Aquarium

I know I have a million posts on the aquarium, but I thought you could use another.

that guy was weird

they are best buds 75% of the time... (this was not posed btw :)

did you know jelly fish have no brains? weird

I stinkin love going to the aquarium when no one is there. It is sooo fun and relaxing. I could sit in front of this tank all day and watch the sharks, sting rays, fish, and turtles go by.

super duper random

We had fun taking pictures the other day. She's my BFF.





my gorgeous nativity set. I love the way it looks in this window.

Her new trick... bahahaha


She comes to me later and says, "mom my body maked me get lots of spots! (in a completely serious tone) It must be the chicken pox!" I'm like whaaa? Where did she even learn about chicken pox?! "little bill," she says. :)

The other day, too, she says, "mom when I have kids I'm only going to take them to 2 stores, not three. If they say 'mom, can we just go to two stores?' I will say 'yes, we can go everywhere you want to go'." Such torture. Someday she will be the one dragging me to stores, I'm sure.

Her latest thing is "I hate to tell you this..." which usually ends in telling me a humongo mess that was just made. Story of my life.

Did you guys know there is actually a stage called terrible fours? Yeah, I didn't either. But there is. Luckily, my sweet angel has returned, but I was going crazy trying to figure out where in the heck she learned such naughty things?! Then, she flipped, and I had my fun, silly, cute, spunky woman back. Thank goodness. :)

Christmas tree hunting...

Last weekend we headed on up to the Jemez mountains with some friends to find our Christmas tree! Makenna had the best time this year running around trying to find the right tree. The kids also LOVED the snow! Too bad there wasn't enough to sled. They still had loads of fun. The goal this year for our perfect tree was silvery blue, and quirky. I think we found it!

yeah my eyes are closed

decorating, or rather taking the ornaments off

Maybe I'm strange, but I think this is one of the cutest christmas trees ever!

Thanksgiving...

Thanksgiving is one of those holidays I never take pictures at! I think it's because, who wants to take pictures when you could be gorging yourself with food?! I chose to gorge. I don't want to leave it out though so I'll just write out what we did... no pictures. We got there late Wed. night so I missed out on the pie making...boo, but that's ok! Thurs. after cooking all morning we headed over to the Worth's house for Thanksgiving dinner. It was supposed to be at 1?? But of course, it didn't start till 2:30-3, which was still technically on time! hehe Highlights of dinner: sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, rolls, stuffing, turkey, and ham... yummmm. I made my Aunt's recipe for GB casserole, so it would feel like home! And it did. We had a great time talking, laughing, and then of course after eating there is the resting. Somehow I managed to fit some pecan pie in my alread-maxed-out stomach! Of course the day could not be complete without a little argument! This time it was on modesty, namely Cowboys cheerleaders. Yeah, that was an interesting convo!
Friday was, of course, BLACK! We got up at 3:45ish because, well, we are a little crazy. It was AWESOME though! I got some good stuff at Walmart especially, and also found some great boots for ME for cheap cheap cheap! Merry Christmas to me!! I love BF!!
That night we played games with my in-laws. Scott's mom and I rocked the men playing Sequence. They try so hard to beat us... so sad... :) I am a little competitive! Just a little!
Saturday we helped get up their Christmas decorations. We also saw Justin, Scott's best friend from high school, while we watched the BYU-UT game. (BOOYA by the way!!) That night we hung out with Scott's boy Karl from high school and his gf. It was really to catch up with him! It's a lot of fun to see Scott around his high school friends. He's really funny! :)
Well that's the weekend in a nutshell! I'm glad we have the Lee family close so we are never lonely on holidays. They are a lot of fun and I think the best in-laws you could ask for. I think I gained a few pounds that weekend too...

Ok here's one pic. These cousins were having so much fun together! Of course the second I took out the camera, Gigi gave me a frown! I love that Makenna has so many cute cousins her age. She is super lucky.

Kenna Pics

A friend of mine just casually shot these, and I think they turned out amazing! I wanted to show you. We took her hair out of braids that day, it's not usually so frizzy!

Here is one I snapped the other day on a perfect fall day (just don't compare with the above pics!)

Balloons=♥

So I really have to get this down in my "journal", because it is the funniest thing. Jace has an obsession with balloons.

How you know you are obsessed with balloons:
1. It's the first thing you talk about when you wake up, and the last thing you talk about when you go to bed
2. You carry around balloons or balloon books all day.
3. You have been able to find a balloon in about 50% of the books we have (trust me, they're there...somewhere!)
4. You beg mom to blow up balloons throughout the day.
5. You are the first to spot a balloon in the sky, even when it is not noticeable at all.
6. Other objects start to look like balloons too...
7. You carry around torn up pieces of a page that had balloons on it.
8. You can't sleep without your balloon book. You would sleep with a balloon if you could, but mom has to draw the line!

Should I be worried?

Here are some pics from the balloon fiesta a couple months ago. We are lucky to live in a place that loves balloons as much as we (and especially Jace) do!

I love how the sun ray was exactly touching the balloon in this pic

We drove right under this one, and watched it land. So pretty!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I literally die...

Check out my blog post at my Help a Sister Out Blog here to see how the heck I did this...

Halloweeeeen

These pictures make me want to cry... is that weird?! I just can't believe how grown up she looks with that makeup on! The one with her standing... she says "This is how Ariel stands mom!"

and here is my little stud, the pirate. He loved the little bird on his shoulder! I think the kid has had about 100 "sucka's" in the last few days...

So I am seriously Halloweened out. We had all kinds of stuff this month which was all fun, but where's the next Holiday?! We went to a fun partay with the Burns a couple weeks ago to begin the festivities. I of course forgot the camera. Then a few days ago Makenna got to dress up for dance class and they performed "One eyed One Horned Flying Purple People Eater," which was so cute! Again- forgot the camera! Then Thurs. was her Joy school Halloween party- hmmm no camera again! Friday we had the ward trunk or treat! Here's a pic of Jace getting his party on at the dance portion...
Then yesterday we went to zoo boo, which was a lot of fun, but crazy!
We had so much fun trick or treating. We took the kids down our street, then Makenna and I went out for a while and it was seriously so much fun! I love watching her excitement now that she is older! She seriously got hooked up too (I think it's because she was so cute!)

Pumpy umpy umpkins

Wow, a family picture!

Jace's pumpkin is a balloon. Holy cow that kid is OBSESSED with balloons. That will have to be a whole other post!

Makenna designed her pumpkin which I think came out very cute!

Happy Halloweeeeen!