Thanksgiving

We left Tucson and started on our way to Nevada to spend Thanksgiving with my side of the family. We planned to get there the night before, but because of traffic (and us being tired) we decided to stay in Tempe and then get up early and drive to Boulder City in the morning. It had been awhile since we had seen some of the Snow family members so we were excited. We got there as everyone was waking up and we decided we better have the Turkey Bowl BEFORE we ate, or else it might not happen. So we headed to a nearby park to play some football.

Pictures courtesy of Aunt Cheryl

Ethan, Aaron, Michelle, Jill, Melissa, Brandon, Andrew, and Uncle Jake.

It was FREEZING cold so Melissa helped me keep Adam warm. I played a couple of downs and then decided to take him back to Grammy's house. Thanks to all of the cooks we had an amazing Thanksgiving dinner. Steve deep fried the turkey and I have to say that is my new favorite way to eat turkey. It is so moist and yummy and it took only a little over an hour to cook! After the cleanup we played some games and enjoyed each other's company. Family is great!

Helping with the dishes

Tiptoes :)

The next day we decided to brave the crowds and go walk across the new dam bridge and check it out. It is quite impressive and has a great few of the Hoover Dam. It has been nice to drive across it in our recent travels.

The beginning of the bridge...

The middle...

The awesome view of the Hoover Dam

Back at the car...sorry the trunk almost hit your head Uncle Mitch!

The Party

Our little Adam turned ONE on November 4th, 2010 and we were able to celebrate it a few days later at Grandma and Grandpa Kimball's house. It was a beautiful day so we had perfect weather to have the party in the backyard.

The banner I made for the special day.

Adam has 30 cousins on the Kimball side and almost all of them were able to come to the party! We planned some Minute to Win It games and tried to make sure everyone had fun.

Adam had a blast running around the backyard and climbing on and off the trampoline.

The Kimball family has a special "Happy Birthday" song and Adam actually held still to listen to the whole thing so I think he liked it!

I knew there would be a lot of people wanting cake, so I asked my mom to make one to add to what I already had planned. She whipped this cute monkey up the night before and then drove down to Arizona with it the next day. It turned out super cute. Thanks Grammy!

This is the cake I made for Adam to smash. I love the Junior Mint eyes.

I saw these cupcakes online and I thought they would be fun for all of the cousins. Grandma Kimball and Aunt Kitty helped me make them and I think they turned out even cuter than the ones I originally saw.

Cake time!

Adam wasn't very interested in the cake...

so we all tried to help him taste it and convince him he should dig in.

We tried the red balloon from my mom's cake and it was a success.

Well, at least for a few more minutes than the first one.

Off to play in the grass.

To see how Adam made a better mess of his cake on his actual birthday, click here (or scroll down past Rex's funny elf videos).

Opening presents

He loved the little electric piano Rex picked out for him!

Happy Birthday Adam!
We have had such a fun year with you and we love you soooooo much!