It has been a while since I have added to our blog. We have been busy and I just barely find time to keep up with email while I am on the computer. If I spend too much time on the computer I start to feel bad that I am ignoring Caleb during the day and sometimes he gets anxious to play his PBS games. When the older kids get home, Megan wants to do her littlest pet shop game and Collin wants to play on the cartoon network site. When Ryan gets home he has been working on the computer - getting all of our recipes entered into allrecipes.com. Our computer has become a little too popular. By the end of the day I am too tired to do anything. So unless I get up really early before everyone wakes up, I don't get much done on recording our family blog. Lately I have really loved my sleep, so getting up early hasn't happened a lot. But I want to have our memories recorded so I will try to catch up as best as I can.
Well now it is the end of November and we just had Thanksgiving. We had a nice visit with Ryan's family at Jen and Jason's house. Our kids love playing with their cousins. Hailey kept them busy jumping on their neighbors' trampoline, coloring pictures of turkeys and pilgrims, and playing on their air hockey table. We even had some time to sit and look at all the adds for Black Friday.
Yesterday was Black Friday and I did make it out to the stores for a couple of hours before Ryan went to work. I didn't leave until 7 am so I missed the early rush. The store crowds were very manageable by the time I got there. I got just a couple of good deals, but for the most part everything I wanted was gone before I got there. I am glad I didn't try to fight the 5am crowds by myself.
I am going to try to get all of my Christmas shopping done early this year. Of course each year I say that, but I am always running out on Christmas eve doing the last minute stuff. I just try to get most of it done before December so that I can enjoy the season as much as possible.
I really appreciated President Monson's talk at General Conference where he advised us to enjoy the journey. That is hard to do sometimes. I feel that if we try to simplify life as much as possible, be grateful for what we do have and are blessed with, and focus on serving others, we can enjoy this jouney of life much more. I am grateful for my family and the fun memories we enjoy together.
Back in October, we went out to Jackson Hole, Wyoming with Ryan's family. We have made this an almost yearly tradition. We love to look for moose with Grandpa and love seeing all the fall leaves around the town and on the way up and back. Here are a couple of pictures from our trip this year.
Well now it is the end of November and we just had Thanksgiving. We had a nice visit with Ryan's family at Jen and Jason's house. Our kids love playing with their cousins. Hailey kept them busy jumping on their neighbors' trampoline, coloring pictures of turkeys and pilgrims, and playing on their air hockey table. We even had some time to sit and look at all the adds for Black Friday.
Yesterday was Black Friday and I did make it out to the stores for a couple of hours before Ryan went to work. I didn't leave until 7 am so I missed the early rush. The store crowds were very manageable by the time I got there. I got just a couple of good deals, but for the most part everything I wanted was gone before I got there. I am glad I didn't try to fight the 5am crowds by myself.
I am going to try to get all of my Christmas shopping done early this year. Of course each year I say that, but I am always running out on Christmas eve doing the last minute stuff. I just try to get most of it done before December so that I can enjoy the season as much as possible.
I really appreciated President Monson's talk at General Conference where he advised us to enjoy the journey. That is hard to do sometimes. I feel that if we try to simplify life as much as possible, be grateful for what we do have and are blessed with, and focus on serving others, we can enjoy this jouney of life much more. I am grateful for my family and the fun memories we enjoy together.
Back in October, we went out to Jackson Hole, Wyoming with Ryan's family. We have made this an almost yearly tradition. We love to look for moose with Grandpa and love seeing all the fall leaves around the town and on the way up and back. Here are a couple of pictures from our trip this year.
We have had some warm days this fall. I have really enjoyed the mild temperatures. We had a fun time during fall break in the middle of October when the kids were out of school for a couple of days. We went to the Scarecrow Festival at Thanksgiving Point, the Scarecrow Masquerade at Wheeler Farms, and took some time to go out to the park and play. For Halloween, the kids even got to wear their costumes to school and at night without jackets to keep them warm. It is always a bummer to cover the costumes up with a jacket on those years when it is snowy and cold. Here are a few pictures.
For Halloween, Caleb was a cute little pirate and was so good at saying "Argh", Megan was Cinderella, and Collin was a ninja.
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