Thanksgiving

This year for Thanksgiving we celebrated with my family at my parent's house. We had such a fun time with one another and the girls loved playing with their cousins. I didn't get a whole lot of pictures but we had such a great time and I am so thankful for my family and the support they are to me.The day after Thanksgiving, we went up to my parents' cabin and spent the night. We had so much fun being with each other. Look at my little Gracie, she is such a darling.
All of the little girl cousins, minus Emma. They look so cute in their jammies. We had such a fun Thanksgiving and I am grateful for all the Lord has blessed me with. I am grateful for my family and that we can be together forever.

The Littlest Pilgrim

This year for Alexa's Thanksgiving Feast, her teacher told her that they could dress-up in Pilgrim clothes. I am not sure exactly how many people her teacher actually told or what she told the class exactly but Alexa was the only one who dressed-up, which of course didn't bother her. Any opportunity she has to dress-up she is excited about.

Playing with Scissors!!!

Well apparently Grace is a hairstylist in training. Today the girls were doing some art projects and as I was cleaning up the crayons, putting away the paper and SCISSORS, Alexa informs me that Grace cut her hair. I didn't even notice it until Alexa said something. Well sure enough, I look over at Grace, glance at the chair with hair on it and lo and behold, she gave herself BANGS!!! She actually did a pretty good job too!!!

8 Things....

Well I have been tagged. This was a lot of fun to do. I have loved reading about people when they have been tagged. It is so much fun getting to know people better. Well, so here goes:

8 FAVORITE TV SHOWS I LOVE TO WATCH
Gilmore Girls-now before you judge me, give it a try. I DVR re-runs and everything.
The Office
Anything on the Food Network
Jon & Kate plus 8
Flip this House
Good Things Utah
King of Queens
America's Funniest Videos-I am always amazed at the moments people catch on tape.

8 FAVORITE RESTAURANTS
Tucanos
Steak-Out
Zupas
Mandarin Garden
Baja Cantina
Legal Sea Foods
The Eating Establishment
Silver Fork Lodge

8 THINGS THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY
Took Alexa to school
Took Grace to school
Voted
Picked up Grace from school
Picked up Alexa from school
Went to my YW Presidency Meeting
Took Alexa to get her flu shot
Helped Alexa with her homework

8 THINGS I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO
Thanksgiving
Day after Thanksgiving sales- I hate the crowds, but you can get some pretty good deals that day.
Putting up my Christmas tree
Christmas
Getting the Family Room in my basement finished
Having all of the toys in the basement so my girls have a bedroom and not a bedroom/playroom.
Getting enough food storage to wear it needs to be.
Emma learning to sit-up all by herself- all of my babies have been late sitter-uppers.

8 THINGS ON MY WISH LIST
My own craft room
Going to Hawaii-the last time we went Doug blew out his knee two days before we left.
Getting Doug's student loans paid off
More cupboard space
More closet space
Bedroom Set
Pink Dyson vacuum cleaner
A day at the Spa

8 PEOPLE I AM TAGGING
Amanda Smith
Christina Hills
Lara Sorich
Heather Moldenhauer
Lisa Burbidge
Kara Nelson
Marilee Aldred
Ashley Horton

Halloween Spooktacular!!!!

We had a lot of fun this Halloween. Our Halloween festivities started off the Friday before with our ward Halloween party. I misplaced my camera so I don't have any pictures, but it was a lot of fun and the girls had a blast at the trunk-or-treat. On Wednesday we went to my parents' house for a little Halloween costume parade and to decorate cookies. The girls had a lot of fun. Decorating cookies is one of their favorite things to do, so they were in heaven with all of the frosting and candy corns!!! On Thursday, Grace had her preschool Halloween party. She had so much fun playing games, being with her friends and of course eating some yummy treats!!!! On Friday we went to Alexa's Kindergarten Halloween parade. It was a lot of fun seeing all of the fun costumes. It was weird going to her parade. I can still remember my Halloween parades when I was little. I can't believe I am old enough to be doing this with my own little girl. Doug also carved the pumpkins for the girls. They had a lot of fun telling him exactly how they wanted them carved. Of course he had to make a little adjustment on Alexa's pumpkin-she wanted it carved out as the Little Mermaid. It was a lot of fun going trick-or-treating with the girls. It was unseasonably warm this Halloween and so the girls didn't even have to wear jackets. I can't remember a Halloween that I wasn't freezing, so it was a nice change! The girls got a pretty good stash of candy this year and had a great time. It was a lot of fun seeing them get so excited about all of the festivities!!!