Blah, Blah, Blah

We're getting ready to go to the Johnsons for Thanksgiving Break, and we're all very excited, and some of the kids have been packing for days! As I was helping Sam pack, he said to me, "Mom, are you just so excited to go see Aunt Julie and go Blah, Blah, Blah and talk to her so much!"

New Moon

(Mindy, Karissa, Kelsi)

The girls and I just got back from New Moon---LOVED IT!  Yes we're a little crazy :) but it's all good and fun.

Sam had quite the feast at school today...tons of great kid food!

I was in charge of Jacob's class party--his teacher wanted us to do a service.  So everyone in the class brought donations for Primary Children's Hospital and the kids made cards for the children at the hospital.  We also had a popcorn machine with fresh popped popcorn and a movie.  I think the kids had fun, and I'm looking forward to delivering all the donations and cards as a family.

Bryan has been BUSY...painted the garage and built more shelves in the garage...it looks really good!  AND he finished the cupboard and drawers for our half bath---WOW!

We enjoyed going to Applebees with Mom and Dad on Friday, and playing games after...makes for a fun date night :)

We're really excited for Thanksgiving week!!!

Cozy Corners

Sam's Cozy Reading Corner

Jacob's AWESOME new bunk bed!

We made a "reading corner" in Sam's room that he is very excited about :) he slept there last night--hope his neck isn't too kinked.

Jacob got an EARLY Christmas present from Bryan and I...a custom built bunk bed and he LOVES it!

The girls' exciting news is that we got New Moon tickets!

I spent the entire weekend in bed...literally. I was super sick! It was a blessing that Bryan was home so I could stay in bed. I'm very grateful to be feeling better :) However, I do have my work cut out for me today...slowly, but surely it'll eventually get done.

Bryan cleaned out our garage (yes while I was in bed sick)...REALLY cleaned out our garage and built an awesome shoe shelf out there. It's very NICE walking out into such a nice clean garage--something I will LOVE getting use to.

Reflections

Karissa with her winning photograph for Reflections.

Karissa entered a photograph in Reflections and won a MEDAL! It's now moving on to the district competition.

Other exciting news is that we have a wonderful garage door that WORKS! It's so nice to be able to get in and out of the garage easily! And we also got a new door knob...I'm feeling spoiled :) it's so easy to get in and out of the house now. It's also fun to have a change of color...the garage door we got is tan...so we painted the front door and shutters to match.

Kelsi's braces are starting to feel better---Yeah! That first week was a bit rough.

I got to do the "Magical Tuesday" for Sam's class today...I did the fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk...Sam was VERY EXCITED about me doing it.

We had our stake conference...it was very good.. the theme was temporal and spiritual self-reliance. Our stake president said that part of being self-reliant means that the Lord can rely on you...I thought that was a good thought...and have been pondering it ever since.

Well, It's been a SUPER BUSY week...and I'm not sure what I would have to done to change any of it...I just need to figure out how to better balance everything I'm suppose to be doing!...and I need some serious catching up on sleep!

Braces for Kelsi

Kelsi just got her braces on! She picked "blue" for this round. We went out for ice cream after.
They were really sore for a few days, but Oreo cheered her up!