The Fourth Thursday

of every November..who would have thought?
I just found out that Thanksgiving happens this day every year!
Thank you Abraham Lincoln.
Well it was a fun one! I didn't get to be with any of my siblings for the big feast, but found some of my own friends..aka Grandpa Goodman!They even got out and did some roping! It was so fun to watch!Everyone came over for pie that evening and we had a good time.
Then I was asked to go on a little blind date and I agreed only if it was after 8 oclock and the family had left or was soon going to!
We had a good time out in the cold roasting mallows, drinking hot chocolate, and playing games.I love this weather!Friday morning Bre and I got up to conquer BLACK FRIDAY shopping!! I always love going and having Bre nice enough to come with me again this year!
By Friday night we had been successful in shopping, decorating, and working for me. But even after all that exhaustion, Dad and I still decided we would go to the dunes early Saturday morning. We met Trav and Sunni and the Spencer fam there! We had an absolute BLAST!!Thanks to Dad for making the long drive and being so much fun!Today was a special day. Gunner Gene had a birthday! We love and miss him so much but isn't it great to know that families are forever?I sure think so. And I abslolutely love these pictures. What a sweet boy!
Now comes the month of craziness! But I love it. Theres just something about the Christmas spirit...27 days :] Let the season begin!

The good life

4 days til Thanksgiving! And do I ever have so much to be thankful for. This pic below describes my happiness though. These kids are the light of my life! Who wouldn't smile and giggle at this?..Ahh I just want to squeeze them! So darn cute. I was so blessed to be invited to Laner's bday party. It was a hit! We love this jump rope game! Saturday night was the debut of Catherine Papworth's new cd! And the 2 opening acts happened to be some of my good friends! But this girl is amazing and you should for sure look her up on iTunes. This next week is going to be beyond all joy! I am so blessed to live in this wonderful world with a knowledge of who I am, and where I am going. Thank goodness for the gospel and an incredible family to help me through!
Shout out to Lane and his favv song. Aren't they good?!

All About Your Heart

So I have really awesome sisters that invite me to incredible things. It was kind of last minute, but we gathered whoever could to go to the Mindy Gledhill Concert. It was AMAZING! Stephanie & Christian Nielsen opened up the show. They are remarkable people who make me very emotional by just being in their presence. If you don't already read nieniedialogues.blogspot.com then I suggest you get on that! We got a very lucky picture with Nie Nie herself.
I loved all of the songs, but one of my absoulte favorites was, Its all about your heart. Mindy is inspiring!
We then got some weird kick and went to Cheesecake Factory! This fully loaded Chocolate Peanut Butter one donates a dollar to Africa and helps you not feel so guilty for eating it :]

I know it probably seems like I eat a lot, but no worries I only feed my sweet tooth sometimes! My cute friend Rachel Martindale works at Nielsens and we got to visit her!
Thanksgiving is next week..which means Black Fridayy! Ah cant wait!

OVER

just like that!
How could October do this to me?
Well it was great while it lasted!I had a fabulous birthday thanks to a million people!
Spent the day with Mom and the night with Becca. So fun!
Then Halloween came! We did some Trunk OR Treat with the family and neighbors at the church. Yay for homemade Root Beer!!I absolutely love costumes and dressing up and seeing how creative people get! Then I had a slight change in costume half way through the night...My good friend Paige decided we should be Insane Asylum Escapees. Pretty clever eh? So we brought our crazy Doc along with us and went to a Chandler airplane hanger for a little party!To end the month with a bang, Dad made a delishh dinner and Mom made this incredible cake that I asked for!What a great month! Now November is here! Which means..21 days til Thanksgiving..and 50 days til Christmas!! They are coming fast I'd say!
Happy Holidays :]