Thanksgiving

This Thanksgiving we actually had approximately 3 Thanksgiving meals! How fun it was too! There were so many family in town we just had to cram all the fun in we possibly could. First it started off with our 'Redneck Thanksgiving' as Trent called it. HAHA. Since Grandpa and Grandma Carolyn's dinner wasn't until Saturday we decided to do something at our house on the actual Thanksgiving.

First Gretel had everyone over to her house for a special Thanksgiving breakfast! It was so yummy and all the cousins loved playing together. Of course, uncle Mike had fun playing as well.

Then that evening we did kind of a pot luck style feast at our house, where we cooked the Turkey and homemade rolls, and everyone else brought something to share. At first I was a little nervous about the whole thing since there was going to be 26 people (14 kids) at our house, but it turned out SO fun and surprisingly not stressful! How, you may ask? Well everyone served themselves, we had plastic plates - cups - silverware, and nobody had a problem just sitting anywhere they could find (hence why Trent called it the 'Redneck Thanksgiving'). The boys loved spending so much time with their cousins this week.

On Saturday morning the boys went to their first ever movie theater experience (GASP). It was a fun movie about 4 penguins, and Tyler kept leaning over to me the whole time and saying, "It's dark in here Mommy!" They especially liked the little goodie bags that were on their seats.

Then that night we headed over to Grandpa and Grandma Carolyn's house for a real beautiful and festive Thanksgiving meal. It was great to see everyone and have some delicious food. Tyler REALLY enjoyed the pie... well at least the whipping on top!

Oh wait, the night wasn't over yet!! We ALL headed over to temple square to check out the lights. HOLY TOLEDO was that placed packed. We could barely move an inch, and with all the kids that were with us, it was quite the adventure. At least we had a night we won't forget, along with wonderful fudge (that at first glance I wasn't too thrilled about - HAHA). But the water show was so fun, and it really was great to be able to spend time with cute little Jenni and her 4 beautiful kiddos.

Jack's Thanksgiving performance

Jack got to be a Turkey this Thanksgiving, and boy was he excited. The performance was with the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd graders which included Pilgrims, Indians, and of course... Turkeys! Jack made his own costume at school. *******Jack's eyes skimmed across the audience looking for us and gave a bashful smile when he saw all of us sitting right in the front row. He always pretends like whatever he is doing is not a big deal, but you can see in his eyes that to him it really is. He flashes a huge grin and then quickly tries to hide it as he struts across to where all the Turkeys take their place. They recite gobbles and have a fun performance, and we rushed up to him afterwards as he proudly shows us his awesome costume. What an awesome kid!! What a fun school. I am glad to see he enjoys being here and is really enjoying learning. Jack is such an intelligent boy. He teaches me everyday.

Tree House Museum

We had the fun opportunity to go to the Tree House museum with Blake's preschool. Blake is absolutely loving preschool. He always states that Ms. Nelson will really miss him when he goes to Kindergarten, and he swoons her daily by a kiss on the back of her hand. He has told me there is a girl in his class that is really pretty, but he doesn't remember any of his 'classmates' names. He can write his name by himself, and Jack has been teaching him math, and he's been getting pretty good. I can't believe this little dude will be in Kindergarten next year!

Halloween!

Halloween was so fun this year. The boys are all at such fun ages. At first they all wanted to be super heros, but then on the actual Halloween Blake and Tyler decided they wanted to use our old bee costumes and be bees. Jack wasn't too excited in the end to be Superman, but at that point that's the only costume we had that fit him. But he's such a good sport, he didn't mind.

We went to the pumkin fest in Pleasant grove since I got to perform there. The boys loved it and keep asking if they can go back. It was nice because they let us all in for free because I was performing. They had a little haunted forest the boys got to go through, and it was fun seeing they boys reactions. Jack kept saying quitely, "I'm a little scared, is that witch real?" in a real concerned but steady voice. And Blake was just kinda in his own world the whole time, so he's the one who 'poisoned' the witch. haha. Tyler walked into the dark then turned around and didn't want anything to do with walking somewhere without being able to see - so I carried him. haha!

They also had a magician where Blake got to go on stage and try magic tricks with him. Since then the boys have been making up their own magic and it's so fun to watch. They are so entertaining!

I also got to perform for Onyx and Darla's this Halloween as well. It was fun to be in character as a zombie. Many people told me how much they really enjoyed my performance, and it helped me realize how much I love to get the audience involved in my routines. It was such great experiences all around.

When it comes to candy, we only went two blocks and packed up to go home. Tyler was not a happy camper when we only let him eat 3 pieces before it was time to go to bed. He was stating, "But they gave the candy TO ME!" . haha, smart kid. You're right buddy, but we just don't want cha to have a tummy ache. Love you tons.