New Years Resolution Revisited

One of my resolutions from 2008 was to become a better blogger. With all of the craziness of kids and life, it's the best way for me to keep a journal of our family. So, in lieu of that goal, I am finally going to catch up on November....

Thanksgiving:


My mom came to visit! She was incredibly wonderful cleaning my house and taking care of me. She even gave me and Jordan foot rubs. Thanks Mom...I love you!!

Our friends Jenn and Tim, graciously invited us over for Thanksgiving dinner. Jenn put on an amazing spread and her table was really beautiful!

Tyler and Thais making Thanksgiving Hats/Indian Headdresses

Jay was my big helper!


Sklyer-boy all dressed up for Thanksgiving! Lookin' good buddy!

A work of Art!

I just had to write a quick post about this amazing thing my Mother in Law did for us! She came out to watch Skyler's birth, and she basically didn't stop cooking the entire time she was here. She ended up putting 20 frozen dinners in our freezer for us, making it so I don't have to cook until after Christmas (now that's love I tell ya!). I thought it was cute how she numbered each dinner and made a numbered list on our fridge, telling us what each dinner is and the cooking instructions. To me, this picture represents a wonderful work of art! Thanks Marilynn!!

November 19, 2008

Tagged

Jen, I've been a little behind at reading blogs so better late than never!

Eight Favorite TV shows:
1. The Office ( I seriously I have a major addiction to this show)
2. Lost (Although I'm a little bit behind)
3. American Idol

We actually don't have T.V. right now, so I'll list some shows I used to watch
4. Friends
5. Jon and Kate plus 8
6. What not to wear (will somebody please nominate me for this show..I need some work!)
7. Whose line is it anyway
8. A baby story

Eight Favorite Restaurants:
1. Lately it's been Sweet Tomatoes (we've gone the past three week-ends in a row because I crave their salad)
2. Caruso's
3. Delectable
4. Lawry's
5. China Chillies ( A little shout out to the Bay Area)
6. Does Frost Count?
7. Cafe Rio
8. Cafe poca cossa

Eight Things that happened yesterday"
1. My wonderful Mother in Law took me grocery shopping and bought us enough food to last us a month (actually with Jordan's appetite, more like two weeks, but still!)
2. My awesome Father in Law mowed our lawn!!
3. Went to Sweet Tomatoes for the third week in a row
4. Read a really cool article in ELLE magazine about a fellow track teammate from high school
5. Jamie and Jaylee came over for a quick visit
6. Ate a yummy Costco hot dog
7. Went to bed way too late
8. Dreamed about having this baby.


Eight Things to Look Forward To:
1. Having my baby
2. Having my baby
3. Having my baby
Just kidding there are some other things...
4. My mom is coming out in a little over a week, I can't wait to have her all to myself!
5. Christmas and being together with family
6. Watching my daughter play with her new sibling
7. The pedicure I may be getting from Renee tonight
8. Exercising again..I want to run a 1/2 marathon this spring.

Eight Things on My Wish List:
1. Living closer to our Family (it has been so nice having Jordan's parents here)! I want my daughter to know her extended family!
2. A new Car..Our little Mirage is a tight squeeze!
3. Finish the back yard
4. I hope Thais will be best friends with her little brother
5. Figure out what our next step should be with our business
6. Lose all of my wonderful preggy pounds
7. Dates with my cute husband EVERY SINGLE week
8. A new baby that's a good sleeper


Eight Things I Love About the Fall:
1. I LOVE herbal tea and it's so nice to drink in the Fall
2. Thanksgiving
3. Halloween (now that I have kids)
4. The cool weather (although I still make Jordan leave the fan on...hopefully that will change soon babe!)
5. I love jackets and here in Arizona we get to finally wear them for just a few months
6. It means the Holiday's are just around the corner
7. Stephens hot chocolate
8. A cheaper electricity bill :O)

Eight people I tag: 1. Jenna 2. Rachel 3. Molly 4. Renee 5. Kim Price. 6. Lacy 7. Kim Davis. 8.Karlee

The look says it all.

Jordan took this picture in a moment of despair when I was feeling very heavy and pregnant. Don't worry Skyler-boy, I haven't met you yet, but something tells me all of this is going to be totally worth it!

A Happy Halloween

Halloween is with out a doubt, Thais's favorite holiday because it is an event solely based around obtaining candy. We let her go to town Halloween night, eating candy to her heart's content, and then a few days later it all mysteriously disappeared. I don't know if I needed to throw it out more for Thais's sake or mine. Atleast it's gone now and I can go back to fixing my sugar addiction in obscure ways like eating chocolate chips out of the freezer!


How cute is our little purple witch?



This picture is a little fuzzy, but I love it because we put makeup on her and her lashes are awesome! She must have got that from the Monson side because Mama sure doesn't have them.


Thais on a hay ride at our little community Halloween celebration.

I love how kids bring back the magic in every holiday.

Tea Party

My Friend Sabrin invited Thais and I to this really cool place in Tucson called Party in a pinch;where they do themed parties and activities for children. The day we went it was a "Tea Party" theme, and Thais had so much fun dressing up and doing the little activities they had for the kids. Her favorite part was actually getting to drink the "tea" (fruit punch) with lollipop spoons to stir it with. Oh the fun of being a Girl!!