Surprise!

Last night we crashed YW's to have a surprise birthday party for Skye! It has been so hard to pull this off without her knowing. So many different things going on and trying to rearrange the plans they already had for the activity that night took some time and a few lies. Thank goodness Matt had a night off!

Thanks to all those who came and helped pull it off.

(Yes Skye! You are blushing!)

(The two boys were so excited to spray her with silly string. )

We learned a few things about Skye for example, it is true she almost died going skydiving, she hates mint chocolate, has been to Canada, likes to tell stories (Cohen said that!), been to the bus stop with highlight foils all over her head and that she really is turning 30.

random pics from Oct- Dec

Friday we took the kids to see Santa at the mall! Cannon was the only one who wanted to go.

Karlee wanted nothing to do with Santa, but she had no problem jumping up on Mrs. Claus's lap. Then she had to whisper in Santa's ear what she wanted. I was really happy Mrs Claus was there! She made Karlee's day!

Stella was little red riding hood for Halloween!

I wanted to post this picture because you can see in the background our coffee table and end tables that we got for FREE. I decided to re-finish them an antique red.

I LOVE the way they turned out!

Our NOT SO SCARY witch!

my two favorite ham's! He is going to kill me but how could you not love the CHEEZE smiles!

Cannon's Thanksgiving Program!

starting today

In an effort to "catch up" on my blog I have decided to start with today's date instead of trying to catch up from August! I'm trying to get better! I really like to journal my thoughts and events, but I have been really busy and have put it off. In the last 2 months we have had many visitors. Dave and Averee came out in October. Steve and Tammy came out for Halloween. Gert and Quinton came a few days later. Then on Tuesday I took my parents back to the airport. And right now, we have one of the sweetest girls staying with us, Cherrell! Needless to say life has been busy! We are so excited for the Christmas season to start. We have put up and decorated the Christmas tree and today we are trying to get the rest of the decorations out. This season I am trying really hard to get my kids to understand the true meaning of Christmas. We have been thinking of things to give to other people, whether it is in the act of a service or a gift. We have started going through toys to donate to salvation army and stalked up on our baking supplies to start making goodies for friends. Hopefully in the next few days I will be able to get some pictures up of our progress.........but don't hold your breath, I am the worlds biggest procrastinator!