Santaquin's Light Parade!

Every year we go to Santaquin's light parade. It's fun to see

my kids' faces light up. Especially when they see Santa. 

Oddessey was just a waving at him! He said Merry Christmas

to her, and she thought it was the greatest! =) I love this time

of the year and all of the fun things we get to do as a family!

He is just too dang cute!

Derrick let Lowynn drive around in a parking lot.

He thought he was pretty cool! =)

Day Out!

Derrick and I just needed to get a few things done, so 

we made a day of it. We decided to let the kids pick some

where to eat since we had to run around to a few 

different places. They love McDonald's, and we 

were in Spanish Fork, so we went to the playplace, 

which my kids love. Of coarse, what kid doesn't, right? =)

My little stud. =)

My pretty princess.

They switched glasses. =)

Posing for a picture. Love him!

We had to send Lowynn up there to get Oddessey

so we could leave. It was pretty entertaining to watch. =)

Doing a little bit of shopping. I love how they cooperated

for these pictures! =)

I love my family!

Thanksgiving!

I have so much to be thankful for! I am truly blessed! I have 

a home and 2 vehicles, good health, an awesome husband

who takes care of me and our children, who makes sure 

  our needs as well as our wants are met, =) we both have jobs, 

2 amazing kids who have made my life so much better, who

bring so much joy and happiness. I love our life!

This thanksgiving we had it at our house. It is so much work! 

From making sure all of the food assignments are made, and 

nothing is left out! To cleaning, and I mean CLEANING! =) To

making sure every one will have a seat, and that there's enough

table space for everyone! It was so much work, but it was so

worth it! We were able to have the majority of us there. We 

just missed a cousin and his wife, one of my brothers, and 

my dad. It was awesome spending time with all of my family! 

I am so thankful for FAMILY!It is the best! I am so thankful

 that we are all able to live so close to each other!

We used our living room, dining room, and kitchen. We put 

our couches in the playroom to give us enough room. =)

Derrick and I cooked the turkey. It was delicious! 

The kids waiting for their Thanksgiving dinner. =)

Dishing up the kids first.

Everyone digging in! =)

Pie time! My grandma makes the best pies! =)

She didn't like the pie, she just wanted whipped cream. =)

She got pretty tired! I love these next 2 pictures. 

She sure is a  daddy's girl!

I hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving! 

Pictures!

Paytin, Lowynn, and Oddessey were just running around. 

I took some pictures, I think it's so fun to watch them 

get to play with their cousins. =)

Silly boy!

My handsome little man.

My pretty little princess.

Cute little Paytin.

She was running around like this. She was afraid

that Lowynn and Oddessey would run into her.

They are just too cute. They sure love each other!

Playing the game cube. 

My sleeping beauty. 

Our Dining Room Is Painted!

Painting is sooo much work! The painting part wasn't fun,

but spending time with Derrick was. I am so lucky to 

have a husband who helps out with everything! Cleaning, 

taking care of our kids, running errands, working, and 

doing jobs around the house! =) He is such an awesome

husband and daddy! He is the best! I've been wanting to paint

so bad. I already knew the colors I wanted, it was just

getting ourselves to do it. This year we're hosting Thanksgiving

dinner, so I wanted it to be painted before then. Derrick agreed, 

and we woke up Saturday morning, bought paint, and

got right to it. The maroon color too FOREVER to get 

all blended and the right color. We did 4 coats, the tan color

we just did one, and it looks great. We were glad we decided

to only paint one wall maroon! 

The paint tape we bought was green, so it looked like

Christmas with the red and green. =)

Here's a few before:

 Now the after:

I love it!