Thanksgiving

This year for Thanksgiving we went to Doug's parents house. It was DELICIOUS! Doug's dad does the majority of the cooking, my contribution was lemon meringue pie. We had had good food and conversation.

My Little Turkey!
The Family
On the ride over to Grandma's
SOOOO BIG!

After dinner I went and picked up my mom to brave the crowds at Michael's. They had Cricut cartridges for $29.99, what a deal! There was probably only about twenty people in line ahead of us when we got there so we figured we had a pretty good chance of getting some. When they opened the doors at 5:59 PM it was a mad dash to the back of the store. We grabbed a couple and stood back to watch the frenzy. We thought it wasn't going to to be too bad since these women were all loving scrapbookers, right? We thought wrong. There was a very rude family of four women pushed and trampled people out of the way. I even heard one of them say to another customer "If you didn't want to fight then you shouldn't have come here!" - I suppose getting a good deal is more important then showing good character. We got what we wanted and we only had to wait in line about 20 minutes, which beats the Friday morning crowds.

Carried Away !!!

Last night Natalie and I got to go the Carrie Underwood concert at the E Center. We had soooo much fun. We were so giddy on the way over acting like teeny boppers going to see Hannah Montana in concert. I have to say a BIG thank you to KBULL 93 for the awesome tickets (a special shout out to Heather.) We needed a well deserved girls night out, I couldn't think of any thing we would have rather done.

Little Big Town opened for Carrie and they were really good. I never realized how many songs they had out on the radio. And of course, Carrie delivered a wonderful performance. I love that almost all of her songs tell a great story. I found myself getting emotional a time or two. It was probably the best concert I have ever been to.

Here are a few pictures from the show. I had to sneak my camera in, and it doesn't take the best pictues from a distance in the dark, oh well!

Puppy Pictures

These are the last two puppies left (both girls.) We have had someone requesting more information on the little brown girl, so maybe a potential buyer. They are so sweet I just had to post a couple pictures of them.

Quick Question

I am not that computer savvy. I think that Google reader is an amazing time saver for an avid blog reader like myself. However, with everyone going private google reader doesn't work, right? I was wondering if there is a way that google reader can let you know when a person's private blog is updated? Help please!

Kids Pictures

Last Saturday I had an old friend from high school take the kids pictures. She is a really talented photographer and I highly recommend her. We had a fun time at the shoot, and I would definitely do it again. On her blog is a sneak peek of the pics

http://photographybytiffanyd.blogspot.com/2008/11/long-awaited.html

High School Tag

1. DID YOU DATE SOMEONE FROM YOUR SCHOOL? Yeah, one guy was husband material.
2.WHAT KIND OF CAR DID YOU DRIVE? Hyundai Elantra
3. DID YOU PASS YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE TEST YOUR FIRST TRY? Yes
4. WERE YOU A PARTY ANIMAL? No.
5. WERE YOU CONSIDERED A FLIRT? Probably by some people.
6. WERE YOU IN BAND, ORCHESTRA, OR CHOIR? Nope
7. WERE YOU A NERD? I don't think so
8. WERE YOU ON ANY VARSITY TEAMS? Yep, Cheer.
9. DID YOU EVER GET SUSPENDED/EXPELLED? No
10. CAN YOU STILL SING THE FIGHT SONG? I think so, "Bingham sons and Daughters like the mighty waters..."
11. WHO WERE YOUR FAVORITE TEACHERS? I always like to have the coaches for teachers.
12. WHERE DID YOU SIT FOR LUNCH? A lunch table ?
13. WHAT IS YOUR SCHOOL'S FULL NAME? Bingham High School
14. WHAT IS YOUR SCHOOL'S MASCOT AND COLORS? Miner, Blue and White
15. DID YOU GO TO HOMECOMING AND WITH WHO? Sophomore year, Scott Christensen. Junior year, Tim Provost, Senior year, Mike Goodman.
16. IF YOU COULD GO BACK AND DO IT AGAIN WOULD YOU? If I knew what I know now
17. WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER MOST ABOUT GRADUATION? I was sad because I was off to college while Doug had another year of high school. And they made a rule that we couldn't throw our caps in the air but we were all rebellious and did it anyways.
18. WHERE DID YOU GO SENIOR SKIP DAY? I don't think we had one.
19. WERE YOU IN ANY CLUBS? Yeah
20. HAVE YOU GAINED SOME WEIGHT SINCE THEN? Unfortunately
21. WHO WAS YOUR PROM DATE? Sophomore year-Tim Provost, Junior year- Justin Grundy, Senior year-Doug Mackay.
22. ARE YOU PLANNING ON GOING TO YOUR 10 YEAR REUNION? I am not sure
23. DID YOU HAVE A JOB IN HIGH SCHOOL? I worked for my dad, painting houses

