Thanksgiving Weekend

We had a great Thanksgiving holiday this year and had so much to be grateful for we had to celebrate. I made these turkey hats with the kids and they loved making them. They are really quite silly but, my kids are truly so simple and happy to please. This year we were with the Youngs for Thanksgiving and it was fun to be with my family again. We missed Ryan and Erin who didn't come into town due to her having a baby in any moment! We met at my parents and enjoyed talking with each other and hanging out. Thanksgiving dinner was sooooo good. Everyone made the best food and I have seriously gained like 5 lbs from all the yummy food.

If you ask Jason what he is thankful for he will say pumpkin pie. This kids loves this pie and here he is checking out the many pies. He loves just the pie with lots of whipped topping and leaves the crust. That crazy kid!

Here is part of the family enjoying the feast. We were so happy this year to have little Daisy pay a visit to our family on Thanksgiving. She has gotten so big and look so healthy. If it wasn't for Brad and JanaLynn that little girl would not be alive. It was fun to see her progress.

The day after Thanksgiving our good friends the Partridges were in town. We met them to celebrate Anna and Cole's birthdays. We went to Kangaroo Zoo and the kids had so much fun. Thanks Lori and Corbin for letting us see you for a while. We always get to see them at least once a year and it's fun to catch up.

Lori and I in front of some big teeth! All my dear friends in Indiana have such a special place in my heart. Lori, Sara, and Heidi helped me get through some pretty hard times in Indiana. I was so lucky to have met some of the greatest people there.

So, now the holidays have officially begun and my kids are already counting down the days until Christmas. This is the best time of the year!!!

So You Think You Can Dance

Last weekend My Mom, Jill, and I went to the So You Think You Can Dance show. It was so much fun to have a girl's night out again. My Mom and Jill got me hooked on the show last year and I have loved watching each new season since. This year Jeanine won! A girl finally won! The last couple of years it has always been a guy. There is always a couple of people from Utah on the show and Randi from Orem was with season 5. There are 3 people from Utah right now on the show. We are pretty talented people here in Utah!:) It was a fun show and they did all the really good dances from the show. One of my favorites is Addiction danced by Kapuno and Kayla. It was a fun night and Thanks Mom and Jill for joining me.

His front tooth is gone!

Jason has lost his front tooth! He wasn't too sure about it at first but, after getting some money from the tooth fairy he felt better about the whole situation. If he loses the other tooth in the next couple of weeks all he'll want for Christmas is his two front teeth!

The Sweetest Thing.....

is being married to this handsome guy!!

Halloween

We had a great Halloween this year and the kids had lots of parties and got too much candy. On Friday night we carved our pumpkins and the kids had fun making their spooky faces on their pumpkins that they picked out.

I love this picture of Jason and Anne. They were doing a Halloween crossword puzzle together and I love how Anne had her arm around him. Just a moment I had to catch.

On Halloween Brad and JanaLynn had a Halloween party at their home. JanaLynn loves Halloween and their house is so much fun to be at on Halloween. The kids made a spider craft, carved more pumpkins, and ate donuts. We left to get back to our house to go trick-or-treating but, they had a spooky dinner which I heard was really good. The picture above is a funny pic of the Young cousins but, at least we got them all together at once. We are missing Elsie who was asleep.

The Young ladies and Parker. Check out Jill and my Mom's cute feather mask. They turned out really cute.

The Young guys.

Jason was a skeleton for Halloween. I wanted him to paint his face but, he wanted nothing to do with it. He was afraid it would never come off! His costumes was crazy this year because I made it. After getting it done I realized it was to long on him so I had to get rid off half of his leg bone. A little frustrating for me but, he didn't seem to even care. I am still learning the whole sewing thing.

Anne was a witch this year. She wanted to be a good witch not a mean witch.

Eliza was a fairy and she really enjoyed Halloween this year. It was fun to watch her enjoy all the activities more.

Meet Max

So, for years I have said no dogs. Well, no dogs until our kids are older but, I have eaten my words. On Tuesday we brought home little Max. The week before Mike showed be a picture of him that a customer had emailed to him. She breeds these dogs and wanted to know if we wanted one. Mike showed me the picture and I had this feeling come over me that this was our dog. I surprised Mike when I said lets go meet him and see how the kids do with a dog. We went to the ladies house and met about 10 puppies but, we were drawn to Max the whole time. So, we bought him and brought him home a couple of days later.
Jason came up with the name Max. For a couple of months he has said, "When we get a dog I am going to name him Max." So, Max it is! The kids LOVE him and he is the sweetest dog. He lets the kids carry him all over the house and he loves to be with them. He loves to sleep on any lap and has really been the best puppy. So, now we have a dog and for some reason it feels like our family is a little more complete.

Jason loves Max and when he comes home from school he loves playing with him and taking care of him.

While Jason is at school Anne has become the mother hen to Max. She makes sure he gets his naps and loves him like a baby. Max loves it!

Cousin Halloween Party

The Family night before Halloween we got together with the Schwitzer cousins. Josh and Sara had us over to their house and we had a really fun party. We played a game in their backyard kind of like musical chairs but, instead of chairs there were four corners in their yard that when the music stopped you ran to one of the corners. Each corner had a picture of a ghost or something spooky. The kids had so much fun and so did the adults.

The kids enjoy every year the donut eating contest. I think Jane won this year but, Anne did pretty well!

Will and Jason where the only older boys at the party this year. They had to stick together with all the fairies and girl costumes around.

It was a really fun night and we look forward to each year when we get to see what all our cousins are going to be for Halloween. Thanks to Josh and Sara for a fun night!