Pilgrim Hats and way too much food!!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We started ours off with making these cute Pilgrim hats. It was actually quite funny because Mac came home from work on Wednesday to a frustrated wife because I couldn't get them to look quite right. Mr. Domestic came to my rescue once again and made them look perfect. I know it's a little late now, but in case you want to make them next year...all you need are mini Reese's Peanut Butter cups, ginger snap cookies, and the icing.

We had such a fun and relaxing Thanksgiving this year! We left Thursday morning to Talmage to stay with Mac's parents for the weekend. Everyone made it except for his brother Darrin and sister-in-law Emily. : ( We can't wait to see them at Christmas! I think we all gained a few pounds because we just ate, played games (King, Queen, Peasant!), and watched movies. Oh except Dian and I did a little scrapbooking and made some cute cards! We were sad to have to leave, but we're already looking forward to Christmas!

GO BYU!

This past weekend we made a visit to good 'ol Provo! We hadn't been back to Provo since we were first married, about 2 1/2 years ago. It was a great sunshiny day where we enjoyed watching the Cougars beat San Diego State and even got in a little Christmas shopping. Connor is not one of the sit in your laps for very long kind of boys, so we were extremely pleased when he happily sat on our laps throughout the entire game! Of course we let him stretch his legs over half time.

Dragons and Scarecrows

To start off our Halloween festivities we made scarecrow sugar cookies for friends and neighbors this year. Sorry the picture is a little blurry, but you get the idea. The night before Halloween the elementary school around the corner had a big Halloween carnival for the kids, so we had to take advantage of dressing Connor up in his costume...he's so cute! Connor's favorite part of the night was sliding down the huge blow-up slide (Mac and I took turns going down with him and yes we were the only adults! What cool parents our little boy has!) wink*

Connor did so good with his costume, no tugging or whining, he was a pro!

Jensen Annual Pumpkin Patch Festival

Some friends invited us along with them Friday night to see the 17th Annual Jensen Pumpkin Patch festival! There were pumpkins everywhere carved and decorated to themes and you vote on your favorites. With hot chocolate in hand we were off to see our favorites and trust me there were some very creative displays. Here is a picture of the kids' favorite display of an Easter egg theme.

Denver, CO

Last week Mac had a conference in Denver he had to go to and we decided it would be fun to take the whole family. It was a 5 1/2 hour drive and Connor did exceptionally well. A friend let us borrow their DVD player which saved us about the last 45 mins of the trip each way. To add to my excitement of our little vacation we were staying at the Ritz Carlton! After much anticipation and excitement for such luxury, I have to stay I was very disappointed. They should have a sign on their doors saying Families Not Welcome. Don't get me wrong it's great if you do not have any kids with you, but if you do let me warn you about a few things...no microwaves, the refrigerators are filled with liquor, no kids allowed in gym or pool facilities!! The first night we got there I had a Gerber meal you heat in the microwave for Connor and I had to call room service and have them come pick up his little gourmet meal and take it down to their industrial sized microwaves for a 30 sec sauna and then back up to my room. I was so irritated that it's not all the extra work it took them to make Connor's meal happen, but the fact that when they do that sort of thing you also have to tip them. Let's just say we made other arrangements for Connor's meals after that.

Some very fun highlights we had were visiting the Denver Aquarium, seeing the Denver Nuggets play the Utah Jazz, and strolling around downtown Denver everyday with Connor! Here are a few pics...

Bye Grandma!!

I just love when family comes to town because it means you get out and go see things you don't normally. This is over-looking the dam at Flaming Gorge.

This is right at the loading dock at the Green River's edge...Connor wasn't feeling well, but he loved the water!

We already miss you Mom (Grandma)!! Have fun with Sheila and Jim and the boys for the remainder of your trip!

WELCOME!

For those of you who are just dying to visit Vernal, Utah...please come visit and stay with us! We have lived here now for 4 months and I am just now getting pictures up of the inside of our home. My mom came to visit us this past week and helped me finish the decorating process--Thanks Mom! So here it is...we have a living room right as you come through the front door with the fire place in the corner (I can't wait to use it this winter!), and then the dining room and kitchen, and we have a family room right off the main dining area. It has 3 bedrooms and 2 bath, it has been just the perfect size for our little family and we'll definitely be able to grow into it! You'll have to wait a little while before we post pictures of the rooms (still have some work to do!) So, if you're ever driving through Dino Town please come say HI!!!!