Happy Holidays!

We are officially ready for Christmas. We got our tree and the rest of our decorations up this weekend. I looove my tree. We found a great deal at Harmons and now my house is smelling like pine trees. I love that! My shopping is all done for Jack... He is going to be one spoiled kid on Christmas morning, but he is so excited about the whole thing that Jason and I couldn't resist buying him some fun things. I have also started my favorite tradition from my childhood with Jack this year. My mom always did an advent calendar for us and every day we had a clue and we had to figure them out and we got a little treat/present. Jack's clues are very easy (where do we keep the milk etc) and he is loving getting up every morning to find his next surprise. I had a lot of fun getting some cute things at the dollar store and he loves everything I have picked out so far. Like I said, he is spoiled! He will have to learn to share sometime but for now this is his year! We are super busy getting everything ready, attending parties, working, sending out Christmas cards and eating. I love this time of year.

Happy Thanksgiving!

I am finally getting around to my Thanksgiving post. Unfortunately, we were lame and didn't think to take pictures on Thanksgiving day... oh, well. We had a great day with family and good food. Since we had Thanksgiving in San Diego last year with my family, we joined Jason's family for dinner this year. We had great food and fun. Jack loved the slushie drink that Grandma made and I made our famous "Bacon Water-Chestnuts." It just doesn't seem like Thanksgiving or Christmas without them!

I just have to mention a few things I am thankful for this holiday season...
1- JACK! I can NOT get enough of him these days. He is becoming such a little boy and so much fun. I am thankful everyday to hear him sing, laugh, play and cry! I love everything about being his mom.
2- My hubby, who puts up with endless crazy from me! He is my best friend and such a good daddy. I could not have chosen any better.
3- With the current economic horrors, I am thankful for our house and neighborhood. I am glad that we followed our instincts and moved here when we did and we are so blessed to have such a great neighborhood and house. On that same note, I am thankful for my newish job doing medical transcription from my house. It is a HUGE blessing!
4- Good friends! I have had a lot of good friend time lately! I don't know what I would do without all the ladies in my life, including mom and sisters!
5- Finally, my religion. I have had some really special moments over the last few months and am going into this holiday season with a deeper love for everything that I believe!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

I Got Sucked In....

That's right. I joined the thousands of Utah moms and women who went to the "Twilight" premiere last night. My showing was a 12:15 at Jordan Commons. I have to say that I didn't mind the "Twilight" series, but I wasn't a devoted fan like some people are. I decided to go to the movie with some friends and it proved to be a very fun night. We got to the theater around 10:45 and luckily they let us into the theater around 11:00 so we didn' t have to wait out in the lobby. The place was jam-packed with women (and a few guys who looked like they were vampires in real life, or they were wearing shirts that said, "I don't know why I am here). My friend Roxanne and I were a little nervous about staying awake so we had to go get a large popcorn and some Diet Coke to make sure that didn't happen. :) Unfortunately, we ate almost the whole large popcorn by ourselves... Oh, well... the diet will resume today right?

The movie was entertaining and I didn' t have any problem staying awake. I wanted to kill Bella, but I hated her in the books so I guess the actress did a good job. She is just a bad character. What kept the movie (and book) alive was EDWARD! I have to say, I was not a huge fan of his (the actor) before the show, but I have to agree with the masses that he is HOT HOT HOT! I couldn't stop looking at him. There was a little steam ( I could have done with more :) ), but overall the chemistry was good. I'll go out on a limb here and say that there were probably happy husbands at home around 3-4 am when their wives came home! :) Haha. It was worth it.

The Things Kids Say...

I had to post about this because it is too precious for words! I want to remember it and I am tempted to go out and buy a notebook to keep in the house for all these things that come out of his mouth. Yesterday, Jack didn't get a nap because we were playing with friends all afternoon. On the way home from a store, I looked back at Jack and this is what he said...

"Mom, I want to take off my head." (All the while tugging up on his neck and pulling his hair.)
"You want to take off your head?"
"Yes, help me take off my head."
"Why do you want to take off your head?"
"Because it is too heavy."

Oh, the sweet thing! He was so tired.

Happy Halloween!

Halloween was so fun this year. Jack was really understanding what was going on and he loved every second of it. On Halloween day, I took him to the gym in his costume so he could start collecting his candy. After that, I was trying to think of what to do since he doesn't have school parties yet... so I called my old friends at Wells Fargo and we went downtown to trick or treat. I don't think Jack really got the whole trick or treating thing until candy just started coming at him. He caught on fast after that! He got a huge haul from there and after that we headed to our ward trunk or treat. Our ward is so great. After yummy pizza and a costume parade, we headed out trick or treating with our neighbors. It was the cutest thing to see Jack running up to the doors with all of his friends. I can't wait until next year. (Although it does feel great to have my house clean for the month before Christmas.)

Happy Halloween!

Halloween Week!

We have had a fun week! Jack is loooving Halloween. He can't wait to dress up like a pumpkin on Friday. He had a taste of it this weekend and loved all the attention... I have to say that I thought he looked pretty cute. Pictures of that coming soon. :) So far this week, we have gone to a party (where I ate brownies that had four sticks of butter in them... that's how good they were), we had a fun FHE with our neighbors and we went to the Haunted Trail by our house. Because I am lame, I only got pictures from our FHE night, but I think I will have more to post this weekend.

FHE was so fun and we are so lucky to have such a great neighborhood to be a part of. We had yummy pizza and carved pumpkins. The Haunted Trail was a hit (especially the donuts). Jack did awesome at the trail and just greeted every scary thing with "Hi, Monster." And his eyes got really huge and cute. He was looking at them hoping that they wouldn't eat him. Tonight we got a pumpkin pizza from Papa Murphys. I'm just glad they made it DeLite... I am IN TROUBLE this holiday season!! I'll blame it on my extra hormones... right ladies?

A Day At the Fire Station!

Our ride on the truck

My friend Kari has a neighbor who is a fireman. Last week, she put together a field trip down to his station. We got a bunch of moms and kids together (we had 20 people there) and headed down. Some of the kids were to little, but most of them thought it was the greatest thing ever! We got a tour of the station, rode on the fire truck, saw the BIG ladder, and even watched the firemen get called away on an emergency. The kids got hats and stickers as well. After we did that, we took the kids to lunch. Its too bad that the next day Jack watched about Curious George going to the fire station... I think he would have liked it more if he had seen that episode before we went!

PS: Don't tell my hubby, but M.A.N.... why are ALL firefighters such B.A.B.E.S.???!! ;) (That's a wink, my friends. You know what I'm talking about.)