Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was a nice, relaxing day. After waiting all day for Aunt Lisa and Mom to get up here, we got to eat. Thanks a lot guys! JK








Jessica can't wait to eat...Nicole and Lisa, lookn' good!



Marks turkey was delish! Sorry, Mark, no photo.
I'm starting to think that Mom didn't want her face to be in any pictures. Whats the deal Mom?

Oh, there you are!

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree!

Soon after Thanksgiving we started decorating for Christmas - our favorite time of year!

We decided for adventure this Christmas so we went to cut down the family Christmas tree. The kids had lots of fun searching the hills for the perfect tree. The best part was hearing the kids yell "SAW". It was a fun day!

The family looked good for halloween this year. I especially like how Mark gets into it!

I felt a little like Martha Stewart carving our name into the pumpkins...I thought it was a nice touch!

No he wasn't a robot for halloween!

Last week Austin had the wonderful opportunity of having a 72 hour EEG. What fun this was!! He did a great job considering that one of the electrodes on his forehead had been burrowing into his skin. I felt bad when I saw the open wound that turned into a huge scab and goose egg. For three days I had told him to "get tough" and not cry about how his head hurt. I won't be winning any mother of the year awards soon. I thought his doctor was crazy when he said that Austin could go to school. Does he not see what Austin looks like. Apparently when his doctor was in first grade no one ever made fun of him. Silly doctor! We see the neurologist on the 27 of November for results.

Sacramento Temple

The weekend after Disneyland Greg, Tara, Kim and Lisa came back to town and we all went to the Sacramento Temple together. It was an exciting weekend! To top it off, Greg finally got to bless Layne and Doug blessed Rhett at Mom's house. I love my family -- my own as well as my extended. They are the best!!

(Doug, Amy, Mom, Lisa, Me, Kim, Tara and Greg)

Happiest Place on Earth

The kids and I took a trip down to Disneyland in mid October. What made the trip so special was that Uncle Greg finally returned to the states from Iraq. And is there a better way to celebrate than a trip to the happiest place on earth.

Jackson and Austin love playing with their cousins. (Liv in green, Maren as Snow White, and Reece in orange.)

Lisa, Greg, and I liked the Nemo ride as much as the kids did!!

Nicole and Jessica loved their time getting pampered just like princesses. (The design each of them picked tells the story of their different personalities. Nicole picked simple whereas Jessica picked bright and sparkely. I thought that was funny.)

Here is the newest addition to our family. Nicole and Jessica talked me into getting a hamster. Leah is her name. Okay, I have to admit that I like the hamster. What will it be next! So far so good with the little rodent. We have only had one mishap so far. Nicole accidentally stepped on her and thought she had killed her. The two girls came running down the stairs screaming as though someone had lost an arm. I asked what happened and Jessica said, "Nicole stepped on the hamster and she cracked!". All I could think of was that now we had a paraplegic for a pet and I was going to have to somehow make an apparatus that Leah could pull herself around on...something like a cart with wheels. Well, to make a long story short, the hamster was just in shock and after about 10 minutes she was back to herself. I never knew having a rodent for a pet would give me something to talk about.