Merry Christmas!

December has been a busy month for us, along with everybody else! My B-day was the 6th. It landed on a Sunday this year, so we celebrated the day before. We went to Brent's work party at the Coppermill with our friends, Tyson and Jessica. Then we saw a movie after, "Everybody's Fine" Kind of a depressing movie, but makes you appreciate your family alot! Then Sunday we enjoyed going to a friend's baby blessing and went to my Mom's for dinner and cake and icecream :)
Brayden's B-day was Saturday the 19th. 4 years old! Friday we went to the Fun Park to play with friends and cousins. Saturday we went to see Santa at the mall. Tyson ran right up to him, arms out. But Brayden was really shy; he wouldn't say anything. Then my mom watched Tyson while we took Brayden to see The Christmas Carol, kinda scary for him, but he fell asleep.

The best part of making a cake!

....... and can't forget this guy. Love ya Tys! I hope you all have fun Holidays! :)

Crafts and such....

We made these Apple Turkeys with the kids I work with. They are so fun and way easy :)

If you can't tell, the one on the right is on his belly, dead. My favorite is the legs sticking out. Hee hee hee
I did Super Saturday a couple weeks ago and this is what I made. I was so excited, because I have wanted to do an FHE board for a while.

I also made the Temple block. The Puppy Dog Tail blocks I made last year.

And New Moon! I went the Saturday they opened with work friends, a couple neighbors and my Sis. in law. So fun! Loved it, much better than Twilight!

So Thankful.....

I really do love Thanksgiving! I feel that it is always rushed.... everyone can't wait for Christmas! Yes, Christmas is very exciting, but we've got to be Thankful first. :) I am so thankful for my 2 beautiful boys and a wonderful, loving, hard working Husband. I am so thankful for the jobs we have and the money we do recieve. I am so thankful for the Gospel in my life and for the knowledge I do have of the Savior and our Father in Heaven. I am so thankful for our beautiful house we have to live in and for friends who listen and care.

I am also thankful for the small things like how the sellers of our house left drapes on the windows.
.... and thankful for the swing set they left for us to enjoy (or left so they didn't have to move it)

I am thankful for a backyard that my kids can run, play and explore in.

I am thankful for technology

...... and a playroom for my boys to play in.

I am thankful for neices and nephews and that I got to have one of them stay with us for a night, bringing her PS with her. My boys loved it, but I know I don't want to buy one, cuz I wouldn't be able to get them off of it!

I am thankful for times like these, when I find my kids doing cute things. You think you're going to be a rock star Tyson? :)

I am thankful for the mind of a 3 almost 4 year old when he (Brayden) says things like, "I broke my ear, it's broken!" when he had an ear infection. Or when he saw snow for the first time this year, saying, "See, it's time for Christmas now!" Or hearing one of the Apostles talk about the Holy Ghost, saying, "Holy Ghost.... scarey!"

There is so much to be thankful for in our lives! Are we focusing on all the bad things that happen or the things we don't have? Even if you don't have a house, a job, children, an education(decided not to take that route), a bed set (which I want, but may not get for a while). All we need to do is do the best we can and be grateful for what we do have. I know all of you can name 100 things you are grateful for! We might have some of the same things to be grateful for or different things. We all succeed in different ways and we all have different gifts and talents to be grateful for. I am so grateful for music and the ability I have to sing. There is so much to be thankful for, it's hard to name them all! I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving, and please remember to be thankful! :)

Kitty George

We got a kitty a few weeks ago, and we love him!

A nurse I work with had said they were trying to get rid of one more cat, so we took him. I didn't know for sure if I was ready for a pet so soon after we moved, but we decided to go for it.

This is his new favorite place to be.

He started falling asleep up there once and almost fell off!

Brayden just loves the kitty.

He is the one who officially named him Kitty George, after Curious George. First he wanted to name him Superman. I liked Kitty George :)

The kitty is mostly an indoor cat, but lives in the garage. His litter box, food, and bed are in there, but he spends alot of time in the house. We just take him out every few hours, and he hasn't ever had an accident! He even meows when he needs to go out and when he wants back in. What a good kitty!
Tyson always wants to hold Kitty George, but Kitty George doesn't always want to be held! (by him at least) We have to remind him (and Brayden) to be nice to the kitty.

Enjoying the moment

Kitty George is trying to get you!

