Thanksgiving was wonderful

Last Saturday we left for MS and stayed all week.
What a beautiful place.


It was the best Thanksgiving of my life so far!


The bunkhouse got a total renovation, thanks to my bro-in-law Randy. He did such an awesome job!!!! Going to the camp is a whole new experience now.


My parents are the best:

Sweethearts.

Hayden and Emily playing zoo:


My JuJuBee:

I love him so much.
While we were out at the camp, we had a day date together - just the 2 of us. He's a lot of fun to hang out with.
I can't believe he'll be turning 12 in less than 2 weeks. That's a very significant birthday!!! We are so proud of him.

Care Bear!!!

She's so precious.

There are TONS of thrift shops, flea markets, and salvage centers near the camp, so we love to shop when we go out there! Here's Robyn with a sign we found-it was so appropriate. LOL

PLUS: Carrie, Robyn, and I went to the city for a Girl's Day Out...We went to the Olive Garden for lunch and then saw the movie Twilight!!! I loved it. It was sweet.
Also, we hit the mall. I wish I had taken more pictures.

Speaking of the mall: I bought a hair straightener.

You know those people with the little kiosks (sp?) at the mall...(usually from Israel) who try to stop you and straighten your hair???
Yeah, they got me.
But I LOVE that thing!!!

Josh had to work M-W, but he came up Wednesday night and stayed the rest of the weekend. We went on a mini-date Saturday afternoon. It was so nice.


My sis-in-law Conneen and my big brother Kevin:

They are so cool!

We played lots of games. Whacky 6, Phase 10, Dominoes, Scene It (my favorite)

We also watched a lot of awesome movies. Cheesy LDS spoof-type movies: Church Ball, Suits on the Loose...I still want to see Sons of Provo. Can't wait.
We also watched a serious movie- the Emma Smith story. I cried all the way through.

The women of the family:

Conneen, Christy, Me, Mom, Keli, Carrie, and Robyn

Me and Keli


Cori and Christy


Annie loves the camp too!

She was able to run free all day. I had to give her a lot of baths though, so she could sleep in the bunk with me at night. LOL

long time no blog

I got a new rug for my living room.

What do ya think? I decided my house had too many dark colors. This is my first step in brightening up the place.

I painted another picture!!!

This canvas is HUGE...and I used oils this time. A week later and the paint's still wet. I don't know where I'm going to hang this one yet. I'm also not sure if I'm completely done with it. I might want to touch up some spots.

what's hangin'?

So this was Emily's room BEFORE....



But a couple months ago she informed me that she wanted to do a "make over" on her room. She said she wants to decorate it with HER style....
Well, at first I was worried about this.
After all, she thinks purple stockings and silver shoes look FABULOUS::::::



But you know what? Why not?
So we are in the process of making her room how SHE wants it...She wants it painted some wild and crazy colors too. Probably leopard print...but we'll see about that.
Here are a few of the changes.



Yeah, lots of chaos and color. She loves it.



So what I want to do is try to find a few really large cool posters she'd like and get them framed. So instead of having a million small posters she'd have 1-2 big ones on each wall???
But there I go again, trying to take over.

She painted this picture herself. I want to get a frame for it.


She wanted this net/hammock thing for her stuffed animals, but I think Josh hung it up wrong. I'm thinking of getting a bunch of those colorful crates that you can stack on top of each other...like shelves. She could put her stuffed animals on display in those too.


Yes, these are wall stickers on her bed and wall:::

Hey, why not?

So what do you think?

My Joshy Poo Bear

Sweetest man alive:


I love that he loves our dog.
When he comes home, she runs so fast!
He rubs her behind her ears and baby talks her...it is so cute.

I love this girl

She rocks out loud.

Chillaxin'

Just when you thought you'd seen enough Halloween pictures to gag a maggot:::
Check it out!!!
LOL

Josh was back in his Beastie Boy duds for Halloween night, and he was in fine form:

(I have no idea why he propped his foot up on the door knob. LOL)

Work it!


Own it!


Leap for joy, Baby!


The man is an island sometimes.

Julian:

He thinks he's too cool for trick or treating.
What the heck? I love free candy!!!
I might wear a mask next year and slouch...I'm 5 ft. I could get away with it.

Emily and her BFF:


Emily was done after about 15 houses.
She looks miserable here:

WHAT IS UP?????
When I was a kid, I ran from house to house until I had knocked on every last door in the neighborhood. What is with kids these days?

I wore Emily's witch costume from last year! LOL

I bought it big and she did have to have it safety-pinned in the back....but still!! I couldn't believe it fit.
I made that crap-tastic cape a few years ago for Julian's Dracula costume.

Cool scary jester dude:

trunk or treats rock

Joshua was aiming for a Disco dude, but looked more like a Beastie Boy:

Yeah Boyeee....it's sabotage.
You gotta fight for your right to PAAAAAAAARRRRRTTTTTYYYYY"

My bro-in-law Randy went as the ultimate nerd....

but for some reason he had on a mask too???
LOL

My bro Cori.... uh I mean Joe Dirt:

He was all over them chili dogs, like flies on cow patties. (or my dog on cow patties. she is so gross.)

Emily was a Queen:

(and she's been wearing that tiara ever since)

Julian was....hmmm, I don't know....could it be.... Satan!!!??? (church lady people, work with me here)

he wanted a red face and horns, but we "ran out of time" (yeah, that's my story and i'm stickin' to it, okay?) i wasn't too thrilled about taking an evil looking satan to a church party, know what i mean vern? he had a skewered skull head on the top of that axe too, but it mysteriously went missing...hmmmm.

I lurve my SEESTER Carrie. She's so perty:

I should have gotten a picture of myself, but I wasn't dressed up either.
ORIGINALLY I was all dressed up as an 80's valley girl, but i took it too far (as usual) and ended up looking like an escaped mental patient, except with a side pony tail and lots of blue eye shadow ...josh actually still looked cool, but i just looked like a nut job, so i washed my face and changed into my normal clothes right before we left the house. josh called me a party pooper, so I MUST redeem myself this friday night.

I love my nieces to pieces:



Just look at this man:

He was so excited to win the cake walk. You'd think the prize was a million dollars, not just a cupcake (which he shoved in his mouth in one bite). You could hear him hootin' and a hollerin' all over the building.