Thanksgiving

We thought we would make a quick trip home for Thanksgiving. We didn't tell my family we were coming and it was a really fun surprise. I started wondering if it was a good idea to surprise them when we mentioned what we were doing to a couple of gas station attendants and they looked at us like "why would you do that to your parents" along with a fake smile and "good luck". But it was as fun as I thought it would be to see the surprise on every ones faces. Having said that it will be the last time we go home during any form of flu season, Karina threw up for the next three days which included the drive home. I spent half of the 18 hour drive home throwing myself over my seat in order to catch what was coming up. I'm sorry I missed visiting with the Straley's but John got to go and spend some time with them and watch the BYU game. We miss all of our family, it was so good to see you and well see you again soon when you all plan your summer vacation around coming out to see us...right. Love you guys!

Omaha Zoo

We went to the Omaha Zoo last weekend. It was everything I expected it to be. There was way too much walking, it cost 16 dollars for our family to ride the train and we decided to eat lunch there and spent a ridiculous amount of money for a small amount of food. There...now that I have said my peace I'll admit that is was, for the most part, fun.

So I'm finally posting for Halloween. If you can't tell we went the scary route this year (which was a nice chance from the usual princess attire) Even Karina was a "scary" Tinkerbell. We went with some friends which made a very cold Halloween a little more fun. Both the kids and the husbands didn't seem to be intimidated by the cold. (I'm not sure why, when it comes to reason, the husbands have to be bunched in with the kids. I don't know who it was harder to convince to be done, the kids or the husbands.) We found these cute potato head pieces. No knives required. They were perfect for the kids.

All of the actual pumpkin carving this year was done by John. He loves it and I don't so I helped the kids and let him have his fun. John did this pumpkin for me. It should be obvious but if it isn't this is Bella and Edward. I personally think it is a work of art.

This one was for McKenna and it is Hannah Montana.

This is a haunted house. Ya, so we hit a record of most pumpkins purchased by one family. We had so many that when we had to get rid of them we had to gradually put them in the dumpster so it wasn't too heavy. Ah, the excess of the holidays, we're just warming up for Christmas.

I painted and decorated my bathroom. I have been dying to paint a room for as long and I have been married but this is my actual first project. I painted the walls, the trim, the doors and the cabinets. It was not exactly the amount of work I had anticipated and I had a few frustrating set backs but it was a labor of love and I really enjoyed myself! It was the first thing I wanted to do in the morning, it took some self control the do the usually morning chores, like feeding and dressing my children, doing the dishes and brushing my teeth...ya know, the bare necessities, before starting on the bathroom. At night, I'm not exaggerating I fell asleep dreaming about cabinets and trim. Maybe I was just high on paint fumes or maybe I'm starved for real entertainment but it was fun and it turned out nice.

What kids do when they have the flu...

My kids like to make the most of the flu at our house. While I have been frantically wracking my brain trying every possible remedy to ease the suffering of my sick children they have had tea parties, picnics, built huts, painted and colored. Sure the flu involves fevers, aches, coughs, sore throats and whatever else but to my kids it is a great vacation from school.

This ones for you Em...

Emmerie a roo a roo a ree, no matter how they toss the dice, it had to be, the only one for me is you and you for me, SO HAPPY TOGETHER!

Brock

I love this picture! We had company over and weren't really paying attention to what Brock was doing, we finally noticed that he was knocking on the door to be let in and had been for a while. This is what we saw when we opened the door, he was soaked from head to toe and had the dirtiest look on his face, it was hilarious!
Me, hanging with my bud.