Movie Bust

On Saturday loaded into the car and headed out to go to dinner and see the movie Bolt. (and stop in at REI=Matt Happy). I ran into the theater to buy the movie tickets and came out empty handed because the tickets were $14.50!!!!!!! Can you believe that? I couldn't spend $90 to see a movie. So, on the way home we got a red box instead. ( That wording is for you Zac.)

Yesterday, Matt and I got a babysitter during the day for Cam and we went to see Quantum of Solace. It was fun. On the drive home he was bragging that he had some Bond driving moves. Then he said he was kinda like James Bond and I was like M! Again, can you believe that? That was great to find out that he doesn't think of me as one the beautiful Bond girls but M, the bossy old lady that's always telling him what to do.
We had a good laugh about that. I'm sure he didn't mean it rude but I still can't exactly think of how that is a good thing. I guess he loves me though, he carried this up to the top of a mountain last year.

Uncle Zac, Trains, and Cacti

The Botanical Garden in DC has the most fun train exhibit at this time of year.  We were lucky enough to have Zac visiting too!

They have models of the White House, Capital Building and the large monuments all made out of natural materials like nuts, bark, seeds, leaves...

Isn't that COOL!

Scary nutcracker faces.

Testing how sharp.

Santa's Workshop

Tree Time

We found a perfect little tree at trusty old Home Depot. We would probably get a bigger one if we stayed home for Christmas, so this one was just right. The boys had more fun playing hide and seek in the tree bins and making their mom crazy. 

While Matt and I got the tree in the stand, the boys got into their new Christmas PJ's and danced and around being silly.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving weekend was great. We had dinner with our friends the Eberts. It is nice to be with people on the holidays when we can't be with family. Deborah will hate me for posting this picture. She wasn't really going after the food like that, I just caught her being silly. We both made a lot of food and we had plenty of pies and treats. Pumpkin Pie, Banana Cream, Pecan, Pumpkin Roll, Chocolate Bon Bons and even good old M&M's. Cam slept through dinner which was kind of nice, and I'm not sure where the littlest Ebert was in these pictures, but he is so cute! The kids played and played and the adults were able to play a little Killer Bunnies.





To my sister-in-laws, just letting you know that Matt liked my new apron:)

Troopers & other thoughts

There have been a lot of battles going on at our house lately. The boys love the Star Wars Clone Troopers new shows. Poor things have to watch them all tiny on the internet though. They crafted these helmets out of paper and they have held up mighty well!  They can hardly see through the eye holes and so when Matt plays with them, they make easy targets.

In other news, we had snow flurries yesterday so the boys got to open their snow presents. They each got a star wars guy and they were soooo excited. Cam calls his Soda(Yoda) and the Wheesy(Horsey, or the thing Yoda is riding).

I finally mopped my kitchen floor, did my dishes and the laundry is almost done--I never get all the way done. Maybe this is boring news, but I felt good about the floor!

I read Pres. Uchtdorf's message from the Relief Society broadcast and it made me feel HAPPY. You can read it here.  Favorite quote:  "The desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of the human soul."

I have been doing a lot of photography lately so if you want to see, check out my photography blog--and leave me a comment:)

On election night the boys were having a political discussion.  I was impressed and I laughed hard when Sam corrected Nate saying "It is George "W" Bush, not George Bush."  Duh!  I'm pretty sure I didn't know the presidents whole name when I was five, or the candidates running.  Kids are smart these days!

I'm pretty sad because there is no candy corn to be found in the stores anymore.  I love those things, but it is probably better for my teeth this way.  Good thing they start putting out Halloween decorations in the summer.

Lastly, I can't wait for this weekend.  Fun in Utah, and the Twilight movie!

Flashback to Summer Sleepover

I had to get rid of that slideshow, the music starting up every time was driving me crazy!

I Heart Fall

Fall is my favorite season until spring blossoms. I know that doesn't make sense but it is hard pick a favorite when you have such beautiful springs and falls! We went to the "mountains" a few weeks ago. We were a little early for the good fall color and then by the time we could go again the leaves had all fallen. We enjoyed a nice hike and lots of playing with sticks. The viewpoints along the road were fun to stop at. I love the picture of Matt looking over the edge. He looks happy to me. He was watching the boys climb on the rocks below him.

Halloween

We had so much fun on Halloween night and we were glad to have friends to share it with.  The kids were excited to go trick or treating and they all looked cute in their costumes.  While they finished going around the whole neighborhood, Rebecca and I finished getting dinner ready.  The witches brew was a hit but they weren't so sure about some of the other food.  (eyeballs, fingers, goblin guts???)  They ate plenty of candy so we know they didn't go hungry.  Then the kids watched movies and the adults had a good game of Canasta until we decided we probably should go to sleep.  (3am)  Now we have to wait a whole year to do it again!

Getting Ready...

I love Halloween. Here are a few things we have done to get ready.

Ghosts in the entry.  (Thanks to Andrea and Ru for the stuff)

Spooky tree from Pottery Barn for $5!!!  (Thanks to Ru's good eyes.)

Creepy piano for my recital.

Flowers from my sweetheart.

Fredericksburg Battlefield

We visited a new battlefield with Ru. It was humbling to learn about the awful battles there in Fredericksburg and the surrounding areas during the Civil War. Those men seem incredibly brave to me! It is a beautiful area now, and it was neat to see part of the original sunken wall that was there so long ago. The cemetery wall still shows signs of being hit by canonballs and bullets.










After the battlefield we walked around Historic Fredericksburg and had lunch at a fun place called Sammy T's that had very interesting food. Ru had to buy us some fudge to eat on the way home, mmmmmm.