Thanksgiving Weekend

THURSDAY

I love Thanksgiving time. I not only love the delicious food that we get to stuff ourselves with, but I also love the time we get to spend with our families. We had so much fun this weekend. We were able to spend Thanksgiving day with Jared's family. His mom made the most delicious food. My fav. part is probably all the yummy pies. After a yummy meal and a ferocious game of monopoly (which I lost) we headed for Gunnison to my parents. We rolled into town around 10:30 and headed right for bed. The kids were so sleepy.

FRIDAY

I decided that I was going to try out the Black Friday Frenzy. I've always avoided shopping on black Friday. I hate shopping with huge crowds, but this year I guess I was feeling a little adventurous. My sisters (Katie and Kim) came with me. We made it to the Walmart in little Richfield by 3 am. I thought for sure we would be one of the first to be there, but I sure was wrong. I was so shocked at the number of shoppers, and how many of them actually had their hair done and makeup on. I felt a little out of place with my sweats and slipper boots on. So we waited in line til 5 am. and needless to say I did get what I went for. (a Nintendo DS for Kaden's Christmas). Not sure if the money I saved ($30) was actually worth getting up that early for, but I can now say that I have shopped on Black Friday. I was back home and in bed by 6:30. Not Bad! Unfortunately, my kids were just starting to wake up so I didn't get much sleep. It was all worth it!!!

We also went up the canyon with my dad. Kaden and my dad tried fishing, but most of the lakes were frozen over. Kaden thought it was so cool to be able to stand on water. SATURDAY

We went up the canyon again on an elusive Christmas tree hunt. It was so beautiful with the snow covering the ground. We hiked a little bit but soon found the tree we were looking for. Jared had to climb a big hillside to get it. "Thanks babe for always going above and beyond for our family." We also cut a tree down for Scott (my bro-in-law) and Kim and my dad cut down a cute Charlie Brown tree for my parents home. We had so much fun. Kodie enjoyed the hiking as long as I kept moving, as soon as I would stop to catch my breath she would start to fuss.

I'm so glad Katie and Kim came. Katie brought her cute puppy (Sage). Kaden loves that dog. It is a really good dog. It was fun to watch it run through the snow. Now we just need to get our trees home and put the lights on them. Yeah!!!! Can't wait for Christmas.

Dinnertime.

Does anyone else feel like they've been in a food fight after every meal. Kodie sure does love it. Now that she's a big girl, she likes to feed herself and everyone else at the table. Wow, what a mess.

Much needed blog update.....

Wow these past two months have flown by so quickly. We have been busy. Well to begin with I lost my camera in September. I looked for it everywhere. One day I asked Kaden where it was, he told me that it was outside under the deck. I thought to myself (why on earth would it be outside under the deck) plus Kaden is notorious for his stories, so I continued to tear my house apart. Well about two weeks after that, while Jared and I were painting our deck, I found my camera underneath it. I was so sad. It had been through a couple of really wet storms. Needless to say... It no longer works. So for my early birthday present Jared bought me a new camera. He knew I would want to take pictures of Kaden and Kodie's birthdays. All three of our birthdays are within a week of each other. Kaden is the 6th of Oct. Kodie is on the 9th and mine is the 13th. Since Kaden and Kodie have such close birthdays we decided to have a combined birthday party for the two of them. We had a halloween costume party. It was so fun. Everyone dressed up so cute and the kids recieved so many presents. It was like christmas. Well Kaden is now 4, and Kodie turned the big #1. This last year has gone by so fast. My baby is growing up too quickly.
We dressed up as Bees: Jared is the Worker bee, I am the Queen Bee of course, Kaden is Bumblebee the transformer, and Kodie is our sweet Honeybee. My cute parents. My dad won the costume competition. Yeah Dad!!!! Me and My BEE. We decorated pumpkins. (which I grew in my garden) The kids loved it. Kodie loved opening up presents. She wanted to play with them before opening the next one. Kaden got to blow out the Candles. I can't believe he is 4. wow.


kodie sure did love her cake. It's always so funny to watch them dig in. She wasn't sure what to do at first, til she tasted the delicious cake, then it was all over her. I love this age. It's so much fun. I still can't believe she is one though. I swear it was two weeks ago when she was born. Now she's walking and into everything. We can't keep up with her. She's so much fun and we love her to pieces. Happy Birthday Kaden and Kodie. We all love you both so much.