Tagged by Lynsey...

My very first tag!



8 TV SHOWS I LOVE TO WATCH



1. The Office

2. Jon and Kate plus 8

3. Survivor

4. Iron chef America

5. Food Network Challenges

6. Girls Next Door

7. Unwrapped

8. Biggest Loser



FAVORITE RESTAURANTS



1. Red Lobster

2. Olive Garden

3. Macaroni Grill

4. Oreganos (Arizona)

5. Tempanyaki

6. ChickFila

7. Marc Anthony's

8. Anywhere with a playland :)





8 THINGS THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY



1. Woke up early with the Puppies

2. Got the Kids ready for the Day

3. Got Myself ready

4. Went to work

5. Picked up the kids

6. Went to dinner at Chilis

7. Fed the puppies

8. Put an ad on ksl





8 THINGS I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO



1. Getting out of debt

2. Moving to a bigger house (one day)

3. Selling the puppies (bittersweet)

4. The Holiday season

5. Using my spa gift certificate -from last christmas :)

6. Jaxon's Primary program

7. Lazy Sunday

8. Getting my hair done



THINGS ON MY WISH LIST



1. Lose 15 pounds

2. Sleeping in (never going to happen)

3. A maid :)

4. A trip with my hubby

5. New Wardrobe

6. New computer

7. A third garage

8. Baby number 3 (in a year or so)

Ad

Check out our Ad on KSL.

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=218&ad=4727367&cat=

Puppies

I just thought I would post some pictures of our puppies. We should be putting an ad on KSL Classifieds this week to sell them. Out of the six we still have four for sale, two boys and two girls. They will be eight weeks old on November 28th, then they can leave their mama. It has been very crazy around our house now that they are getting older. They want to play all the time and they need to eat a lot more which means they pottie a lot more as well. It will be bittersweet to see them go, I never expected to get so attached to them.

Blah Blah

I love that Suave commercial that shows the mom going through different stages of Motherhood. She gets a little sadder looking as time goes on...Well that is how I feel. I realized this morning that I haven't shaved my legs in a week. I have noticed recently that I have really let myself go. I am not sure why...maybe because we have outgrown our house and even if I clean for hours it looks like I have accomplished nothing. Or maybe because there is always someone asleep in our house (Doug, Ashlyn, occasionally Jaxon) so I find it hard to get motivated to get myself ready. Maybe it is because I have one husband, two kids, and seven dogs who need my attention. Whatever the reason is I need to find the desire to change. I will tell myself to just get dressed up and you will feel better, but then I realize I have no clothes and I need a makeover :)
I think the only drawback to the blogging scene is that everyone posts the picture perfect life. We don't get to see the messy houses or the whiny kids running around in their jammies at noon. I am sure that no one loses their temper at the family, or cries when they feel overwhelmed. I have to remind myself that no one is perfect even though it seems like ALL of my friends have their lives's in perfect order.
This is not a pity post!!! I am just wanted to vent for a minute. Now all that is left to do is buy some Suave and take a shower, then I can have my TADA moment after I wash my hair :)

Halloween

We had a great Halloween night. Our little Tinkerbell picked up leaves to put in her bucket and Jack Sparrow loved getting and passing out candy. Trunk or Treat is so nice with little kids, 10 minutes 50 cars later and you are done.