Our Fabulous Gingerbread House

Today we constructed our yearly gingerbread house. Adrian always puts it together and the kids decorate it with him. It was so much fun! Ethan, Kylie, and Blake are at the best ages to do fun things, I love it!

Dereks Orc Face

For a while now, Derek has been making this very strange face and I finally got photos of it. He scrunches up his nose and makes some sort of weird snorting/sniffing sound. He reminds us of an Orc from Lord of the Rings! (Please pardon the nose crusties and the mouth dripping milk.)

{Jamie} These Are For You!!!

At Jamie's request, I have posted some photos of a cat in various costumes. This cat goes by the name of Arpeigio. No, really this is my mothers stuffed cat who she loves very much. So much, that she spends a good amount of money on his small outfits. She wanted me to take some photos for her so that she could make a montage for her wall. (No, I am totally joking!!!) She is putting the pictures in a book for a little autistic boy in one of her classes. He loves Arpeigio and is going to be so happy! My mom is the sweetest person ever! I just hope she never becomes a crazy old cat woman!

Oh! What A Lou!

Have you ever seen such a Lou?! Yesterday was my lovely Daisy's 3rd birthday and she had such a great time! Grandma Joan made her a fabulous card and gave her a pink fleece blanket with black paw prints on it(so super cute)! We gave her little gingerbread man toys to have as her babies(she always sleeps with a baby). Jamie brought over her birthday hat tonight and we had cake. Her birthday hat was so dang cute! It was so Daisy! Daisy got to taste her cake and we got lots of darling photos! I love you so much my little Lou Lou Poo-pants, best friends forever!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We had a great day. We went to my moms and ate a very wonderful dinner! My mom's dressing is the best in the world and Adrian LOVES her turkey gravy. One of my moms Thanksgiving traditions is to have everyone dress up like Indians and take photos. Ethan, Kylie, and Blake dress up and do Indian dances with my mom. She is the funnest! I am so very thankful for my wonderful family. I love them more than they will ever know. I am so happy to have had my grandparents here for another year, I love them so much! Also, it was so fun to be able to spend Thanksgiving with my sister, her husband and their twins. I love those babies! Most of all I am thankful for my Adrian, for being the most patient and loving husband and for my beautiful children, who I absolutely adore!

Sweet Little Family

Last Saturday, we went and did family pictures with my sisters family. She took mine, and I took hers. They turned out pretty dang cute. Derek wasn't really being a team player, but at least there were a few really cute ones of him. After we were done having our family photo taken, I took some really cute ones of the kids playing around. We were supposed to take the photos at Garden Park in Salt Lake, but we got kind-of lost and some guy gave us directions to some weird little fireplace park, It totally reminded me of the Blair Witch Project movie! Still, the pictures turned out to be pretty good!

Durbans Super-Fabulous Birthday Hat!

Durbans birthday was on Halloween and we celebrated by having pizza and pumpkin pie. He received a few gifts, but the best were from my mom and Jamie. My mom made him the cutest birthday card with a dog on it that looked just like him, and it said all these things that described him on it. My favorite ones were Wiener dog, Lap dog, and Toenails dog(because Durban has total bear claws!) My sister made him this adorable hat(as pictured above). It was the cutest little thing. It was like the one she made for Derek but miniature. Thanks mom and Jamie for loving my sweet little wiener dog. After Durbans birthday extravaganza, he got up on the couch, and took a little nap. Partying totally poops him out! I love you my special little Durban dog!