Getting Our Christmas Tree!

We went out on Thanksgiving weekend to get our Christmas trees. Despite getting stuck, we found two perfect trees and had a little fun in the snow.

Thanksgiving!

I love Thanksgiving! Good food, good company what's not to love?! All of my family except for the 3 oldest grandsons were together at my mom's, that made 27 people and it was so much fun. I am not sure if this is normal or not but we always end up with tons of pies, this year was no exception with thirteen pies.

What I've Learned Wednesday: Trash Again?

I know that I have posted about trash before but I guess I have trashy issues! Anyway, last night I get home from work at 10:30 p.m. and pull up to find that my trash can is tipped over and the entire contents are in my driveway, mind you it is trash day today so it is was totally full. I go in the house hoping to enlist Brandon on the clean up effort but he is already in bed, out cold. So I am in this alone. Well some animal, and I have my suspicions, has ripped through the entire contents and not one trash bag is left intact. Gross!! So I look in Brandon's truck for some gloves or a shovel, none to be found, but I did find a pair of Cody's socks, so armed with his socks on my hand I start to dig in. Can I just say we have some disgusting trash at my house! Now this un-named animal was not after the left over birthday cake or the raw chicken, no his motive was to find and rip open all the dirty diapers, and I do have two kids in diapers, so there were plenty for the picking. So fifteen disgusting minutes later I finish my grueling task. (and yes the socks got thrown away!)

So what have I learned? Well in situations like this all you can do is laugh. And thats what I did. Every time I was forced to pick up something unspeakable I just laughed, every time the automatic lights would turn off and I would have to wave my arms, with socks on my hands, to get the light back on I would just laugh! Thanks to my sister who reminded me about Elder Wirthlin's conference talk called "Come What May And Love It", I really was able to just laugh. If you haven't heard or read this talk you should, I love it. I am using it for my VT lesson this month.

Sage's First Birthday

This is for you Mom!

Happy Birthday Sage!

Yummy! This stuff is great!

She even shared some of her cupcake with Drey

My little Sage turned one! I can not believe how the year has flown by. She has been such a fun little girl, we just love having her in our family! Her favorites: her daddy and siblings, silky blankets, fruit, rice cereal, any food she can beg off of her family, her siblings, cupboards, hanging out under the table.
She says: mom, dad, Dreyden, Bailey, cheese, ut-oh, no, bye, she is starting to repeat things we say.

We decided this year that we would have a slumber party for Bailey's birthday. We have always had the rule of no sleep overs, just late nights but I really wanted to have a sleepover for her. It was so fun, and there are just so many sweet, good girls her age. She really has great friends! The party was fun and the girls had a good time. Brandon took Cody and Drey to the movie and that was so helpful! So here are a few pics from the big party.

Playing a wild game of "Do You Love Your Neighbor"

Showing off the T-shirts they made

Writing Birthday notes for Bailey