Thankful

In light of Thanksgiving and the coming holiday season, we decided that we would make our list of things that we are thankful for. So here it goes:

1. First and foremost our family

2. A baby on the way, it is truly a blessing

3. A warm house to live in

4. Cars that run (they aren't the nicest things, but they are paid for and they run)

5. The fact that Jared and I still have jobs

6. Food in our cubards, fridge, freezers, and food storage

7. Good friends and neighbors, and especially our great ward

8. Awesome babysitters, I don't know what I would do without Jessica, Kelsey and Julie, they are like 2nd moms to the girls.

9. Living close enough to our families that it only takes a little while to drive and visit

10. Church callings

11. The weather - I know it's a pain sometimes, but it is fun to live in a place with all 4 seasons

12. Turkey -deep fried - it's the only way to go, and to Jared for having the patience to stand out in the cold and cook the thing

13. Banana cream pie

14. Thanksgiving

15. Christmas

16. People that put up Christmas lights, it just adds to the holiday enjoyment

17. Christmas movies

18. Hot Chocolate

19. Fun parties

20. My Dad's homemade rootbeer

21. Macey's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Here is our list so far, it may be a list in progress because we have so much to be grateful for. We wish you all a lovely Thanksgiving!

Holiday Kickoff...

It's no secret that this time of year is my very favorite. Starting about now through Christmas, our weekends are full of fun stuff. This weekend to start it off we took the girls to one of our favorite restaurants "Red Lobster". It was so good. Jared always gets an enormous plate of crab legs and I usually get some kind of fish, but considering my condition, I opted for the cajun chicken linguini alfredo. It was so yummy. Of course the best part of Red Lobster are the garlic cheese rolls that they bring out. I could eat those all day long. After lunch we took the girls to ToysRus, just to look (we didn't buy anything) but this way we get a good idea of what they are into and they can start writing their letters to Santa. It was so much fun.

Dance

The girls had a dance recital over the weekend at the city building. They did such a good job. Paige was a little mad at first because she didn't want to wear the headband but once we got there and she saw that the other girls were wearing theirs she was fine. MaKady did a really good job in her dance. She was a little nervous because at the end they had to do this little pyramid thing and she was afraid she would fall, but it all turned out really good.

New Nephew

On Saturday we went to Jared's parents house in Levan. We got to meet our new little nephew who came into the family through the miracle of adoption. His name is Adam. The girls just loved him. Paige couldn't get enough of him and she wanted to hold him the entire time. He is just so adorable. Look at all that hair and he's already had 1 haircut. Too cute!!!