Temple Square

Last Monday we met up with Shannon (my sister) and her family in Salt Lake. We first visited with my grandparents and then we headed out for dinner. We enjoyed a delicious pupusa dinner at an El Salvadorian restaurant. Then we rode Trax to Temple Square. This was the boys' first time on Trax. William loved it!
Temple Square was beautiful as always! We enjoyed all the beautiful lights, nativity displays, and the beautiful temple. It was great hanging out with my sister's family. They are a great family and we love them dearly! We even ran into my friend, Michelle, and her family. I'm so glad we got out early this year so we could enjoy beautiful Temple Square! I love the spirit that is there. I love how the lights are a representation of Christ being the light of the world. I hope and pray that His light and love fill your homes during this Christmas season and always.

Gingerbread House

The last few years we've gotten together with the David's family to decorate gingerbread houses. We had a great time this year. I think our house turned out super cute!

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree

This year we decided to get a flocked tree. I really, really like it! We decorated our tree the Sunday after Thanksgiving. When David put the star on top, the top bent over. He trimmed it down and put it back up. The top of our tree leans a little bit, but it is still great. It has wonderful character! I love decorating our tree with the ornaments we've collected over the last few years. William has his own set and he loves looking at them. We'll each get our new ornaments on Christmas Eve to hang on the tree. I love how our tree looks!

The boys started wearing their Christmas pjs a few days after we decorated the tree. We are SO excited for Christmas!

Thanksgiving 2010

Due to various circumstances, we spent Thanksgiving with my family again this year.


Henry enjoyed watching the preparation during his first Thanksgiving. However, he missed Thanksgiving dinner due to nap time. He enjoyed some squash later on though.

I made these beauties! They didn't just look good, they also tasted good! Not bad for my first time making these rolls!

This is how Eric prepared for Thanksgiving dinner.

William really liked the rolls. I'm pretty sure that's all he ate. He's not much of a meat eater.

We had a lovely Thanksgiving. It was wonderful spending time with our families. We truly are so blessed and have so much to be grateful for. Here are a few things I am thankful for.
1. My Savior, Jesus Christ - without Him my life would be meaningless and nonexistent
2. The gospel - this blesses my life daily, in every aspect of my life
3. my testimony - because of this I am the woman I am today
4. David - he truly is my better half, he is so good to me, and I love him dearly
5. William and Henry - they bring such joy and fulfillment to my life
6. My family - They are my closest friends and I am so grateful for all they do for me
7. my friends - they bring great strength to my life
8. the temple - I love the spirit that comes into my life when I go to the temple. Plus because of the temple I can be with my family for eternity
9. the scriptures - I know the book of Mormon is true. It blesses my life! I also know the bible is true. I love reading the accounts of Jesus' life.
10. my home - it's not much, but I love it and we have many wonderful memories here
11. books - I love, love, love reading!

The day after Thanksgiving we said goodbye to David's dad. He's gone overseas to work for a year. We miss him dearly!

Henry - 6 months old

Henry turned 6 months old November 21.
Here are his 6 month stats:
18 lbs 10 oz
26 1/2 inches
head - ?? the nurse said 39 cm but she measured wrong
- his head was bigger than that at 2 months
teeth - zero (thank goodness!)


We sure love this little chunk!!

I love dressing my boys up in white shirts and ties!
Henry's a future missionary after all!

Playtime!

Henry has a really bad habit. Can you guess what it is?

Happy half birthday to our adorable, sweet, happy Henry!!!
We love you!

Halloween 2010

So, I'm a little behind (shocker, I know), but I've been busy.

We had a great Halloween. We decided to go with a farm theme this year. William was a little farmer and Henry was a pig. David and I dressed up in western wear as well.

We went to my parents' ward's trunk-or-treat. We had a great time! Henry was only called a girl oh about 10 times, but I always corrected them. Come on, what color would you expect a pig to be? Male pigs are pink as well. I just laughed though. I also took the kids to our ward trunk-or-treat, but I didn't take any pictures. And we left after William got 2 pieces of candy.

We had a lot of fun carving pumpkins. I just wish William would have stuck his hand in the pumpkin. He refused to touch the guts. David did the pumpkin on the left, and William designed the pumpkin on the right.

Before we went trick or treating on the 30th we had mummy dogs for dinner. They were so fun to make! We then headed out trick or treating. Since it was raining we only went to a few houses. But we still had lots of fun!
Halloween day we had my parents and my mother-in-law Terry over for a homemade Chili and cornbread dinner. We then visited, ate apple crisp, and played Pit. William didn't get to play pit, but I think he gets the main idea of it. Occasionally he'll start yelling "two, two, two, two, two... Corner!!!"
We hope you had a wonderful Halloween (50 days ago).