This year my mom and aunt decided to start a new tradition of having a bake night with all the girls and it turned out really fun! A little chaotic with so many ladies waiting for oven time but it was fun just getting to hang out with all of us together. We did a gift exchange and all shared all the goodies we baked. It was pretty cool hanging out with so many amazing women! 
I don't ever check up on them during their naps because they hear the door and wake up but they were taking a super long nap so I decided to see if they were OK and I guess they were just really content together...too bad my flash woke them up. They do say never wake a sleeping baby...
Every year Zachary's ATA studio throws a semi formal Christmas Banquet for their students. We missed the past few years, but we actually made it this year and it was pretty fun. We enjoy getting dressed up and going out with just Zachary and seeing him on his turf. The food was really good and over all it was a great party!
I really love my play days. I call them mine because although they are for the kids, I probably benefit the most from these events. It is a chance for me to take my kids somewhere where they will have fun and at the same time I get to hang out with my friends and have adult conversation. It is a very important outlet for me since it is rare that I can have a babysitter watch the kids. So our last play day was lots of fun. We went to a friends house and she had gingerbread houses all ready for the kids to decorate. She had every type of candy possible and it was just really, really nice so thank you Chrissy! Becca and Zachary were pretty good at decorating where as Maile and Lexi pretty much just wanted to eat the candy. Maybe next time they will be more into it! 
Last night we put up our Christmas tree. This year everyone was old enough to understand that the ornaments go on the tree but we are still working on not taking them off to play with. We had a lot of fun listening to Christmas music and putting up the decorations and just spending quality time as a family. It is definitely feeling a lot like Christmas in our house!
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! 
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!
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!
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!!
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!!
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!
