Thanksgiving Goodness

I have to just put it out there for the world to see: My mom is the best cook ever! Thanksgiving is her favorite holiday and she loves to go all out. Mom, the turkey and pies were amazing, as were all the other fixins' thanks to our family. My aunts also share a knack for cooking and did an amazing job. I must also acknowledge my husband who made his famous cheesecake which went very fast. I love seeing my whole entire, huge family, especially the ones that come from out of town. Thanks to everyone that came, and thanks for the good food! My family rocks!

Fall, fall, fall!

It has been an enjoyable fall this year. We've had warm weather, cold weather, and everything in between. Fall is Mike's favorite time of year, but the reason I like fall is because it ushers in winter, snow, and Christmas (3 of my favorite things). Here is what we've been up to this fall:


We spent some time at our family cabin which was a blast! We had 8 inches of snow at our house when we left and thought there would be tons of snow at the cabin so we brought all of our snow cloths and a sled. Oh well, we enjoyed the 50 to 60 degree weather which felt really warm after the snow.

Jaycee and aunt Heather riding the 4-wheeler.


Ethan shot his first gun. It was a BB gun, and he still has both eyes.


Jaycee and Ethan climbed this mountain about 20 times. I did it once and got this picture.

Mommy and Ethan cruisin' the town, hitting the hot spots.

Mike took the kids up to Silver Lake on a Saturday I was working. They walked around the lake, then enjoyed some hot Chocolate.

Halloween!! Jaycee was a mermaid, Ethan was Indiana Jones, and Mike didn't have a costume. He's been growing his hair out for awhile. Not really, this is his inner punk coming out on the one night he can get away with it.



We went up to the Quarry in Little Cottonwood Canyon so Jaycee could take some pictures for reflections. I couldn't help but take this picture of Jaycee and Ethan walking hand in hand.

Tagged

Rules:
1. People who are tagged need to post these rules, and 8 random habits/facts/quirks about themselves.
2. At the end of the post you need to choose 8 people to get tagged and list their names

Ok, so lets see, I'm quite a boring person, so I'll try my darndest to make this interesting. I did take the initiative to change this the 8 things about my family, though.

1. Years ago I got in touch with one of my childhood best friends. I hadn't heard from or seen her in over 10 years so we had a lot of catching up to do. I found out she lived in, and had just sold, the same house that my husband grew up in, in So. Jordan. This was the house Mike lived in when we were dating. Weird!

2. Ethan likes you to smell his fingers after he goes to the bathroom, not to be gross, but to prove he washed his hands.

3. A few years ago I ran an entire marathon with 2 totally different shoe on. The marathon was out of town and when I was getting ready EARLY in the morning I realized I had packed 2 different shoes. One was my good running shoe and the other was an old cross-trainer that didn't even fit me anymore. It added about 1 hr. to my time and killed my lower body, but I still finished the race.

4. My near-death experience: This fall I was running outside on a long trail, far away from my car, and civilization. It was about 60 degrees when I started so I was wearing thin running pants and a long sleeved t-shirt. It started to rain, HARD, when I was about 6 miles from my car. By the time I got to my car I was soaked to the bone and according to my car's thermostat it was 32 degrees. I couldn't feel most of my body and was very hypothermic. It was quite scary.

5. Jaycee sleeps in a princess tent in her room almost every night, but when we went camping this summer she slept in my brother and sister-in-law's trailer every night because she was too scared to sleep outside in our tent with Mike, Ethan, and I. Maybe because our tent is orange and not pink, purple, and covered in Disney princesses.

6. I used to be very shy when I was little, but if you know me now I'm the opposite of shy. I even love public speaking and was a speaker at my college graduation.

7. Mike is a guys guy, if you know what I mean. He is very manly, but he loves facials. Whether it is in the privacy of our own home, or at a spa. Don't be surprised if you come over to our house one day and he answers the door with a mud mask on (actually, he would probably make me answer the door, he has a reputation to uphold).

8. I love to garden! Our backyard has an 80' by 12' garden area where we have 3 grow boxes and a large misc. area. This year we (we meaning me with the kids helping a little) planted beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, strawberries, carrots, rows of corn, and a pumpkin patch. It kept me busy all summer but I enjoyed every bit of it.

Now I am tagging: Sam, Ginet, Rachel, Susan, Stacie, Becky, Shelly, and Chanda.
Good luck!