Happy Thanksgiving

I just wanted to do a quick post and tell all of our friends and family how grateful I am for everything they do and are for us. We are so blessed to have all the people we have in our lives and I am so grateful for that. I am grateful for he free country we live in, even though we may complain too much sometimes. I am grateful to be a part of the gospel and the blessing that it has been in my life. I am especially grateful for my Savior and the sacrifice He made for each of us. I am truly grateful for my two beautiful girls and the blessings they are to us. I am grateful for Ryan and the hard work he does and the things he does to provide for us. I love this time around the holidays because it gives us a kick start to remember how many blessings we have and how grateful we need to be for everything we have been given. I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving and remembers all the wonderful things they are blessed with from now until next Thanksgiving:)

Getting closer

Okay, so the basement is getting so close to being done, YEA!!!! So I thought I would post some pics. The purple and green room is the kdis playroom and I have one big purple wall that you can't see here. Any ideas of how to spice that one up? The bathroom counter is obvisouly not done yet, Ryan is building a tile top for it. The mirror is MIA becuase I have not found one yet. Other than that, just some painting and window sills and carpet left and we are there! The purple and green look a little different on here than they really do in the basement. And while I am at it, I just have to say how impressed and proud I am of Ryan for doing the whole thing. I never could have figured out the electrical and all of the other stuff. He constantly picks at himself if one tiny thing is wrong, but I think he did an awesome job!

Cause Dressing up is fun to do

So these two girls love to dress up and play around in their dress clothes. This time, Elle was Supergirl and Reese was a butterfly. Notice the lovely Sunday morning hairdos we have goin on.


This picture was just random after playing hard, I guess Reese got worn out becuase she laid down on the couch and put a blankie over herself.

Santa, what?!!!

So apparently we have fallen into the whole Christmas before Thanksgiving trap, which is so sad becuase I love Thanksgiving! We went to Bass Pro Shops last weekend because the kids wanted to see Santa and, lo and behold, there he was! It was actually pretty cool. They have "santa's Wonderland" all set up with an "ice skating" rink, games, a picture with Santa, and free kids meals at the restaurant.
Below are some pictures of the whole experience.






Reese was not having ANY part of the whole scheme. She cried and would not go up there. FINALLY, I bribed her and told her she could sit on my lap on the side of the chair, that she didn't even have to touch Santa (the evil villain:)) and she conceded. But, AS SOON as they snapped the picture, she was outta there and took off running. Fun times!

Happy Hauntings

Well, Elle's favorite time of year has now come and gone. She loves Halloween and wanted to be "Minnie the Mouse" this year, as she told everyone. Reese got into the spirit this year and said "Chick cheet" at every door and trunk at the ward trunk or treat. At 5:00 our church had their halloween party and "trunk or treat." After that we rushed home to make the neighborhood rounds before it got too late and cold. So it was a fun and very crazy night.




While I was at work in the morning, Ryan took the kids to get pumpkins because we, being the slackers we are, had not gotten any yet. They had to drive all over creation to find any decent pumpkins. But, alas, they found three and came home to carve and bake seeds. And, better yet, the mess was all cleaned up when I got home from work!!

Old Man Winter

So, we thought it was supposed to be fall, my favorite time of year, but apparently old man winter decided to come early this year. We got a couple feet of snow around Denver last week and skipped right past fall. Although, now it is nice this week, so you never know what this crazy town is gonna give you weatherwise. Elle and Reese LOVE to play in the snow, and Elle and her friend were having a blast being buried in the snow Ryan was shoveling. So, all in all, it was not too bad. Hot chocolate, no work, fun in the snow, it all adds up to a pretty fun couple of days!