What's On My Happy List?

Turkey Day!

We had our traditional 

"Thankful" breakfast

Thanksgiving morning.

It's always enjoyable

and enlightening to  

hear every one's 

"5 thankfuls!"

Cute Kate made turkey legs for us

in place of name place cards!

Inside were some goodies...

We ate Thanksgiving dinner with Jaren's 

side of the family.

 Emmsie always decorates the table for Gma-C!

It was a delicious feast as always...
as was the pecan pie
or ping pong pie
as my nephew likes to call it.

We went to my sister's for more pie.

Once again, my brother-in-law stole

the show with his pie making.

I think he made 23 this year for 

neighbors and family!!!

My sister had a houseful of over 40 guests.

We went and saw this movie

Thanksgiving night.

Such a feel good show.

I LOVED it, although 

I think I loved the documentary 

"Won't You Be My Neighbor"

even more. 

*****

Some goodies Kate made over the  

Thanksgiving break with a little

help from Emmsie and I.  

She likes to make it more than eat it. 

It's kind of funny. 

She also enjoyed making these felt 

finger puppets. 

She gets excited about the littlest of things. 

*****

Two days before Thanksgiving
my parents celebrated their 64TH
Wedding Anniversary!
They wanted Chic-fil-A to celebrate.
How cute are they?
I lit a candle for them so they could
eat by candlelight.
😍

 *****
Over the Thanksgiving Break we checked off
a few things on our Traditions List..
One was getting the trees decorated!
We have three trees this year.
The front room tree has a lot of my
parents ornaments on it.
We've got a creme, gold and crystal theme
going on in there.

It looks pretty magical at night!

Thank goodness for my tree fluffers...

Our beloved "old world style" tree is 

one of our favorite things 

about Christmas!

Our tree in the basement family room has ornaments from 

our very first tree from ions ago...

Like baby's first Christmas {Kyleigh's}

It's like a throwback to a 90's

vintage country Christmas. 

😂

*****

The night after Thanksgiving we checked
off another tradition by going to
Christmas in Color.
It's 1.5 million lights
synchronized to Christmas tunes
is pretty spectacular and a fun way to
to kick off the Christmas season.

The kids had fun hanging out the windows

and seeing cousins reactions in the

truck behind us. 

Iceberg Shake after is sort of a must!

*****

Another tradish over the break
is working on a
gingerbread house ...

Here is Kate and I's masterpiece. 
😜

We like Gma Bells pre-made ceramic 

one much better. 

Speaking of gingerbread....

Try the gingerbread cookie at Goodly

if you get a chance.

It's scrumptious!

 *****

And of course there was the unveiling
of the advent calendar on Dec. 1st!
This year I found a cute one at
Costco that has better chocolate.
😜

What's On My Happy List?

I tell ya it's never dull around here.

We attended Kyleigh and Emma's YW's "New Beginnings" last night and had only been home a short while when Emma realized she didn't have her retainer. 

{Oh, no...not again}

You should have seen the angst in her face when she realized she must have thrown it accidentally away with her dessert plate. 

Did I mention it's her new retainer? of one week!

{Lord help me}

   

I managed to remain calm 

{kudos to me}

 and sent Dad and her, in the dark of night, dumpster diving over at the church.

They retrieved the two big bags of garbage accumulated from the evening's activity and  

layed it out on newspapers in the backyard.

Then Emma began the daunting task of searching for a little clear plastic mold in a mound of muck, but not before a couple of prayers were sent heavenward.

Hannah was kind enough to go out with her to be the "support staff" while the rest of the household was desperately trying to watch the biggest basketball game in BYU history. 

They predicted the 8:15 p.m. tip off between the #9 Cougars (19-1) against the #4 San Diego State Aztecs (20-0) would easily be the most-watched, most-followed regular-season college basketball game, from a national perspective, in state history.
                                    
                
Mostly because of this guy....
Jimmer Fredette.

                                                                        
He's basically A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!  
I believe I'd rename my son Jimmer. 
{if I had a son}

No less than 24 NBA scouts were in attendance along with scribes from Sports Illustrated and ESPN.com as well as a sell out crowd of almost 23, 000 to see Jimmer score 43 points in a wild win for BYU. 


That wasn't the only reason I was doing the happy dance. 
Emma found her retainer! 
Halla-freak'in-lujah!
Our prayers were answered. The church is true!

In other random going ons....

We are getting a new roof...and after three days of thunderous pounding, scraping and overall noise of multiple men with tools overhead... producing tarp after tarp of roof rubbish,  I'm looking forward to a little piece and quiet.

And my car parked back in the garage.

AND... could I pretty please ask for no more play dates with #2 problems.
Just as I was needing to get out the door for a hair appointment this afternoon Brie's little girlfriend finds herself in the bathroom, in tears, with poop issues..in her pants. 
Are you kidding me?  {the timing of it all}
AND she tells me she isn't wearing any underwear for the day. Say WHAT?
                                                             
They bug her. Which I get. {sort of}

Needless to say I was a little taken back...because underwear at this establishment is mandatory unless you are bathing or in dance costume... 

As calmly and kindly a manner as I could muster I quickly remedied the situation.
But seriously, I think I deal with enough poo and pee issues in this house without having to deal with one more!

What's On My Happy List?

Love this curly hair baby of mine...

This smiley face girl of mine...

on a school outing at the bowling alley

            I'm wonder'in if they even bowled or just took pics the whole time?!?!?!...

That dreaded brown line. Are you even allowed past that thing? I swear the first thing I think of when I see it is visions of accidently going past it, slipping and falling to my behiney. Probably a "try to forget moment" from my teenage years. 

{bet you didn't know that I secretly hate bowling. Not the sport necessarily. It's the shoe sharing that I can't get past.}  

And I love the dancing legs on this 4th girl of mine....

B. Olivia is taking an Irish "little shamrock" dance class for 5-7 yr olds in preparation for the St. Patrick's Day Parade downtown.   You should see her break out in her Irish dance skip around the house. Kills me.

There are 14 in her class...with three boys even. Way too cute!

And lastly, I'm lov'in the hottest color for 2011!

Did you know that Pantone, the world's leading authority on color, decides what the color of the year is going to be? Who knew? Its a shade of pink called Honeysuckle and you'll see it in everything from fashion, make-up to home decor in the months ahead. I'm a pink girl all the way!

pic courtesy of Pantone

So for all you fashion conscious ladies out there....I'm happy to say....THINK PINK!