Santa Claus

Makenna said she would like a barbie

Jace was not shy at all with Santa (for the first time).  Love how he's holding his hands in this pic

He told Santa he would like a baseball

Side note- Scott told the kids he is tight with Santa and calls him all the time on his cell phone.  He also calls him "Sant" cause they are tight like that.  Well the other day, he let the kids call Santa on his phone (Richie), and they thought it was the coolest thing ever!!!  I love using the Santa leverage to get the kids to do stuff... wahhahahaahahaaaa.

Thanksgiving fesitivities

to all my fans (ha ha):

Sorry I have sucked at blogging.  Truth is, it's not all that exciting around here.

My family came to Albuquerque this year for Thanksgiving!  They were supposed to come Monday night, but instead decided to come early and surprise us at church.  We sat there in sacrament meeting for about 10 minutes before I realized they were sitting a few rows in front of us!  I about peed my pants!  Then I had a heart attack thinking about the condition of my home,  followed by a chill pill because it meant I had an extra 2 days with them!!  We had a grand time.  We hung out at old town, went to Explora, El Pinto, and of course BLACK FRIDAY!!

A few years ago, I never would have gone, but now I think it's the BOMB!  It's so fun, and seriously not that crowded.  Best deals: leapfrog ($25) and cricut ($59) booya

 

 Kara fell in love with a cowboy...

 The leaves were gorgeous!  So thanksgivingy

 with 2 of my sistas, Kara and Stacy

Love this cute pic

nothing much, but want to remember how the house looked on my first thanksgiving.  The hard wood floor came in handy; it became our dining room.

The garland on the mantle has paper leaves on it with things we are thankful for.  Yeah can't take credit for that, but the kids really loved it!

Good times.  Don't be afraid to come on back here now, ya hear?