Feasted, a little too much.

We spent the last week in California with the Stones! As always, it was a blast.
Feast Day:

A look of wonder by Trev

Tired boys after eating.

Other Fun
Minnie! Grandma found that at Goodwill, she loves it! They have the best second hand stuff in CA.
Christmas Farm. Why hasn't someone brought this idea to Utah? The climate? We are seriously missing out. You can cut down your own tree, have free popcorn, take a ride by Santa, etc, all while being surrounded by one of the best scents in the world. Pine.
Grandpa & Emmas enjoying popcorn.

Sleigh Ride. Julien, Grandma & Jack

Just riding reindeer. Drew, Jack, Julien, Trev with Emma.

At the North Pole.

More fun at Gpa & Gma house.

I love Thanksgiving. & now Christmas!!! YAY!!! Enjoy.

Life.

With Thanksgiving only a half a day away I feel the need to send out into the vast world of the internet my gratitude for my life. Yep, I'm right along with all the other cliche posts, I don't care.

My Life. It's a wonderful thing. You know wait, let's start with my day.
I wake up to an alarm telling me you better get up and exercise or you will miss the chance since, soon the house will be way to distracting to do so. Therefore, I'm really grateful for exercise. It keeps me sane.

I'm then embraced by big smiles & a regular question of, "Is it morning time yet?" I'm ever so grateful for those faces. They are what push me to be the best I can be.

Between a shower, breakfast, and daily chores, it is a toss up of what comes next. I'm grateful for my home, our financial ability to fill it with what we need & more. I'm also grateful for the scriptures & prayer. It is what gets me Happily through the day. I can make it through days just fine, but being nice, patient, hospitable, humane it takes constant prayer and daily scripture study.

Next, the kids & I rush out the door to my nanny job. I'm very grateful for that job. It's simple, but it keeps me busy & allows us to be better savers (something we struggle doing).

We roll back home, mix up some dinner & wait for him. I'm grateful for my man. He is all I need and more. I love seeing the kids run to meet him at the door or stand on the kitchen chairs waiting for his car to arrive. They love him, & so do I. He works extremely hard & then goes to school, coming home with enough energy to play with Jack & Emma and then cuddle with me.

I unwind the day usually with a little T.V. and lay down on my pillow & pretty much am out in 3 minutes flat. I'm grateful for sleep. I'm glad I have good sleepers for kids, because me with no sleep just doesn't work.

Now for the things that don't happen daily. I'm grateful for my calling, my testimony, my families, the Lord's tender mercies, my friends, my hot sexy minivan & just life. Life is good.
Happy Thanksgiving, enjoy.

I'm Official!

I guess I should pull out the 'mom jeans' because I'm an official mom now.
It was quite the long day Saturday, as you can see...

After Jack napped, he enjoyed playing on our NEW VAN! I always said, "I'll never drive a minivan". Well life happens and I shock myself as I say I LOVE my new van. It's practical, affordable, convenient, etc.

So, sorry that I won't look so hot anymore, but I'm embracing motherhood to the fullest.
Enjoy.

"J-A-C-K spells ME!"

Jack and I have been working on writing. When I say that I mean introducing writing. But he's caught on fairly well. This is today's product: (a mass improvement)

I'm really so PROUD! Enjoy.

Her Sassiness

My apologies to not posting more regularly. I blame pinterest.

Our little girl has quite the sassy attitude. She knows what she wants and DOES NOT like not getting it. One morning I got her breakfast, told her it was ready and set it on the table in front of her highchair. (she's a climber and can get up herself) She said, "No, pincess", pointing to the T.V. She LOVES Tangled. Tangled equals 'pincess' or princess. Wow, this story is taking a while, sorry. Anyway, I started getting my food, when I look over her food is gone. She's sitting in front of the T.V. with her plate & sippy enjoying 'pincess'.
Proof:

Another post to come soon, it's fun. Just waiting on pictures!
Enjoy.