FALALALALA...!

For family night we went to the Christmas Carol Sing-a-long at the Energy Solutions Arena. I had heard about this on the radio and it's a completely free event. It's free to get in, free parking, they give you free hot dogs and soda, then we got free tickets for other things. So, we decided to try it out and see what it was like. We had such a great time (when i say "we" I mean Josh, Kylee, and I; Chase was a little bored). They had an orchestra and the whole arena sang Christmas carols for an hour. We had a great time and I think we will try it again next year. We also met Emily and Scott and her sister Michelle there so it made it even more fun to have friends there.

IT'S SNOWING!!

I hope this means we will have a white Christmas!

Thankful Turkeys

I got this idea from my cousin Ashley, thanks Ash!! For Family night we talked about Gratitude and what the Thanksgiving Holiday is all about. Then we made these turkeys and everyday until Thanksgiving we will think about something we are grateful for and write it on a feather and stick it on the Turkey! We have so many things to be grateful for and it's nice for the kids to be able to think about those things, although it's pretty funny to hear some of the things they come up with!

Go Figure..

I would love to be able to tell you that seeing this means that Winter is over, Spring is here and Summer is just around the corner. Unfortunately we all know that is not the case. We have had some very unusual weather this year and my iris's are a little confused it would appear. I went outside the other day and this is what I found. This iris plant is blooming!! The funny part about the whole thing is that it didn't even bloom this summer when it was suppose to. We had all of that snow in October and the very next week we had 70 degree weather, so I think it tricked my flowers into thinking it was time to come to life. As happy as I am to see this, I'm not sure they will actually open as it has gotten rather cold outside again. Oh, how I wish that Spring was here already. I do love fall and all the beautiful colors and I don't mind snow, but this cold weather is something I really don't love. I am ALWAYS cold and it is so hard to get warmed up sometimes. I AM getting very excited for Christmas and for some reason I don't mind seeing all the Christmas stuff out already. So, I guess I can just deal with being cold for now, I guess I will have to go tell the flowers! :-)

Halloween Fun!

We had a good Halloween this year. The kids had no school and so they were very anxious all day to get out and go trick-or-treating. Kylee chose to be a Hula girl and Chase was Indiana Jones. They looked so cute and the weather was great so they didn't have to wear coats or jackets with their costumes. Josh takes the kids around the neighborhood while I stay home and pass out candy. It's fun to see all the kids come to the door in their costumes. The kids made out pretty good, they got a ton a candy and we had quite a bit left over, so if anyone has a craving, you know where to come!

This is Chase eating a warhead! He didn't realize they were so sour. He didn't like it and threw it away!

Carving Pumpkins

SO, I'm a little behind, I know, I know. We carved pumpkins for family night last week and had a great time. The kids are really getting into it now that they are a little older and they like to do most of it themselves. They turned out pretty good and hopefully you can get the idea from these pictures. I'm still trying to figure out my camera and everytime I turn the flash off the pictures go blurry, so this is the best that I could do.

Albertson's had these mini monster cakes and I thought the kids would love it for dessert. I was right!

My Dad has a tradition every year of painting pumpkins this is my creation this year!

GIRLS NIGHT OUT

So, last weekend 9 of us girls went up to Park City for a girl's get-a-way! It was so nice to have a little break and spend some time with some amazing women! We had a great time just relaxing, laughing, playing games, and shopping! It was great to get to know some of you better and it's nice to know that I am not the only crazy, competitive game player (Angie & Janelle :-)!! Thanks to Kim and Janelle for putting this together, I can't wait to do it again! I feel really blessed to be surrounded by so many great women on a daily basis. I think the Lord has truly blessed my in my life to have this on a consistent basis. He must know that I need it! I know that I would not be half as good as I am now without all the examples of all of you fabulous ladies that I have had the privilege to know!

Snow What??!!

So, this is what we woke up to Sunday Morning and as the day went on it just kept snowing and snowing and snowing. I think we ended up with about 14 inches of snow!! Can you believe it? Is this October or January?? Now, I think that the snow looks beautiful and I love the way it looks when all the trees are white, but this is a little crazy when it is happening in the middle of October and the leaves haven't even come off the trees yet. It definitely has made me excited for Christmas, but let's get through Halloween and Thanksgiving first please. And I don't think i'm quite ready to let go of the warm weather yet, I really don't like to be cold. At least it will be 70 again by the end of the week and hopefully all the snow will be gone for a while!