Thanksgiving 2011

This is a holiday I usually don't blog about so I decided it shouldn't be skipped this year. I love Thanksgiving because it is a lot more low key and you just hang out and eat. Throw in a little thankfulness and you are set. We had dinner with Heath's family this year up at his Grandma and Grandpa Romrell's.
The rest of the kids getting ready to dish up their food.


The next day after putting up all the Christmas decorations. My sister invited us out to her new house for games and fondue. It was great to see all her kids and their kids.

Chloe had a great time playing with my nephew's daughter Tilly.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Worth waiting for

Hayden has been bugging me for a white shirt and tie for church for awhile now. We have just kept him comfortable with polo's and sweaters. I felt like he was old enough that he could actually stand to keep the tie on so it was time to make the purchase. He was so excited that he looked like the deacons that he could hardly sleep the night before. He was actually excited to go to church for once. We all thought he looked pretty handsome and a little too grown up for my taste.
I feel like I have been stuck in Idaho Falls for a few months and needed a little trip. We didn't really have any plans for the week off so I decided we needed to go for a little drive yesterday. I have been wanting to try the rec center pool in Jackson for awhile now but it has just never worked out. We had a great time. The drive was nice (even though it was a little slick) and we loved the pool. It was nice to get away for an afternoon. We definately need a pool like this in Idaho Falls.

Halloween

Here are my cute little spookies, although two of them wanted to go for the scarier side of Halloween. Hannah the Vampire, Chloe the Ladybug and Hayden the Devil.

Hannah at the school parade.

Hayden at the parade.

And if that wasn't dressing up enough for one week, they had to go all out on Red Ribbon week "Red Day". They felt it paid off because they won the contest for each of their classes.

Happy Halloween 2011

Halloween First Addition

I love getting together with family. This weekend we had two different Halloween parties with each side of the family. I love these traditions and my kids look forward to it each year.

The first was at Grandma and Grandpa Thornton's house. We made eyeball cake pops and carved pumpkins that they grow for us each year. My older two were finally able to handle touching the gooey stuff on the inside and clear them out. Chloe loved the whole thing and wanted to eat the insides. She kept giving her pumpkin a kiss. They ended up with some great faces on them.

The next party was with the Jackson side. We all brought fixings to make Cafe Rio burritos. YUM! We all ate too much. Then we decorated Halloween cookies - thanks Aunt Audra for supplying them.
We are so lucky to have such great family that live near and we can spend time together. My kids love their cousins and we love the friendships that they have.

Roadshow!

Our youth truly did an amazing job at our stake roadshow this weekend. It was so fun to work with them and see it all come together. I was so lucky to have Michele Farnsworth to do the scenery, costumes and help (well mostly) write it. I couldn't have done it without her. I think everyone had a great experience with it and we all did things that we didn't think we could do before.

On a side note here are a few more things we have been doing around here:

The start of the amazing fort Hannah, Hayden and friends built on the first snow storm of the year. They had a great time out there. I didn't make it out to get a picture of the finished product but they were pretty proud of it until we had to break it apart so it would melt to mow the lawn.
Hannah started dance again. She is loving it.

My old piano needed a new bench so that Hannah could practice easier. I found a store that made them but they were unfinished and needed put together. It was a fun project to stain it. I didn't realize that staining wood isn't really that difficult to do, just time consuming. It made me want to take on the bathroom cupboards and change them to a darker color. We will see if I get brave enough for that but this was a fun project.