Thanksgiving

This year we made the trek to WA for Thanksgiving.  It is the first year we have done that . . . the most intimate Thanksgiving dinner I have ever enjoyed . . . there were 6 of us, including Michelle and Lena.  Everything was yummy and beautiful and we had a great time.  My camera battery died and we didn't get a lot of pictures from the trip, but a few.  Saturday we took the girls to the Seattle Aquarium and watched Santa dive with the fish!  Again, not a lot of great pictures, but we got a few.

The week before was "L is for Leaves" week with "mommy school" and we had a lot of fun with that!

And the weekend before that, as mentioned before, we visited St. George, where we went hiking at Snow Canyon and playing at the park.

I already posted the picture of the girls on the slide.  That was taken by my mom.  You can see her here, snapping pictures, as she often is!

Slide

We went to visit St. George last weekend.  I took many pictures, but haven't downloaded them from the camera yet.  My mom also took many pictures and sent me this adorable one of the girls when we all went to the park.  I wanted to share.  Blogger kept automatically flipping it the WRONG way no matter what I did to upload it, so, here it is . . . sideways.

My mom also shared with me an awesome blog that I am now using for my daily activities with the girls.  This woman used to be a 1st grade teacher but now stays home with her little boy.  She has compiled some AMAZING weekly unit kits to preschool your own kids.  She calls it Mommy School (you have to click on the link for Mommy School at the top of her blog).  I started with L is for Leaves this week with the girls and so far it is going great!  I may have to get a color printer just for this!  They love it! Take a look!

http://www.oopseydaisyblog.com/

A Cowgirl, A Lion, and A Witch

We had a Happy Halloween this year!  It was a busy one too!  On Thursday, Jim went deer hunting with my stepdad.  This is his first year hunting and he was close to the end of the month, deerless.  But he got one Thursday morning, almost first thing out!  It is the strangest looking deer anyone ever saw, but I don't have a picture because Jim didn't take one!  Anyway, I know he loves me because he took it right to a processor so I never even had to look at the poor, dead Bambi!  It's not that I can't stomach it, just that I'd rather not!

Friday was our ward's Halloween carnival.  I spent most of the day making monster cupcakes that were a big hit!  I am still getting compliments on them a week later!  Michelle helped and it was fun.  Then Micki and Lena were SO ADORABLE in their costumes!  Michelle was Jessie (from Toy Story) and Lena was a tiger.  She is so cute when she growls!  I have to thank my mother for helping me put Michelle's costume together!  I never thought I would sew, but I have been lately, and she is helping me learn.

Saturday we went to Boo at the Zoo.  There were A LOT of people!  Lena enjoyed watching everyone and Micki enjoyed seeing the animals and getting more candy.  This time the no pictures is my fault too . . . we left the camera and phone in the car, and it would have been crazy to try and go back for it through the throngs!

Sunday we planned to carve pumpkins, but we completely forgot about them sitting out on the front porch, so this year's pumpkins remained unadulterated!

Monday we went trick-or-treating to a couple of people we know then came home to receive the most trick-or-treaters we have ever seen!