Thanksgiving

Well Thanksgiving has come and gone! I can't believe how fast November really has flown by! We had a wonderful turkey day. Brandon's parents drove from Gillette over here and we were so glad to have them come and stay for a few days. The kids were excited to see their grandparents! And we had a really nice visit! Lon brought his smoker and smoked us up the best turkey and ham yet! We all got stuffed to the max with tryptophan and yes I really needed to take a long nap when everything was done! My favorite part of Thanksgiving dinner is always the green bean casserole and hot gravy with HOT steamy rolls with butter melting everywhere! Brandon of course made his famous pumpkin cheesecake, which, I must say, tasted even better this year than the last! Needless to say, I am sure I gained about 100 pounds this feast! Time to hit the workout mode and I just can't seem to find my bottle of motivation anywhere! I must have lost it in the move! HEHEE...We put up our Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving. We had so much going on that day. Besides having grandparents here, I had to babysit all day long also. And just keeping up with cleaning my house and things. We didn't get to the tree until 7pm. And when Weylon asked if we could still do the tree, at first I said no not tonight! His little eyes welled up with tears and he says, "but you PROMISED!" So I said ok, go as daddy when we can do it. So Brandon told him the same thing, and then Weylons tears broke through the flood gate and he went on about how we promised...so we didn't have the heart to break his anymore, so we put up the tree! And Memphis thought it was the funniest thing to have a tree in the house! He doesn't quite understand the concept that the balls on the tree are not to throw. And so he has pulled every decorative ball off the tree that his little fingers can reach and tossed it around everywhere like a ball..so far I have thrown away about 15 broken ones. And these aren't even glass! They are supposed to be break-proof! HA! The testers of break-proof obviously didn't test their theory in a real home with a 18 month old baby! LOL...But it has been fun. I love to get up early in the morning and sit in the dark with the tree lights on and read my scriptures. It is very calming and peaceful. Here are a few pictures I took. I always kick myself after because I didn't get any of the kids with their grandparents, I didn't get any of the actual feast itself...I did get one of an awesome veggie turkey Lon and the kids made! Which was cute and tasty. All in all, I have had so much to be thankful for this year. I do realize that ALL I have is from my Loving Heavenly Father. I would have nothing without His love and tender mercies and guidance. I am so blessed.

This is daddy reading scriptures to the kids. We bought a childrens version from the distribution center! And they LOVE it! Its been fun and they understand some now too!

And this is Weylon when he finds the Halloween makeup! Atleast he was more creative than his sister with it!

This is what happens when OakLeigh finds the Halloween makeup. She was a mess! And after I washed it off, still had a red glow to her face for a few days!

This is Weylon with his Family Turkey Project. We had to decorate it anyway he wanted to. He was so proud of this! And he got to use the glue gun all by himself! And without any injuries! :)