A Christmas Carol

We saw Disney's Christmas Carol over the weekend.
I took my sister, Tyra, who is 11 and my kids.
We all left feeling scared.
Maggie covered her eyes for most of the movie, Josie held my hand.
I was warned, and wish I would've listened.
DON'T take little kids (even 11 year olds) to see this movie.
I feel bad I wasted $65.

So much to be grateful for ...

I love Thanksgiving. I love getting to stuff myself silly, and I love spending it with family. I didn't love it so much growing up, but now that we don't get to see our immediate families as often, it is great just to be together. It is a wonderful time to reflect on all our blessings, and we have many. This year we've had some big changes, and not a day goes by that my heart's not full of gratitude.
BUT ...
One thing I especially love about Thanksgiving, is the next day. We look forward to it for a long time, and this year is no exception! Happy Shopping!

Annie's Blessing

We blessed Annie a couple weeks ago. She was so beautiful, I wish I would've got more pictures. I've been so lame at taking pictures. Thankfully my Mom had her camera this weekend or we would've missed Halloween pictures too! I was so worried that Annie was going to scream her head off during her blessing, because it's just her style, but she was really sweet. I was so grateful! We had everyone over afterward, and I'm so grateful for a house that will fit everyone, we love it! We missed those that couldn't be here with us. Annie is very loved and it's always good to be able to have our families together. She is so sweet and we love her so much!

Halloween 2009

We had our annual "SOUP & SCOOP" at Grandpa & Grandma's before Halloween. It is always so fun and the kids look forward to it every year. This year we almost didn't make it because of Josie being sick and I wondered if I should take Annie or not. I'm glad that we went and we had a great time. It's always fun to get together and it's been fun to make traditions that we look forward to.
The kids all had Halloween parties at school and it was fun for Josie to have one this year. We also had a Halloween ward party that was a blast!
For Halloween we had my family here because we were blessing Annie the next day. The kids love having Tyra here and we had a great time on Halloween. They got loaded with candy, of course, and Josie ate all hers and don't tell Maggie, but her bucket is also empty-- courtesy of Josie. The girl loves candy (takes after her mom, it's all I've had for breakfast and lunch since Halloween!)! The weather was lovely and we were so glad!
Crazy that I didn't get any pictures of Josie! Oops!