It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.....

One day I took a look around and realized with the first big snowfall,

the Christmas performances,

visits with santa,

our annual Christmas card photo,

decorating the Christmas tree,

gifts from wonderful friends and loved ones......

It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Wishing you a wonderful and meaningful holiday season.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was hosted at my house this year. It is always such a wonderful time to reflect on all of the many things we are thankful for. It is always wonderful to have the family over and just spend time together. We ate, laughed & talked, ate, watched football, ate some more, played cards til late in the evening (I still think Bryson was cheating) ha ha, ate yet again then went to bed. What better way to spend the day with family!

Happy Birthday Bud!

Jordan recently had his birthday.....where have those 13 years gone?! He had such a good day. And was even surprised to have his friend from St. George come and visit.

He decided to invite a few friends to Jump on It. This place is quickly becoming a family favorite. I did have to laugh at some of the warning signs, though.

Do you think they are trying to tell us something?

At the end of the day everyone had a great time....and no injuries, well major ones anyway. ha ha

FYI

Just a side-note. If you are wondering why Jordan is M.I.A. he wasn't in any of the recent pictures. If you know him well enough you will know he avoids the camera like the plague. On Halloween he was off with friends - no Halloween costume this year and he missed all the excitement. His birthday is soon and I will definately have a post all about Jordan, whether he likes it or not. Just don't want anyone to think I have forgotten my main man!

The royal treatment

For Halloween my girls were in for a HUGE surprise. Our friend had asked them what they were going to be for Halloween. McKayla was going as a cheetah. Kamryn and Morgan were going as princesses. With that in mind, he told me every princess needs a horse-drawn carriage, and started the task of finding one for the princesses and royal cheetah cats!

The looks on the girls' faces were priceless as they opened the door expecting to see trick-or-treaters and saw Angelo and Rod dressed as royal footmen ready to wisk them away in their royal carriage. They definately acted the part with accents, tights and all! (It takes real men to pull off outfits like these)

At every house the girls were 'escorted' from the carriage and walked along a bright pink carpet to go knock on doors for candy. When they returned they were 'escorted' back into the carriage to be wisked away to the next house.
They had such a wonderful time. It was so sweet of our friends to go through all the time and effort to make it a memorable night for the girls. They told me it was the best Halloween ever! Morgan talks about it all the time and how she felt just like Cinderella.

G.N.O. (Girls Night Out)

Kamryn, McKayla and myself recently had the opportunity to attend the Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus concert. The girls were so excited to go and I felt lucky to have purchased tickets when I did as it was the fastest selling concert in history.

Once we were there you could just feel the excitement in the air with all the little Hannah Montana fans running around. The concert was great, and we had a great time together.

We were also able to meet up with my nieces Shae and Mykelin at the concert. Of course what night would be complete without dinner at the Olive Garden? Such a fun girls night out!

First lost tooth

McKayla came home from school the other day with a big grin on her face. She said she had a surprise for me. While she was in school she lost her very first tooth! She was so excited for the Tooth Fairy to visit her . It is strange to see big teeth coming in where her little tooth was. She is growing up way too fast.