Because mom said

I received this from someone at work and thought it was just to funny not to share. For those of you "non moms" out there, this certainly capture what the day feels like with little kids. It it titled Momsense make sure to have your sound turned up when you start.
Enjoy

Trains!!

Abby and Chris went to go see the train exhibit today and Abby is still talking about it. They saw Thomas the train, a Christmas train and a lot of other un-named types.

They even went for lunch at Burger King, which for some reason Abby asks for all the time. I can count on 1 hand the number of times she has been there, so not so sure why she is so fascinated by the place. Maybe it is sponge Bob, who she is in love with these days.

Las Vegas visitors

To top off the night, we had a girls night out at the Bent fork and got all caught up on everyone's lives. We all have so much going on and all so different, everytime we got out, I think we should do this more often, but I think those days are long gone. I am still very happy that we do get together at all and was sure glad Wendie cam back for the weekend.
We were laughing about how we are all so well connected because we all blog (except Janae but we are trying to put the peer presure on her as so much is happening in her life) that we feel like we keep up to date fairly well.
Here are Melissa, Wendie, Janae and I after a wonderful meal.

Of course I have to add the picture of Wendie and Nate, since the did come out of warm country to come visit us in the cold.

It's a bugs life

While everyone else slept this morning, I was out and shopping before 5AM. I meant to go at 4AM, but I fell asleep in the girls room last night. I got some killer deals, so it was worth it. I saw a few faces of people I knew when I was out, of course all trying to get the good deals.

I got home about 8AM, just in time for Chris to shower and leave for work. Everyone was just getting out of bed when I got home, but it sure was nice to shop alone (without 2 unhappy children). I couldn't believe how many kids I saw out with parents at 5AM, my kids would not have been happy if I had gotten them up to go shopping at that hour!

When I got home, I called my mom who was just finishing her shopping and we were off to the Butterfly Pavilion. Abby loved all the spiders and butterfly's that were there. She wasn't so sure about some of the fish, but she was a good sport and touched one.

Here she is holding Rosie the spider that is the highlight of the whole trip.
Tori on the other hand loved the fish.
I spy a butterfly...if you look really close you can see the butterfly too.
Tori was very into touching all that she could.
Here we are mom and kids in the tropical butterfly world.
It was a good day at the butterfly pavillion and the kids both crashed on the way home, always a good sign of an outing!

Thanksgiving

Well Thanksgiving day was great.
I am thankful that this year is almost over, it has been a hard year, but we have made it through. I am thankful for a great family, two wonderful girls and a fabulous husband.

I spent most of the day cooking either for dinner or for the other meals that we enjoyed today. The pies turned out wonderful. Here is a picture of the pumpkin and apple pie. They tasted just as good as they looked.


Abby wanted to make a strawberry shortcake for Grandpa's birthday so this is what we made, a chocolate strawberry cake, it was very good!
Here are the Lynette (Jeff's mom) and Reta (Judd's mom) and Aunt Vivan before the dinner began.
Tori and Rachel before dinner. Grant, Rachel and Abby playing dinner before we ate. Doesn't that pizza look yummy?
After dinner Tori had to take a little nap, maybe to much turkey for her...
We celebrated Dad's birthday and Jon was ready to help blow out the candles.
Dad managed to blow out all the candles, get he will get his wish.

Before the presents were unwrapped and the cake was eaten.
Tori helped herself to some of Grandma's pumpkin pie, she loved the stuff!!
Abby showing us one of her dance movesRachel, Chris and Abby relaxing after desert.
A happy Tori.
A happy Grant.
Tori loves the dogs she couldn't get enough of them tonight.
We finally left my parents house at 10PM, so we thought for sure the girls would fall asleep on the way home, but they were awake all the way. Maybe it was Dora that was playing, good thing that people got to sleep in the next day.

Thanksgiving cooking

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and so it is time to prepare some yummy foods for the day. I decided to do 3 deserts, a pumpkin pie, a apple pie and a chocolate cake with strawberries in the middle. I found a great recipe on the food network, of course for the pumpkin pie so I hope it turns out good. I am going to try the cranberry relish so we will see how it goes tomorrow. I love the food network, I have missed the whole season so far, so it is time to get back to some good old fashioned cooking watching!!

Tori's new trick

Latley she has been a really picky eater, so meals have been a bit hard. She won't eat table food and wants what ever it is that we are eating. She is really a good eater, if you find the right food for the meal. She thinks it is a game to not let you have the spoon or fork back when you try to feed her. So tonight I was able to catch her in action.