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Thanksgiving in Grace

LeGrand had to work the day after Thanksgiving and so we decided to stay home this year. For the first time ever I made a full Thanksgiving dinner and we stayed in our PJ's all day :) It was a nice relaxing day with lost of yummy food, Laex kept saying, "this is the best meal ever". We marinated and deep fried the turkey and it was yummmmmmy!

We have so SO many things to be thankful for. We are so grateful this year for good health, a happy family, a beautiful community to live in, a good job, the guidance and purpose the gospel brings & all of the freedoms we get to enjoy. We are also endlessly grateful for amazing friends and families. We are so blessed.

Another one gone

All he wants for Christmas is his two front teeth :)

A day at School

I'm Laexin's room mom this year and was assigned to do the December Bulletin Board. LeGrand had a couple of days before Thanksgiving off so he willingly came and helped me do the bulletin board and it turned out great!

Laex, has been begging us to come for school lunch, particularly on 'Pizza' Day - His little school is so great you can pretty much come whenever you want and hang out. So we decided we would stay for 'School lunch' after we did the bulletin board --he was in heaven.

After lunch LeGrand played lightning with the kids and as always was the life of the party! We were saying our goodbyes to head for home and Laex was begging us to stay for the party too :) It was a fun day at the school.

Quiet Mischief

This little lady has become pretty mischievous. She's normally quiet so it's not out of the ordinary for me not to 'hear' her, but lately she's been using that to her advantage :) She loves to climb all over and I've recently found her standing on the piano keys or using her bum to bounce up on down on the keys to make noise, lol. She is constantly on top of the dinning table. I've had to learn to put the chairs 'up' after every meal so that she can't climb on the chairs and get on the table. The other day I was on the phone with LeGrand and before I knew it she was doing this:

she emptied the whole plant and dirt all over the place.
What a stinker.

Anniversary!

On November 15th LeGrand and I celebrated 12 years of Marriage - I truly can't believe it! I'm blessed beyond my wildest dreams to be married to LeGrand and have the life we've created! He's a man who works hard, but puts family first. He honors his priesthood, he's the funnest Dad, he keeps things light and exciting and supports me in all I do!

Of course he was working so the kids and I met up with him in Soda and went to breakfast.

That evening we were able to get away to the temple in Logan, we had a great evening at the Temple and dinner.

Halloween & a visit from Grammie & Papa

Grammie and Papa came to visit on October 29th and stayed through Saturday the 1st. We had all sorts of fun and the weather was really nice so that was a great bonus! LeGrand worked the whole time which is always a bummer but it's nice he gets home by 3:30.

Loa had a Halloween party at school on Wednesday - she was SO excited to be Elsa and kept telling me that she looked 'just like her' - she giggled all the way to school!

Dad, Mom and & made some cute hubcap flowers Wednesday & Thursday

Wednesday evening we went to dinner for Dad's birthday (we celebrated a couple days early)

And I caught an Amazing Idaho sunset on the way home - they never get old :)

On Thursday I did Laexins class party (I'm the room mom) -it was nice to have extra help from Mom and Dad

Thursday night I made us a Halloween dinner - Enchiladas, 7 layer dip, Horchata & rice, it was yum!

Friday Dad took the kids to the Thatcher school and metal detected and Mom and I finished our flowers then met up with them. Then we came home and got everyone ready to go trick or treating.
We went to the Andersons in Thatcher, they put on a super fun Halloween night, we had soup for dinner, hot cocoa & donuts then the kids go around the yard and trick our treat out of tons of different buckets of candy - it was lots of fun. After that we were pretty much done except Laex who wanted to do some real trick or treating so LeGrand took him for about an hour.

Saturday Morning LeGrand took a couple hours off and went metal detecting with Dad back at Thatcher school till about noon then Mom and Dad headed on their way home.

It was a fun, busy weekend :)

Pumpkins & Park Day

The weekend before Halloween the weather was extra nice for Idaho and this time of the year. We took the kids to Soda Springs where they have a event with free pumpkins and chili, it was a good time and we got plenty of free pumpkins :)