Thankful

I'm thankful for SO much! Sometimes it is overwhelming how many people bless our lives!
This precious little girl lost her 2nd front tooth on Thanksgiving morning...now, all she wants for Christmas is her two front teeth. Her crazy little brother helped her lose that tooth by hitting her in the face with a toy microphone...oh, the joy of having a little brother!

Deano, Deano, Deano...this kid makes life SO interesting! He has so much personality! He gets so angry & frustrated, yet he is so sweet & cuddly. He adores my uncle's dog Royce...I wish you could see how big Royce the Great Dane is! He'd make a great horse for Deano the Great Swede!

My newest little love...my nephew Nolan. My "original child" my sister Nat, had her baby on Tuesday (Nat always hated how I 'mothered' her...but that is a big sisters job)! Nolan Robert was a big boy (9lbs9oz) and he is so sweet, I'm so glad he joined our family. Nat & Ty are such proud parents...Tyler is sitting next to me right now, telling us that Nolan just laughed...it's so sweet to watch two people melt like butter when they look in the eyes of their child.

Motherhood--I heard a line in a movie "Motherhood is like getting a tattoo on your face, you'd better make sure you are fully invested before you do it," this is the truth b/c motherhood is always and forever...there are no sick days! I was really sick on Tuesday, I was lying on the floor of my mom's house (while my mom made my contribution to Thanksgiving dinner...b/c I was too sick...I'm 32 and she's still taking care of me...I am grateful for my parents) and of course I immediately had company. There is no rest for the weary, but I still love being a mother.

My crazy cousins. I could not leave these funny Thanksgiving pictures out. Thanksgiving was my uncle's birthday...so my crazy cousins put on a crazy production for their dad. It was hilarious! LAST BUT NOT LEAST...I'm so grateful for Chris. He's taking care of the kiddo's so that I can be with my sister and he is in the middle of 'fixing up' our bedroom...going above and beyond my request to simply repaint. He is awesome!

Pippi & the Storm Trooper!

Cutest little Pippy Longstocking and Storm Trooper I've ever seen!Bri & Deano were so excited to go trick o'treating with their little friends! I love this picture (above) because it shows each of their personalities perfectly! Brielle and Starli are totally posing while dean & cash are doing "tough guy moves" and Gracie is just "doing her own thing!"Brielle & her buddy Kastle showing off their missing teeth!

Chris & I were not planning to dress up this year...until the night before Halloween when we were driving to SLC with our friends the Asay's. The boys were sitting in the front seat talking (very enthusiastically) about their cycling clothes and then they started talking about how they wanted to start running but they would have to get the right 'gear' (which means they'd need the right outfits)! It was hilarious...they are obsessed with their gear. This was when Brittany had an idea...we should dress up as "them in their bike gear...or outfits (as I like to call them)."

The only problem was that we now had 24 hours to come up with a costume for our 'gear obsessed guys'...this time I had a little idea....If we were dressing up as them, they should dress up as us! I still cannot believe that Chris agreed to this! Chris was "Miss Provo" and it worked out perfect because Britt was 1st runner up to Miss P.! Chris could not wait to get this dress off! One of the biggest reasons was that Brielle told Dean that "Daddy was a princess" (b/c she did not think that he'd know what 'Miss Provo' was....so all night Dean kept walking around announcing that his "daddy was a princess!" I tried to stuff my upper body with all kinds of dish towel's...in an attempt to make my upper body look like Chris'....it did not work...I should have used shoulder pads!

Pumpkins!

Brielle & Dean had SO much fun decorating pumpkins with their buddies Cash & Grace! The big kids LOVED digging out the 'guts' while the little kids painted some really fancy pumpkins!