To eat or not to eat...

Thanksgiving this year was truly a treat for me. Now that I am back closer to family I was so excited to sit around the dinner table and have a feast! It had been 3 years since I have had Thanksgiving with my family, so my mom and brother asked if I would be willing to host it this year. Well, of course I said yes because I love to entertain! I ended up having some fun and making some cute little turkey name holders and some fun napkin holders. I got pics of the turkeys but not the napkin holders. Everyone came over around 11:00 am and was there till about 7:30 pm. It was great! We started the cooking the turkey that my brother Spencer brought and continued to make other foods, snack, and play a little Wii. My sister-in-law and I got playing Just Dance 3 and had a blast!! We were laughing so hard I thought I was going to die. It was great. We played again after we ate and had my parents and grandma just rolling, and did some Sing It also. All the kids had a ton of fun running around outside and playing, and making a great mess in the toy room (which I love having)! I had the chance for my grandmother and uncle to also come. My grandma is now 98-years-old and still kickin. She was so happy to be surrounded by family and I couldn't have been more happy. Steve came home about 8:00 after he got off work, so it was really nice to spend some time with him also. The girls are always thrilled when he comes home. I could not have asked for a better day! I did a little black friday shopping just before Steve left for work at 3:00 am. There really wasn't much, but I did find a few cute toys for the girls. It sure is nice shopping ALONE!!! I love Christmas shopping!!!


Peytie had to take a picture with the turkeys in her crazy outfit. She is determined to dress herself daily, and this is the result...


Our little family!


Here are Steve and I in all our turkey glory!

FHE

These last two weeks have been awesome with Steve home again!! He will hopefully only have a few more months on the rig and be done! We were able to have some fun while Steve was here. We put up Christmas lights on our house, put up the rest of our blindes, (Steve did an awesome job and was risking his life on the high peaks of the house to please little old Amy), went to the temple, took the girls to see a movie, out to lunch, dinner dates, and of course some good old singing time for FHE. Destinee got a Sing It game for the Wii last year so we sat and played Sing It and danced with Hannah Montana. It was a blast and we got some cute little pics of the girls having fun. It was a nice break with him home and now he is back to work. (sigh).






What a good sport!!!




Even Oakley likes to sing!


Assistance from dad and I have no idea what Peyton is doing (as usual).


Destinee does really well




What a little Diva!!

Happy Halloween!

I love Halloween. It is such a fun time to dress as someone else for a day and get candy. I mean, who wouldn't love that right? I felt bad for the girls a little bit this year because we didn't do as many Halloween activities with Steve working, but we did have some fun! I took the girls to a Halloween activity on Saturdday at the park by our house (I don't have pics yet because Steve's sister took them all on their camera), and they had fun playing games, trick-or-treating around, and having fun. I went to Destinee's class to help with her party and we went to the parade at her school also. We ended the day with some awesome costumes and trick-or-treating. It was tons of fun to go around our new neighborhood. It was packed with kids everywhere and it was lots of fun for the girls. Plus, we had awesome weather! Peyton kept telling me that her bag wasn't full enough. I made the girls fairy costumes and they turned out to be cute and a lot of fun to do. We came home and had hot chocolate and watched Dispicable Me. It was a fun day!


Destinee heading off to school all dressed up.


Peyton dancing in the isles before the parade started.


Destinee was so excited to see that we came.


Her class party. It turned out to be fun!


What kind of face is she pulling? It was so funny. That's Peytie for ya!


She always puts her arms in the air. She thinks she is dancing. Their makeup turned out really cute.



Close up...


She would not stand up to take a picture. She was crying when we first went outside, so this was the best I could get, but what a smile!


Finally all together!


What a face. She was so stinkin sparkly she was glowing. This was after all the trick-or-treating was done.


This is the back of Oakley's costume but she would not hold still long enough for me to snap a pic, and I totally forgot to the get the back of the other two dresses. What do you do... I hope everyone had a great Halloween too!