Gingerbread House Festival

After I took John to the airport, I went to Thanksgiving Point to help my mom & volunteer at the annual "Gingerbread House Festival". I also got to hang out with my nephew, Parker, who had so much fun watching the train, talking with the "conductor" who was a nice old man that talked to Parker about 'Thomas the train'. He also loved "The Muppets" puppet show. He kept calling them silly puppets:) There were some AMAZING gingerbread houses that sold for thousands of dollars and all the proceeds went to the Boy Scouts of America and Learning For Life program. There were also a lot of activites for the kids, entertainment, and my favorite...Tai Pan who setup a mini store :) It was a lot of fun.

Parker LOVES trains

The Muppet Show

"Under the Sea" - I think it won 2nd placeBack side of "Under the Sea"I think this house won 1st placeParker's cookie that he madeMy favorite - "Great Wonders of the World"

John's first airplane ride

Last Saturday, John got on his very first airplane and flew to Jacksonville, Florida. He has NEVER been on a plane before and I always thought & hoped that I would take him on his first flying experience. However, his work beat me to it and he left for 5 days to train some people in their Jacksonville office on a new business database program that he has developed. He was quite nervous about the whole thing, especially since at the last minute he found out he was going by himself. I went inside to show him how to check-in and said goodbye at the security gate. He had a great experience on his way to Jacksonville, but it was the opposite experience on his way home. To make a long story short, there were problem after problem and when the boys & I went to pick him up from the airport today, he had no bag :( Lucky for us, the airline delivered his luggage to our house....at 2:00 AM!!!! Hopefully this experience hasn't ruined traveling for John because I LOVE to fly & travel and I want to be able to do it with him. Sorry honey but I'm glad you survived :)

Snow Day

The other morning I woke up to a winter wonderland in my backyard. There were several inches of snow and it continued to snow all day and my boys LOVED it! I wasn't feeling very well but I couldn't help but go outside and watch them play. They ran all over the yard jumping in the snow and chasing each other. I guess this is the end of Fall :( I'm not quite ready for winter yet but I'm glad they had fun in the snow.

Hurley's Baby Blessing

Sunday we went to my new nephew, Hurley's baby blessing. It was a special day as Desiree' & Ryan (a.k.a. Buzz) waited so long for their "little man". It was wonderful to see Buzz bless Hurley. After the blessing we celebrated with yummy Navajo Tacos with family and friends. Hurley looked SO cute and handsome in his traditional Navajo outfit. I'm so happy that John & I were able to be a part of Hurley's special day. This is the first nephew that John was able to be a part of from the beginning. He doesn't have any neices or nephews on his side yet. Hurley was also the very first baby that John has EVER held. Congratulations to Re' & Buzz!! We love you guys and we love you Hurley :)

Happy Halloween!

This year on Halloween, I had a doctor's appt :( However, since it was in Utah County, I was able to take some extra time to go see my dad and to also see my little nephew, Hurley in his costume. He was a fish and looked SO cute!!
For Halloween night we had planned on staying home, watch a scary movie & hand out candy to the trick-or-treaters. But we ended up going to John's parents for dinner and when we got home, there were no trick-or-treaters :( Although we must've missed a few because when we got home, the "lid" of my pumpkin was missing! Not the whole pumpkin, just the "lid" was gone. So we played with the boys outside for a bit and just relaxed the rest of the evening.
Desiree & Hurley.
Where's Waldo??....I mean Homer J ;)

Amos waiting for me to throw his ball.