Thanksgiving in Idaho

We spent Thanksgiving in Idaho this year with Tim's family. We stayed at Chuck and Laura's house and had a great time. There were 11 cousins there ages 8 and under and 11 adults. It was such a fun, crazy, chaotic party!! We played the Wii, stayed up late watching movies and playing cards. The kids had a great time with their cousins playing anything and everything and doing crafts. The guys played disc golf and the girls went to the movie "New Moon" and went shopping on black Friday starting at 5am! We even had an adult night out. We all chipped in for 2 babysitters to come and we adults went bowling and out to dinner. It was a great 5 days!! Thanks to Chuck and Laura for hosting us. We had an amazing Thanskgiving meal and all shared what we were thankful for. I am so thankful for my sweet family, especially my cute husband. I am also thankful for our temporal blessings like our home and financial stability. (I know that sounds silly, but especially in todays market, I am thankful Tim has a good job and we really don't want for anything major!) I know that I am truly blessed and I am glad we had such a great Thanksgiving holiday with so much wonderful family!

Bunk Bed Buddies

Well, we finally did it. We made the transition from the crib to the bunk bed for Eli. We bought the bunkbed several weeks before, but I was nervous to make the transition. Things were just working so well how they were, but we made the plunge on Nov. 18, 2009. They did so great and loved sleeping in the bunk bed together. They stayed in bed so well and went right to sleep; I was so proud of them. Eli even takes his naps so well in the bunk bed too! They are such big boys!!

Mannheim Steamroller

On Nov. 18, my mom treated me to the Mannheim Steamroller Concert at Abravanel Hall. It was a great way to kick off the holiday season. The music was wonderful. I had never seen them in concert before, but I had always loved their CD's. Of course it is always fun to be with my mom. I am so lucky to have such a fun mom who is also my dear friend! Thanks for the fun night Mom, I love you!!!

New Family Pictures

We recently had family pictures taken. My sister-in-law Katie took them for us and did a great job. We just went to Wheeler Farm and found some great shots as usual. I just wanted to post a few of my favortie pictures. She took about 100 pictures, so it was hard to narrow it down, but here they are!

A fun family picture of us walking down the dirt road. Ethan was actually complaining the whole time we were walking because he had dropped his favorite stick :)

Don't worry, we went back and found his precious stick after we got some good pictures :).

I love these pics of the boys smiling together, especially with Ethan looking so sweetly at his little brother!

Our sweet little Ethan -

almost 4 1/2 years old.

Cute little Eli - he'll be 2 years old next month.

Veteran's Day Parade

On Veteran's Day last year we stumbled across West Jordan's Veteran's Day Parade. We really enjoyed it, so we made it a point to go this year. The boys really liked all of the flags and soldiers and of course candy - what is a parade without candy?! I explained what a veteran was to the boys and later I heard Ethan telling his cousins that a "veteran is someone who fights to keep our world safe!" Unfortunately Eli wasn't a big fan of the LOUD firetruck horn and siren, but other than that it was a fun time for everyone. Thank you to all of the men and women who help keep our country safe and fight for the freedoms we enjoy!


Watching the parade!!!

Story Time

On Nov.11, I caught this cute moment with my camera. Ethan and Eli love to read books and it was so cute to see Ethan "reading" this book to Eli. They will sometimes do this for nearly an hour; so fun!!! I love seeeing my boys enjoy each others company. I hope they continue to be good friends!

Eli's Sweet Dreams!

So, I ask Eli every morning if he had sweet dreams and what did he dream about. Lately he has been saying nearly every morning,

"I had sweet dreams about Jesus!"

Well, this morning I asked him the question at breakfast and he answered with a mouth full of food. I told him to wait and swallow and then tell me. Here is how it went:

"I had sweet dreams about Jesus and Hinckley."

"Really?! Hinckley - you mean Pres. Hinckley?"

"Pres. Hinckley, the prophet!"

"Wow- that is neat. Was he nice?"

"Yes, very nice!"

And that was it. Then we went on to play with his food or something - he is only 23 months old! Man, I wish I could see this kids dreams! I didn't even know he knew about Pres. Hinckley since now we talk about Pres. Monson, the current prophet. Eli, you are a pretty special little boy with some awesome dreams!!! Thanks for sharing them with me!