Turkey Leg/Stuffing/and Eat what will run...

Or something like that... Thanksgiving morning, Danny decided that it would be a good idea to run like 17 miles.. but dont worry.. I talked him down to do a smaller one so Wes and Eric wouldn't die.. :) Instead they ran like 8 miles or something like that. I decided to take a cute little picture of these handsome boys before they were off on their trek.


Upon returning, they were still as handsome.. just stinky! haha. Happy Turkey Day run!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

This year we had two extra people staying at our place for the weekend.. Dannys brother Eric and his cousin Wes.(they were going to go home to northern Cali, but do to the weather, they had to stay put with us!) Poor guys had to put up with my two little girls and Kelli who clearly had a huge crush on Wes would not leave the poor guy alone! Every morning she could hardly wait for them to wake up.. and when they dont wake up til 11.... its quite a long time for her 4 year old lil' heart to wait! He was so nice to her though, and gave her all the attention she needed! It was a lot of fun to have them around though, and hopefully they had fun. It was kind of chill since Danny had to work, we just kind of hung around.. but oh well. Next time they come up we'll go do something more fun than just being here! Thanksgiving dinner was at my parents house.. we finally had Serge and Michelle with us this year.. but we were missing Scott and Larissa. I forgot to take any pictures til we were pulling the desserts out and everyone was passing out due to the Turkey intake! So here are just a few random shots of everyone at the end of Thanksgiving.

Decorating the Tree

Our family tradition in the past has been going to a Tree Farm, in the freezing cold, and picking out a tree.. but this year, my mom bought us our own "Charlie Brown" fake tree. Its so small compared to the ones we've had in the past.. but its cute, and we love it. The kids had so much fun decorating it, and we've never lost so many bulbs in all our years of marriage. :)



Not gonna lie, after they went to bed, I had to move things around.. it was a little 'Bulb heavy' on the one side.. the tree was gonna tip! They are my best little helpers though. I love this time of year... snow. sales. shopping. window shopping.... then going in to buy the things in the window.... more snow.. fake blizzards outside. Christmas lights. Decorations all over. baking.. lots and lots of bakig.. and snow.. Oh and of coarse the ability to use Santa not coming as a threat to my children to get them to help out a bit around the house.. is that so bad?! Yeah for Christmas time!

Last Park Day

Who knew that on November 18, in Utah, we could still do a quick park day?!? It was breezy but the temp wasn't that cold... so we decided to go to the park real quick. The kids had so much fun playing, plus, I was able to take some cute pictures of them being crazy!





I have to say, that I'm jealous of what these two crazy girls have... they have a sister close in age, someone who play with all the time, and will grow up and continue to be best friends... I love in the mornings when I go in to get the kids, I notice that they slept together in the same bed.... they love sleeping together now, and not being in their seperate beds. I never had that with my sister... I dont know, something about her being in High School when I was a toddler didn't make for good heart to heart and pretend play time... Now, we are best friends, but it took a long time and growing up to do before we could relate to each other. I'm excited to see these two grow up and go through things together, be in school together, and be each others best friends.

How Thoughtful

So the other day, I was organizing the kids room, and Kelli came running up to me, and in the sweetest voice said, "mom, i just made Josie a bed, isn't that so nice of me? She was feeling tired, so I wanted to help her." They were in my room watching TV on my bed, so I thought she just kind of tucked her in and got her all cozy..... After awhile, the room was too quiet for comfort, so I went in there, and this is what I found...




I thought it was so funny. This is a tiny doll port-a-crib and she was sleeping on top of her pillow, with her huge blanket.... she was so crammed in there.

After about 30 minutes I went in to wake her up, and she couldn't straighen her legs. She just kept saying, "owww mom, my legs... oww."