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!