Thanksgiving in Arizona

We went to Arizona for Thanksgiving this year. We stayed with Brad's sister and met up with the rest of his family that was coming from out of town too. Wonderful food and ate too much. Great weather (as always in the winter there). We saw some friends and hung out with the family. We got to take the kids to the zoo, mesa temple Christmas lights, had a bonfire and roasted hot dogs and marshmallows, and the kids had a great time visiting with their cousins. We had a talent show after Thanksgiving Dinner which was fun. Everybody did something..song, trick, poem... Our Family performed a song that Alyssa taught us about Thanksgiving that she did for her school performance.

Peggy surprised all the girls with a cute Thanksgiving scrapbook for the weekend. So we worked on that one of the nights. Its nice to have a book all done, now we just have to get some pictures in it. Thanks peggy you are so creative.

Trains, Trains, and more Trains

All week and everyday this is whats going on around my house. The kids build tracks all around, under and over things all day long. It gets a little crazy and everywhere, but it keeps them busy. Definantly one of the best toy investments
we have made!!!

Thanksgiving Program

We went to Alyssa's 1st grade program last night. It was a lot of fun. They sang songs and had some speaking parts. Alyssa was excited and nervous all week, she doesn't like to be in front of people.

Snow is here....

We had a big storm last weekend and the snow was a few inches and stayed long enough for the kids to have some fun. Corbin and Alyssa had just as much fun as last year and Ava liked the snow tons more now than last year (because she's older now of course). The kids ate the snow, made snow angels, built a snow castle and ran through the snow to make tracks with their boots. The best thing is we get another season for their snow clothes because they still fit!!! yeah.

Hot Cocoa

Its that time of year again, hot chocolate, marshmallows, milk, mugs and spoons. We love hot chocolate around here and it is so yummy when you are cold it warms you up so fast!!

Whats Fall without some leaves!!!

Halloween Carnival

Susan & (the YM and YW) were in charge of the Halloween Carnival in her ward and we went along for some yummy chili and another chance for the kids to wear their costumes!! We had a great time. They had a cake walk, (where we found Ava everytime she went missing), a haunted house, and a fishing game.

Meet Nacho Libre

Corbin was Nacho Libre for our Halloween Party we went to this week. I thought we couldn't make it happen (couldn't find the tights), but Brad found some leggings and I was out of excuses, so Between Brad and I we made it happen for Corbin and he was a happy boy. The second picture is Corbin saying "Naaaaaachooooooooo".

Tanner, Corbin, Alyssa, Addison, and Ava

Halloween Night.....

We went to Trick or Treating in the Thompson's neighborhood again this year. The kids wanted to go together and we live on a dark
cul-de-sac that wouldn't get any trick or treaters. Corbin was a pirate, Alyssa and Addison were Queens, Ava was an elephant, and Tanner was a vampire. They got a lot of candy and had a fun time. Happy Halloween to everyone

Remember this?

I found this game at a garage sale last Saturday. I posted these pictures for my brothers and sisters to see if it brings back some memories like it did for me. Who knows maybe you played the same game with your family too? I love finding things like this and an added bonus it was .50 cents and all the matches were there!! We played this exact game when we were kids and now my kids can play with the same memory game. Some of the matches that really brought back memories for me I took a picture of.

Who needs to invite friends over when you can dress up your animals and have a party all day long! Corbin has always loved playing with stuffed animals. This big bear is big enough to wear his clothes and sit up and play games with him. He has such a great imagination, its fun to see what we comes up with when he plays.

Camping

We went camping with the Thompsons last weekend. Spencer needs more campouts to get his eagle scout award so we agreed to this campout. We all love camping, but It is October and it has been getting really cold at night! Everything was great and fun until we had to go to sleep. I thought we were prepared, but still with my 3 layers of clothes, 2 jackets, 2 socks, a beanie and 5 big blankets it felt like I had nothing on!!! Brad slept with Corbin and I slept with Ava to keep each other warm. The two girls slept together in the little tent to keep each other warm, but we all were just waiting for morning to come fast. The fun parts were yummy Hobo dinners, marshmallows, Hot chocolate and roasted starburst.....so basically all the food. What we do for our nephew!! We can't wait for next year's summer camping with you Spencer!

Great Christmas Gift!!!!!

My friend makes these cute mini copies of the Book of Mormon. These are just two of the cute ones she has covered and she has many more. I got a few of them for gifts for myself and for others. They are the perfect size to fit in my purse too so I can take it anywhere and anytime!! email or call me if you are interested!! Yes this is advertising at its best for a good friend!!

Fancy Nancy Anyone?

Alyssa and I came across these books this summer at a book store. My sister in law said they were one of the first books to sell out at the book fairs. Grandma bought Alyssa the two they had there and we were going to look for the 3rd. Alyssa got it at the library at school and brought it home to read for the week. The following week we went to our library in town and found a bunch more easy to read beginner books of Fancy Nancy. They have such fun and bright illustrations and brings out the girl in us when we read them. Now we tease saying everythings got to be Fancy like Fancy Nancy. Enjoy reading

New Recipe

I got this recipe from my neighbor who is a fantabulous cook! It's called Peaches n' Cream. It has a cookie crust, filling and peaches with glaze on top. It is soooooo good. I am not going to post this recipe because it has a few parts to it, but if you want it I can email it to you so you can just print it off.

Home Depot

The first Saturday of the month Home Depot does a make and take project you can take your kids to and have some fun building something. They get an apron and a pin for that particular project to put on their apron. Here they are making a bean bag toss. Don't forget to go this Saturday!!