ordered it online, but surprisingly it showed up the next day.

Now with the self timer feature on on my camera...only took us four times, not bad.

Spa night

I got board one night and for some strange reason Evan wasn't studying (or maybe I asked him to take a break) anyways...I turned my boardom into a mini-spa night at the house. I gave Evan a mini-pedi (of course no polish was involved). Then we took turns giving each other oatmeal facials. (And yes, Evan is wear one of my headbands)

Christmas

Christmas Eve we went to Evan's aunt Susie's house for some yummy treats, games, singing, and even a little stand-up comedy.The nieces and nephews started an impromtu talent show, which was surprisingly entertaining and fun.Family tradition of singing carols around the piano.Opening up one Christmas Eve gift. Klinton was so cute he loved that hat and wore it almost all day long. He also was obsessed with a singing reindeer sitting in rocking chair Grandma had. All the kids had "Grandma got run over by a Reindeer" in a matter of hours.Waiting to be able to open presents. The kids had more patience than I did.

Klinton trying to take a ride on his new stuffed horse from his great-grandparents

Having the traditional after presents egg-nog toast

Evan and his brother, Patrick, singing the most requested song of the week, "Ode, to the Colorecal Surgeon" and grandma working in the kitchen, which is what she did for the entire week. Kallie keeping her new babydoll warm while we were at our Christmas day feast, KFC!!
We drove up to Salt Lake to see Evan's dad's dad on Christmas night.

The day after Christmas Evan's mom's family all came over to Grandma and Grandpa's house

Evan's mom with her sisters

The siblings

The Norby family with Grandma and Grandpa

SNOW

December 22 we headed out of Sunny (well it was dark but you know what I mean) Arizona to head up to Evan's maternal grandparents home in Heber, Ut for Christmas. Since it had recently snowed we had to take the long route up to Heber through Las Vegas and the Hover Damn. After stopping at a rest stop for 2 hours near Ceder City, UT in the wee hours of the morning, having two sick children throw up in the back of the van, stopping for also an hour after we witnessed a Nissan Xterra drive off the freeway and roll 5 to 6 times and rushing to the aid of the miraculously unscathed four passengers then waiting to give statements to the police officer, we finally made it to Grandmas. The kiddos immediately wanted to play in the snow...so that's what we did! Evan making some snow balls to attack his brothers.
All bundled up

Evan's younger brother on top of his domain where he was throwing snowballs.

Yes he is wearing shorts in the snow!

Uncle Patrick giving Kallie a ride on the snow boogie
I love this picture, because put Evan and his dad have their eyes closed. Having dark brown eyes I never realized that blued-eyed people had such a hard time keeping their eyes open when it is bright outside. I have tons of pictures of Evan outside that look similar to this. I think it's cute.
Evan helping Wade put the carrot on the snowman's nose.

The finished product (which I didn't help with...I was taking pictures).The Boys

The first complete Norby family photo
Take twoEvan and his siblings

Mesa Temple Program

Evan's sister is a very talented singer and about a year ago joined an all woman's singing group. They put on various concerts throughout the year. Evan and I went and saw her group perform at the temple for a fun Saturday date night. The temple grounds were also beautifully decorated with lights and nativities.
They sounded great, it's just too bad we waited and saw the next group perform and let's just say I wish we wouldn't have...

Glendale Glitters

The city of Glendale has a "festival" downtown with a ton of lights and street vendors. It was very pretty, but very crowded. Much better choice this year than Zoo lights, especially since Glendale Glitters is free! We also met up with a friend of mine from work and her cute little baby.