TiS tHe SeAsOn!

This past weekend we headed to Idaho. Zak's brother Rick and his wife Kristal were sealed in the Rexburg Temple. What a neat experience to witness this occasion and their two boys were also sealed to them. Their little baby, Crew was so happy for this event he was smiling and bobing around, and it was so fun to watch this little family be sealed.

Afterwords we had a dinner and Hallee had so much fun playing with her cousins, they were all pretending to be dogs, it was funny to watch 8 kids running around on their knees, begging, and barking. Poor Blyss had the stomach flu or something, she had been puking all day and of course threw up at the dinner while everyone was eating, and Hallee announced to everyone, "My sister threw up." I'm sure everybody just loved this while they were eating.

The next day Zak and I helped my Dad move his cows home in the freezing cold, snowy weather. Then we were going to go to the temple that afternoon, we drove about two miles, we couldn't see anything in front of us or see the edges of the road due to the snow blizzard, so we turned back around and just hung out rest of the night playing mormon rummy.

Zak and I also got some of our Christmas Presents early- my mom gave us the inn table, I'm so excited for it. Then Zak and I got ourselves a video camera, YEAH! I can finally record the fun things my girls do.

This is a picture of Blyss of how she usually looks around the house, no pants, high heels, and pushing a stroller. She is Miss Personality!

Fun Filled Weekend- well kind of-

This past weekend we headed to Salt Lake to see the temple square lights. Traffic was horrible, we were stuck in traffic for 2 wrecks, not so fun when the kids are sick of being in the car. We made it to temple square and it was stinkin cold, and realized I had forgotten Blyss' coat(whoops!!!). So we layered her in the clothes that I had brought for her the next day, she seemed to be fine. We meet my parents, (2 of my brothers and I went in and got them a hotel at the Hilton and a gift certificate for the The Garden Restraunt for Christmas) and we walked through the lights and Nativity scenes, then we took a tour of the Conference Center, where Hallee almost knocked a picture off the wall- Zak and I lost about 3 years off our lives due to that one. The lights were pretty, and we all enjoyed seeing the lights.


When we got back to the hotel the girls explored every inch of the hotel, they thought it was so much fun, it was hard to get them to settle down.

On saturday- Zak's Birthday, we went to the aquarium in Sandy, it was pretty good, they had some fun things to look at- the octupus was really cool. Both Hallee and Blyss just loved it. We did a little bit of shopping and headed for home. When we got to Logan we decided to stop and eat for Zak's Birthday, he chose Panda Express, we sat down and started to eat, Zak took one bite and just the look told me it all, there was peanuts in his dinner (for all of you who don't know, Zak is allergic to peanuts), so we hurried home and he took 7 Benadryl, he was pretty sick the rest of that night and on Sunday, but luckily the Bendadryl did the trick and we didn't have to take a trip to the Emergency Room. I can't believe that Panda Express didn't have that marked to have peanuts in it- talk about lawsuit, if someone was willing!!!!!
Blyss also learned the word puke and hey this weekend. When we went home for Thanksgiving, she got car sick and pucked, I washed her carseat but it still stinks like puke, so I told her that her car seat stunk like puke, and she kept saying it, "puke, no puke." Then she has started saying" Hey, " to everything. If she doesn't like something you are doing she will say, "Hey." Like don't do that. It is so funny, she has the cutest little voice- well most of the time, I do get sick of hearing, "Mom, Mom, Mommmmy!"
So we had some fun this weekend but also not so much fun experiences!

Ginger Bread House!

Today at preschool Hallee made a GingerBread House. Hallee's teacher said that she just sat and did hers and was so good, Hallee was so excited to show us her Ginger Bread House. Blyss was pretty excited over it too, she immediately starting taking candy off of the ginger bread house and eating it.

We got our Christmas Tree up, thought I should take a picture before I have to take the bottom half of the decorations off. The girls can't keep their hands off the decorations, or Hallee is moving decorations around. We are getting so excited for Christmas.

Great Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving, I hope all of you did to. On Wednseday we headed up to Victor, Idaho to have family pictures done by Zak's sister. We then went to Rigby where we spent Thanksgiving day. We had such a yummy dinner and was fun to visit with everyone. That night my mom and sister in law- Erica, went to see Twilight, I really liked it and want to see it again, I had just finished the 1st book the day before, so it was fresh on the mind. I went and bought the 2nd book the next day and almost finished with it. On Friday we went to Zak's parents and we went bowling where I bowled a 176- I beat everyone- and out to eat with the family. On saturday we visited with both families, then headed home, but stopped in Preston for their festival lights, which is so fun to see all the floats have lights on them.

Our Little Indian, Hallee's headband that she made at preschool- her name is Singing Bird

What I'm Thankful For

Since it is nearing Thanksgiving I would like to share a few things I'm thankful for.
1. I am so thankful to have such a wonderful family (my family, inlaws)
2. I am thankful for a great husband and father to my children, he works so hard to provide for us and I appreciate it.
3. I am thankful for my 2 beatiful girls, who keeps us so busy, but keep us laughing.
4. I am thankful for our Savior, the gospel, the atonment, the temple. For the values that our church believes in.
5. I am thankful for our new home and the great area we live in.
6. I am thankful for friends.
7. I am thankful for good health.
If you read this, leave me comment telling me a few things you are thankful for!
Have a great Thanksgiving!

To CuTe!

Blyss loves to dress up, either she has on the princess attire, crown, necklace, and ring, or she has my high heel shoes on with a purse, but when I came out from getting ready one morning she had on Zak's hat and she looked so cute. She makes me laugh, she is also into hiding- especially when it is time to get dressed or change a diaper, she hides behind my clothes in our closet or under her crib, or under the desk, but more than hiding she loves to be found, she laughs and claps her hands when you find her and says HI. Every morning when she wakes up she comes out and says, "Good Morning." When she sees Hallee for the first time in the morning she says, "Good Morning Hallee." I can't believe how much she is already saying.

We sure do get a kick out of Blyss and her little fire ball personality.

Great Halloween!

We had such a great Halloween! And we were also so happy to have Zak's parents come and spend it with us. Our ward put on a great Halloween party with games, dinner, and a spook alley. The girls looked so cute in their costurmes, Blyss was a lady bug and Hallee was a fairy. On Saturday Zak's parents took him birthday shopping and we had a great time with them, we are sure glad they came to visit.