A Day To Give Thanks

This Thanksgiving can be summed up as one of the best days we have had in a long time. The morning started out with great rainy weather and I got to go play some football with Missionaries. When I got home Daddy was watching a movie with his girls. Alone time with Daddy is hard to come by and I know it just brings them all closer. Next it was time to get ready for the rest of our busy day....Our first stop was Aunt Susan's house where all my extended family was celebrating. We were starving so dinner number one was delish and all the girls ate very well. It was really nice seeing all my cousins and Aunts and Uncles but we headed over to my sister Lezlie's house to finish off the night. At Lezlie's we had our seconds of Thanksgiving Dinner and then Dessert and it was all so yummy! At the end of the evening we all sat around the table played a little catch phrase and just hung out with each other. It was so nice having my Mom, Dad, Stepmom, and all my sisters and their familes together in one house at one table. It makes me so thankful that we can all come together and enjoy each other's company. I truly love all my family and I am thankful for each and every blessing in my live. The only thing missing on this wonderful day was Zachary and Zach's family who are all out of town. Next year will be our trun to have Zachary and hopefully Zach's family will make it into town! Warning picture overload below!

Pretty Lights!

Friday night we took the girls to see the Christmas light display that they have every year at Sunset Park. This was our first year actually driving through it and it was very nice!! The girls got to ride in the front of the car with us as we took the little tour and they loved it....they were sad when it was time to go. We then took them to get ice cream and watch the planes since we were so close but with the construction it was kind of a bummer and we didn't see any planes, just made a mess with the ice cream. Overall it was a fun night just haning out as a family feeling a little bit of the Christmas spirit!

Happy 30th Zach!!

In celebration of Zach's 30th birthday I just want to say that I am so proud of the man he is today. Zach is hitting one of the first big milestones in adulthood and he has done so by working hard and being the foundation of our family. Zach is the glue that holds us together and I feel so lucky to have found him! I admire his determination and work ethic and I love how he has such big dreams for our future. 30 years has given Zach the experience to be a forgiving and patient person who is condfident in himself and the person he has become. I love you Zach and I hope you have a great birthday!!!

Twilight Tonight!!

I really am excited for the opening of the Twilight Movie...I really hope it is good even if it is getting less than stellar reviews...Roger Ebert probably didn't even read all the books so I don't believe his 2 1/2 stars is worth anything anyways!

Fun while it lasted!!

Bye bye to my blond hair...I really enjoyed being blond but after a while change is always fun too!! So Jasmine gave me a new do!! She always does great so thanks Jazzie!!

My Boring Blog

Things around here have really calmed down after Halloween, it has been kinda nice to relax and not have to be anywhere but now I am officially board!! Not to mention I don't have too much to post! So hopefully the next few weeks will be more exciting with Zach's birthday this weekend and Thanksgiving the following weekend and my blog won't be such a snooze fest!!

My Poor Hubby!

I always tease my poor husband about being able to see through his lamp shade eyelashes. (They are long and point strait down...think snuffleufagus lashes) Anyhow they are no longer a problem after tonight. Zach had a slight incident at work involving what he called a fireball. Needless to say he has a first degree burn on his eyes and a cornea abrasion. Nothing that will effect his eyesight long term but it is causing him a significant amount of pain right about now. Oh and he lost his lampshade lashes and some eyebrows and a little bit of hair off the top of his head. I am pretty relieved that he was not seriously injured, it could have been much worse. Now I just don't have anything to tease him about!

We Actually Remembered This Year!!!

Today is our 4 year anniversary!! And what a four years it has been! A few kids, a few moves and just like that you have 4 years. It really has been the most amazing four years of my life. I have an amazing husband to thank for that. Together we have learned what a real relationship needs... give and take, patience, understanding, unconditional love, honesty, trust, fun, laughter and so much more. We have these qualities in our relationship and we work very hard to maintain all of them. Not always easy!! But we make a great team and I can't wait to spend eternity with my handsome loving husband! I could go on and on but I will just say that I am one lucky lady to have Zach in my life!!

Time Change

Don't forget to set back your clocks tonight!!! Yay for an extra hour of sleep!!

Halloween

I feel like this whole month has been a preperation for this one big night and it was a slight let down to say the least. I decdied that taking the kids to town square for safe trick-or-treating would be a great idea. Well turns out every mom in Vegas had that same thought and it was horrible! We should of turned around the second we hit traffic on the Las Vegas Blvd. off ramp. The lines for candy were outrageous so we only left with one piece for each child. Next it was off to dinner at Chilli's which wasn't that bad if you can forget about Rebecca throwing up not once but twice all over the place. I cannot say the whole night was bad. The kids didn't even notice the problem at town sqare and they had fun just running around. We got to see our friends and Grandma, Grandpa, Auntie Lezlie, Unlce Dustin, Leila and Jacob. So the whole night wasn't a bust but is sure wasn't the perfect Halloween I had in mind! So in all in its imperfectness here are some pics of our Halloween!