Michael & Harry

Michael started reading the Harry Potter series in April and he just finished the the 7th book! Congratulations Michael! Sorry the new movie didn't come out for the holidays! Since school has started he's also had to read 3 other books, or he may have finished sooner!

New Christmas Bow

Aunt Julie's friend Andrea, who is moving to SLC and we will miss her! made this bow for Mya and asked for a picture of her in it. So here she is for all to see. SO CUTE! Thanks Andrea!

Thanksgiving 2008

The kids Hang'n with aunt Jen before dinner, Mya being big, and it's all about the turkey!

Thanks to Cols and Carrie for coming to dinner too. It was fun to have you. Thanks for bringing your china Jules, it was nice... glad we didn't have any accidents!

Can I just say I'm thankful for tax season so Julie has to work and has to stay here for Thanksgiving! It was SO fun to have my sisters at our house for Thanksgiving. Sorry Black Friday wasn't as fun as last year girls... we'll just have to keep trying! ;)

Thanksgiving fun in the kitchen

Michael and Haleigh helped me tonight with some fun treats for our table tomorrow. These little acorns are made of peanutbutter, chocolate, nuts, and a pretzle. The cornucopia is just a steamed sugar cone bent while it's soft.

Happy Thanksgiving

We'll be eatting Turkey dinner at our house this year with Julie, Jennifer, & Colleen. Should be fun. Daniel and I went shopping for all the trimmings on Saturday. I think I just need to pick up some BINGO prizes and then cook the turkey!

The leaf in this picture is a REAL leaf that I scanned into the computer and then rotated it and copied it a bunch of times and made this some what cute Thanksgiving page. Awesome, huh? Did I mention it's a REAL leaf. The colors are beautiful. Our friend Robert picked it up while hiking and then I stole it from him when I went over to borrow a stamp set from Palma! Shhh... now that I have a copy in my digital scrapbooking supplies I can take it back and he'll never know it was missing! :)

Jubilee preview

So instead of a tree this year for the Jubilee I decided a Gingerbread house would be a better choice for me. It's up on the table and not all over the house for the baby to get into. So this was my inspiration...


And this is what I ended up with....
A LOT of planning went into this and even more lessons were learned. I think it's best not to use baking soda in the recipe I used so the pieces will stay true to shape when baked. But... it still turned out pretty good and was fun. The Adobe shack is actually my favorite, no pattern, just some squares and a cacti and yucca. Thanks for your help Jen, getting them assembled decorated and delivered.

Here's both of them. I felt a lot better when we deliverd them and they fit right in with all the others. :)

AND>>> This is my FAVORITE tree at the Jubilee this year. It is a life size Grinch stealing a christmas tree. SO FUN!

Musical Christmas preview

Here's Michael and Haleigh playing with their group "Festival Stings" at a retirement home the other night. We used it as a practice to get ready for some Christmas performances coming up.