Asleep at last.....

My favorite is to snuggle with him when my kids are asleep. He is so cute! One time he was all up in my hair purring and licking it. I just thought, "Yes, Kitty I am your Momma" I know, cheezy :) It has been so fun having him around.

Halloween/ B-day party

The Saturday before Halloween was Tyson's 2nd B-day!!! We had a party with our family. We missed you Holly

Me and Joann (sis. in law)

Tyson and his cousin Jake are 5 days apart so we celebrate their B-days together :)

Buzz and Superman save the day!!

Birthday boys opening presents

Oooo, a motorcycle from Grandma.

And.......


Poor Tyson cut his chin open last week. I was ready to take him in to get stiches, but Brent said it wasn't that bad. It did stop bleeding, plus he had a well child care check up the next day, so we decided to wait. The Doc. said he could have used a couple stiches, but wasn't too concerned. It had already started to heal itself, and he said you can only get stiches up until 24 hrs after the accident. If it was on his face, other than his chin I would have took him in.

Now, we just have to make sure it stays clean and try and keep a bandaide on it. That's a joke. what 2 year old is going to keep a band aide on? So a few days later, he bumped it and broke it open again. Now we make sure he has a band aide on it and get mad at him if he takes it off. he is doing pretty good to keep it on now :)

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Can you say Black Widow!

So this is what I found on our wall the other day! We looked up spiders and it looks (to us) like a Black Widow. Don't know for sure if it's a male or female, but still freaky! It has reddish/brown spots, in a line on his back. you might have to zoom in to see it. I don't know what his belly looked like, because I smashed the crap out of it with Brent's shoe. (literally) We think it got crawling around, because we sprayed the furnice room and storage space under the stairs. I so hope we don't have any more.

I posted more pics on my halloween slide show. We had a fun Halloween/B-day party with Brayden and Tyson's friends at our house last Saturday. The kids had alot of fun playing the games: Pin the nose on the Witch, and donuts on a string.

I can't believe my baby is going to be 2!

Happy Halloween!

It's never too early to celebrate Halloween! I did feel kinda funny driving to Brigham City dressed up as a cat though :) We had a Halloween party with my side of the family yesterday; it was alot of fun!

The next set of pics is a Halloween party we had at our house with Brayden and Tyson's friends :) Saturday the 17th.

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Fall Harvest

We have (or had) a garden and we didn't even plant it!

The people that lived in our house before, planted all kinds of tomatoe plants, yellow cucumbers (which I think they're called Lemon Cucumbers) and green peppers. We have been enjoying them. As you can see, the boys have enjoyed them too! :)

Whatever keeps them happy right?....... oh boy
Yummy veggies......

makes yummy salsa!

Thanks for the recipes Delia! Very Delicious

Pokies

Does anyone know what kind of pokey weeds these are?

Every time my kids go out and play they come back with these all over their clothes! It's very annoying because they take forever to pick off and they don't come out in the wash. How do I get them out? Hopefully they are dying and I will remember to spray for weeds in the spring. Is it too late to spray now?

Any suggestions would be helpful! :)

Horses and such

My Mother-in-laws horse is getting old, so she wanted us to come over and take pictures with him before they put him to sleep. He is as old as Brent, 27!

Brent, Brayden and Sundance

Pam and Sundance This pony is sharing the pasture with my in-laws horses. I just thought he was cute!

Brent petting Megan, their other horse

Megan

Tyson on Sundance (sorry a little blurry)

Pam putting him back into the pasture

Other horses sharing the pasture. They are so pretty!

Beautiful Mendon!

A quick funny: When Brayden was standing near the horse his eye sight was.... (well you can guess where it was) He said, "There's a pee pee in there" pointing at the horses parts. My response, " Yep, he has a pee pee too." giggle giggle giggle :)

I ran the Peach Days 10k race, two Saturdays ago, with my sister Angela. That was a hard race! There were alot of steep hills, I never trained with hills! We still ran it in 1 hour and 19 seconds. not bad, but not excellent :)

We are so close to moving into our house! We were suppose to be able to start moving in Thursday, but the sellers can't get out of the house till Friday, so we will be moving Saturday and Sunday! The nice part is that they have to rent the house from us for those 3 days, because they were suppose to be out by a certain date. It's $20 a day, so that was a fast earned 60 bucks for us!