Where did November go?!?

AFter uploading the most recent things off of the camera, I realized we had only taken 2 pictures in November. How did that happen? The month flew by. Somehow we did not capture it. The 2 pictures were from Ady's observation Day at Ballet. The lighting wasn't good, so they are all blurry. Next time we will just use the video camera. Here is a picture of my cute Ballerina.

So what were we up to all month anyway? Well, for one thing we hosted Thanksgiving for my side of the family. Because of that I was busy busy busy getting things ready. We bought some new furniture. Dave has always wanted a Recliner, so for Christmas I wanted to get him one. I found such good deals that I ended up with a new couch to match. That led to lots of rearranging of the whole house. We have been wanting to move the piano for over a year, but needed to sure up the floor first. So that was a big project. Dave put some new supports under the floor and then he had to run new cable jacks and phone jacks for the new layout. Thanks for going along with my whims, honey! I love the new layout!

From Dave's parents we recieved an early Christmas present of a food storage shelf that rolls your cans and keeps them in order. I love it! I now have somewhere to store smaller cans. Setting that up funally motivated us to organize the basement (which is really more of a cellar) That is still a work in progress, but we accomplished so much down there. It feels great. That led to being able to clean out the garage as well. Now we can finally park both cars in there. With the snow we are both loving that!!

Thanksgiving was so much fun. Dave made a fantastic Turkey. It was the best Turkey I have ever tasted!! He may be making that more than just once a year now. The food was all wonderful. We had a lot of fun with my family. Afterward I went to spend the night at my friend, Candy's house in preperation for a big Black Friday Shopping trip with her and another friend, Kate. We ended up only getting 1 hour of sleep!! Somehow we survived the day and now I have nearly all of my Christmas shopping finished. Thanks for taking me along, girls. I am looking forward to next year already!!

The weekend after Thanksgiving was spent cleaning up and taking down Fall decorations. We pulled out the Christmas things and were very disappointed to find all of our christmas lights burned out, including our prelit tree. We bought some new lights and got things set up. I am so excited for Christmas this year. I love all my trees and all the lights! We have been listening to lots of Christmas music too.

Now we are getting ready for Kyler's birthday. This week he will turn 8!! He will be getting baptized next Sunday and Dave's parents are coming to help us celebrate. We will be hosting a big get together at our house following the baptism. I am excited for all of our friends and family to visit.

I have been very productive lately as far as getting things done that have been waiting years to finish. I almost feel like I am in nesting mode. I feel like most of the year waws so difficult for me and I was just coasting by and now I am playing catch up. It feels good to be able to cross things off of my list. I have even been knitting some scarves. I will post pictures of those soon.

"Its the most, wonderful time, of the year......." :)

First Snow

Our first snow of the year came and the kids were eagar to get outside. They bundled up and had a ball. Last year for christmas I bought new snow pants for the boys and "el-bos" snow mittens for all three of them. These mittens are so great. They go all the way up to their elbows and keep the snow out. I am so glad they still fit!! I had not yet gotten them new snow boots and last years were all too small or too trashed. Those have now been ordered.

Trick or Treat

Kyler was a Sith Lord

Ady was a Fairy Princess

Tayden was an Old Man

We started out Trunk or Treating at the Church. Kyler incountered another Sith Lord there and a battle ensued. The Mother of the Sith posted some pictures of it on her blog here. http://krisallen.blogspot.com/2008/11/halloween.html

Ady also encountered some other fairies. Tayden was the only little old man, though. And he was a dang cute one.

We did some more trick or treating after that and Ady had not been feeling well, so Dave stayed with her in the van. When the boys and I got back to the van it reeked of vomit. She had puked all over her tutu. Any suggestions on how to wash toull? (sp?) Its been rinsed and is now a funny shape. All crinkled up and knocked. I may have to just make a new one.

Overall it did end up being a fun night. After Ady puked she felt much better and perked up once we got home and started sorting our haul of candy.

Welcome

Welcome to my new blog. I have been wanting to make a change for a while now, but I had trouble thinking of a name. I wanted to take our last name out of our blog. I hope to get things caught up here soon. Thanks for reading! :)

There are five of us in our happy family. Dave is the Director of Facilities for a small College. He serves as the President of the Young Men's program at our church and also is the Assistant Scout Master. In addition to that he is the choir director at church.

Heather loves being a stay at home mom and having time to blog, make cards, decorate, and keep the house tidy. She loves to read and to create, whether its with paper, beads, wood, or fabric. She is the Chorister for the Primary age (3-12 year old) children at church ans also will be going to camp this year with the Young Women. We have been happily married for 9 years.

We have three lovely children. Kyler is 8 and is in 2nd grade. He loves gymnastics and computer games and is a little scholar. He is also very creative. At any given time he is creating something out of paper or found objects.

Tayden is 6 and in 1st grade. He loves to swim and is a little sweet heart. He is a super reader and loves to play with his trains and with legos. He is super helpful around the house.

Adelyn, who prefers to be called Ady, is 4 and happily helps mommy all day. She loves to dress like mommy, play with her dolls, dance, and play dress up. She is taking Ballet lessons once a week with a friend and loves to practice her moves.
All three kids love to read and be read to.