Missing the Warmth!

Jarod and I have really been missing San Diego recently so I thought I would make myself feel better by posting some pictures of our old stomping grounds.

This is one of my favorite pictures! That is Jarod in the background catching a wave and me sitting on my board watching. This picture was taken the first part of March- need I say more?

I think there are a few reasons we have been missing it. It could be because since the end of November it has only been above freezing 7 or 8 days and it has been in the 60's in San Diego. It could be that it is the middle of January and everything looks dead here but the real reason I think we have been missing it so much lately is because over Christmas we went on a ski trip with Rob and Elisha. Our best friends that live in San Diego. We miss living close to them!

This is heaven, otherwise known as La Jolla!

This was Jarod's first trip back in after breaking his leg surfing in Hawaii. I kinda felt like the dad in the background wanting to pull him back to safety but after a few moments out there he was right back where he left off.

Jarod and me in La Jolla right by our house. Oh how we miss it! We would go to the beach all the time to either run, surf or just enjoy the view.

Ok, that didn't help. Now I just miss it more!

Family Pictures and a few random ones

The Millers
The Bishops
The Gills

The Domenys The whole Gill gang. I told everyone after we took this picture that no one else was allowed to get married or have kids because we wouldn't fit in the screen. I can't believe how fast our family has grown in the last couple of years.

Getting ready to go play football.
Like Uncle, like nephew!

Thanksgiving Bowl

The last couple years we have had a Bowling Tournament. This year we had the whole Gill gang out for the festivities and rented out the entire bowling alley. I just happened to bowl my greatest game ever this year with 5 STRIKES IN A ROW!! Even I was speechless. I have never got two in a row let alone 5!!
Michael had a great time this year. He loves his Grandpa!
The Dominator girls!
We all have bowling nicknames...

Ash and Brandon. Aren't they a cute couple.
Michael even got to bowl and with the help of the bumpers, he got his first strike. He was so funny and wanted everyone to clap for him every time.
King Pin and Spare me. AKA Dad and Mom

Royal (our competition), Vera and Derek
Grandma just knitted the entire time. She is so funny!

What a cute little family and one more on the way!

The Dominators... and boy did we dominate again this year!

Pilgrams vs. Indians

On Thanksgiving morning, we headed down to Horseshoe Bend High School for a mean game of football. Jarod took this game very seriously. He thought the eye black made him look intimidating. I think it would have been more intimidating if it wouldn't have been my mascara.

So we played a great game and had a fun time but realized at the end of it we didn't take any pictures. These are a few of our attempts to capture action shots of what happened during the game. Here is us lining up. The timer was taking forever and Derek was cracking me up but I think minus the pads and 350 lbs we look very similar to O Lineman.

She could go all the way.... except that my husband takes every opportunity to tackle me.

My job was to protect the end zone... as you can see I didn't do a very good job.

See I told you the eye black didn't help!

Dog Pile in the end zone. Jarod is on the bottom (poor guy), me (barely able to breathe), I can't tell if Lacy is on top of Vera or if Vera is on top of Lacy. Then we have Lacy's poor friend Derek. I don't think he will ever come back. That is what we have to do with all those boys chasing her. Derek Domeny is of course on top of the pile.

BIG Family News!

It has been an exciting few weeks for the Domeny clan! Tyler and Kimber are expecting another BABY! I am so excited that I am going to be an aunt again. She is due on June 6, my mom's birthday. We have known for a while but I realized that I had not announced to anyone yet.
The other big news is that Derek got ENGAGED on Sunday!! He proposed to Vera at Tamarack in McCall. They are planning on getting married this summer. We are very excited!

The Big House

Round 2 of college football for us. This last weekend we made the trek to Ann Arbor with 109,000 of our closest friends to the Big House to watch Michigan take on Minnesota. We had a great time but it was freezing as you can see from our many layers. The crowd was very entertaining and did things we had never seen before. I think Jarod and I spent most of our time watching the student section instead of the game. By the way, someone from Borah went to a Michigan game back in the day and came back with Borah's fight song, chants and cheers.

Mesmirized by candy

I had to share this picture of my nephew! He was a monkey which is absolutley fitting. Kimber was trying to send me pictures on my cell phone on Halloween night but they were not coming through. She finally sent a text message and said "just imagine Ty in a giant monkey suit but cuter". So true but I agree this little guy is much cuter than the image of Ty in a monkey suit that I had.