Let It Begin!!....

I'm one to not confuse the Holidays. I love all the holidays and like to celebrate each one! But I don't like listening to Christmas music until AFTER Thanksgiving. I know some radio stations started playing non-stop Christmas music the first of November...but I won't listen because, well, I don't want spoil things prematurely. One of the great things about Christmas is the anticipation of it, and I don't want to ruin that! (No offense to those who listen early!) So in light of tomorrow being Dec. 1st and that we had a wonderful Thanksgiving, BRING IT ON! I LOVE Christmas! And dedicated to those great Who's down it Whoville:
WELCOME CHRISTMAS, BRING YOUR CHEER!

I flew! IFLY!!!

Matt and I went on a date on Saturday and guess what I got to do? FLY!! We went to the ifly indoor skydiving center in Ogden. I soared on a column of air inside a vertical wind tunnel, where the winds reached over 100 MHP and I was actually flying!! It was an amazing experience! Last year, Matt went skydiving for real, the kind where you jump out of an airplane and could die, leaving your wife and kids behind.(can you tell I was nervous watching him jump? I'm GLAD he lived!) So he didn't do the ifly because he's done the real thing! That was one of his dreams to skydive, he likes to live to the extreme sometimes, and he got that opportunity. So Matt got to watch me this time, and ifly is extreme enough for me right now!

Getting all suited up! Sweet suit huh?!


The pictures are kind of blurry because I was moving and because of the glass, but you get the idea! Here I go!!



That was awesome! Let's do it again!!

Okay so it DOES kind of make me want to do the real thing....uh, but maybe later...WAY later!

Giving Thanks on Thanksgiving

Yesterday Nathan brought home a Thanksgiving turkey craft with things he is thankful for written on the feathers. One of my favorites that he said was:
I’m thankful for my Dad....because “him does fun things with me.” What a cutie!!
He is also thankful for Mac and Cheese! (of course, his favorite food)









And in the spirit of things, I thought it would be fun if the rest of us said a few things we are thankful for:

Ammon: Family, The World, and Friends (his friends are like part of the family!)









Matt: Snow cones on hot summer days,
Hot chocolate on cold winter nights,
And my family to share them both with. (ohh how sweet, thanks hun!)








Me:
Heat and a house to stay warm in(I know, I know, it’s not even Winter yet, but I HATE to be cold!
To know the true Gospel,
And My beautiful Family!










Also, as a comment on this post, it would be fun if anyone wants to say what THEY are thankful for!! Happy Thanksgiving!!

Ammon is 7!

Happy Birthday Ammon!

His new bike!


He wanted to go to Chuck E. Cheese so I let him choose a couple of friends to invite and we braved the Big Cheese. He had fun and went to bed with a big smile on his face!


We love you Ammon! You're getting so big! Happy Birthday!

I Love Halloween!

Okay right now it's mostly for the kids and we do our Halloween activities around them but I still have so much fun! Why you ask? Some people don't like Halloween. Maybe I do because of all those late nights when I would watch the TV versions of scary shows and I liked to get creeped out. Oh you know the shows, like the Twilight Zone, Friday the Thirteenth, Monsters(NOT the Munsters), Tales from the Crypt, and even Nightmare on Elm street (even though that one scared me the most and I only watched it with my parents). Where were my parents when I was alone watching the other shows?! Agian they were only the TV versions but I was only in 4th or 5th grade. I've asked my parents and they don't seem to remember "letting" me watch them. I also remember watching scary shows with my friends and we would get so scared. What were some of those shows?

ANYWAY here are some fun pictures of my kids having fun on Halloween.





My kids had so much fun dressing up in their costumes! We all had fun-and we didn't even watch any scary shows!



Okay one last comment on watching TV as a child (off Halloween subject): I was lucky to have a small TV in my room when I was probably in 6th or 7th grade that only picked up 2 channels. Of course it was cool after I got in bed for the night to watch a show, and the only show that was on at the time? THE LOVE BOAT! And yes, I did watch this show faithfully for awhile(weird I know). Just me, in a small room with a small TV watching the Love Boat. How Precious. And this ones for you Jacque: (to music) "The love boat! Wining and Dining is My Middle Name!" HA!HA!