Thanksgiving (a bit late)

I am such a blog slacker lately! Every time I talk to Sarah she gets after me for not posting my Thanksgiving weekend yet! Even though I seems like forever ago, here I go! This one is for you Sarah! :)

Thanksgiving this year was spent at my brothers house in Tooele! The day started with a trot, and a bowl!

Dinner was SO GOOD!! It seems like so long ago, I think I am ready for more! Karlie enjoyed playing with her cousins and Aunt Jenny. Half the time I didn't even see her. She was having so much fun!

What would a weekend with Grandma be without a bath in the sink!!

Natalie loved it!!

I just love to spend the holidays with my family. We will be in Tooele again for Christmas and I can't wait!!

Champs

This season I got into watching Dancing with the Stars! Loved it! It was fun for me and Karlie to watch it together! So last night was the finale. The couple that I wanted to win won! Hurray! The "star" Helio, is a race car driver. But I just love the Pro Julianne! She is amazing! And she's from Utah. You can't get much better than that! I would love to be able to dance like her. It looks like so much fun! Here is one of their best dances from the season! :)

Little dancing elf family

My dad just sent me the funniest e-mail. Look what he made for us! Check us out here. If this doesn't get you into the holiday spirit early then I don't know what will!! :)

Send me to Chicago!

As I was reminded today on another blog that I like to stalk, today is Oprah's favorite things!! I just love to watch this show. I usually always love to watch Oprah but there is just something fun about watching the women go NUTS and almost fall to the floor! Oh how I wish I could be in the audience!! Hopefully I can post some of my favorite things from Oprah's favorite things tomorrow. :)

Retro Bowling

Last night we has us some Great American fun. We went bowling! I had never been to our small town bowling ally before. It is actually where Dustin learned how to bowl! It was so cool! It was like I stepped through a time warp! Some of the things I enjoyed were...

*we were the only ones there (only in small town Idaho)

*they had only 8 lanes

*the turquoise plastic benches

*the blow up gutter bumpers

*we had to keep score by hand

*the projectors to display the scores

I played a terrible game! Dustin wasn't to hot either! Karlie ended up winning by one point. She was very happy about it. Especially when daddy bought her a treat for being the big winner! She loved her pink ball and would yell "go pink ball, go" every time it rolled slowly down the lane.

We had a great time at the old bowling ally and will hopefully be returning shortly!

Feeding the birds

Warning: Ducks attack when the weather gets cold!

If you look closely you can see Rachel trying to kick them! She didn't like them getting so close. Poor ducks! Although, It was a bit funny! :)

Ewwwww!

Okay ladies, pull out your disinfecting wipes and wipe down your purse!! Have you ever thought about all the nastiness that your purse or even diaper bag could be harboring? Not me! You must watch this clip I saw on the Rachael Ray show today. Ewwww!

Click here to view. Enjoy! :)

K is for Karlie

Lately Karlie is obsessed with writing her K! She just recently figured it out (after much practice) and now writes it at least 20 times a day! She is also a very good "K spotter". When ever she sees a K she says, "look, there's my name, K-A-R-L-I-E." My goal is to have her know all of her letters really well, and be a pro at writing her name by the time she starts pre-school next fall. I hope we make it.

I just love this picture. I think it is one that I will keep forever and pull out when she is 20. She was coloring in her coloring book when she came across this page. Since we haven't covered the "how to draw" portion of learning (that is Daddy's job for obvious reasons) I guess she saw all the boxes and figured it was a perfect page to practice on!

I had to video her this morning when I noticed her getting out her "paper work" to get an early start on practicing! You gotta love the hair!

Giving Thanks

Happy November. I can't believe it is here already! I also can't believe we have no snow on the ground yet! Of coarse it has snowed already this year but luckily it hasn't wanted to stick around for very long. This week is suppose to be pretty nice! Warmer than usual this time of year. Hurray!! So today, I am giving thanks for no snow!! :) And along with that comes the fact that Dustin still has his full time job! That is definitely something to be thankful for! The longer the snow holds out, the longer the paving season can continue! Here's to hoping for a few more weeks!

This is Halloween!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!







Well, here they are. Our two little Halloween monsters! Princess Genevieve (Barbie and the 12 dancing princesses) and the little Iowa State cheerleader! (thanks Sarah!)

We hope you all have a wonderful Halloween! :)