Thanksgiving '07

Thanksgiving was a whole new

holiday for us ths year. Every year since being married we have spent the turkey feasting holiday with Eric's family, either in Flagstaff with his grandmother, or at one the home of one of his family members. This year was spent without family. But it was nearly the best thanksgiving ever because of new friends. We had 4 invitations and tried to make it to three. The Andersons in the ward have had an ongoing tradition of inviting some of the new law student families to their home for dinner. Their daughter was in my Activity Days group and the girls absolutely love her. Then the group of law students got together at the church for dinner and games. We made it there for games and it was so nice because we baracaded the kids in the nursery so we didn't have to worry about them getting into too much trouble. Then we went to the Mechums home for pie! It was quite a busy holiday, but we really got to know so many friends better then just the opurtunities that school and church give us. It really made us gratefull for this new step in our journey and the friendships we have made so far.

Once There Was A Snowman!

Kallyn finally got to build her snowman! And she did such a great job until her hands got too cold and she didn't want to finish the face and arms.

It started snowing this morning. It was so beautiful!!!

Bug was in heaven because she could eat it!

Kallyn had fun making snow angels and doing all the activities we've been telling her about since we moved here.

Can you see the angel?

Forever Family!

I can't believe Eric talked me into it!

One for the Money!

Two for the show!

Three to get ready!

And four to...

GO!!!

Tagged again!

Five things I was doing 10 years ago:
1. Going back to Public school after 7 years of home school.
2. Singing to my heart's delight
3. Working on Auditions for All State choir and Solo and Ensemble workshops
4. Playing with my little sister and brother (2 and 4 yrs then)
5. Learning how to play the flute

Five things on my "to do list" today:
1. Cut fabric for Heather's baby blankets. She's having her babies on the 11th next month!
2. Start Ingrid's baby afghan. Her baby's due on the 2nd of next month!
3. Take a walk and enjoy fresh air.
4. Read Juni B. Jones to Kallyn
5. Procrastinate finishing any chores.

Five things I would do if I were a millionaire:
1. Shopping spree!
2. Take my whole family on a cruise
3. Learn how to build my own house
4. Pay for school (for me and my siblings)
5. Take you all out to dinner every week and pay for your sitter!

Five things I will never wear again:
1. Show choir sequins. I'm glad I don't have a picture!
2. Choir "Pink Penguin" Robes
3. Wedding dress. I hope to always be able to fit in it, but I hope to never have the need to!
4. 4" heals-I already have my man. I don't need to look tall anymore!
5. Hope to never wear braces again!

Five of my favorite toys:
1. My kids
2. A Piano (will I ever have one of my own?)
3. My Music Instruments
4. Sewing Machine
5. Fisher Price Little People (the real ones, not the fat chubby guys)

Five (or six) people to tag:
1. Kara
2. Ali
3. Taylor
4. Michelle
5. Jamie
6. Rebecca and Christian
If you see your name on here. Repost it to your blog and fill in the blanks

**I'm tagging the same people in both responses. Just choose which "Tag" you'd like to continue!**

Tagged!

Jessica tagged me! Thanks! I've been waiting for it. So here's how it works, I write 6 things about me that most people don't know, then I tag 6 others and leave a comment on their blog letting them know they've been tagged. It'll be hard, but here it goes...

1. I hate water. I don't like swimming in it, floating on it, and I prefer milk over water. You'd think I would love it after marrying a fish!!! I actually like eating fish and watching them swim around, so long as I'm on the dry side of the glass!

2. I love to organize things. One visit to my place and you'd think I was lying, but I love to organize and declutter. I just can't stay organized. I once thought of becoming a professional organizer on those home improvement TV shows. There is something soothing about sorting and prioritizing.

3. The first 2 years of college I really wanted to be a firefighter. Maybe it was an idea from my pyromaniac brother. He always talked about how much fun it would be to be a firework engineer, or demolition specialist. I saw the devastation of the fires in Los Alamos and I really wanted to be able to contribute something to prevent that from happening again. But then that craving to be a mommy struck and we had Kallyn. And I grew up... In the maturity level, not physical, I'm still 5'1. Too short for being a firefighter!

4. The first movie I ever remember crying in was Earnest Goes to Camp. He was singing "I'm really glad it's raining". I don't even remember how old I was. I wasnt't even watching it, but I went downstairs in my Grandparents house to see if my parents were there and earnest was crying, so i started crying. The last movie that made me cry? This morning I watched Cinderella Story with Kallyn, and we both cried when the girls dad died. Cheesy, I know!

5. I share a birthday with My Grandma. I was born on her 50th Birthday. But we've only been able to celebrate together 10 times. We moved to New Mexico and the one time she did come to visit on our birthday 2 of my sister's got Chicken pox. It was so great for my mom that she was there to help, but the birthday bash didn't really happen. my poor sisters! One day I hope to spend my birthday with her again. I got to visit with her in July before we moved out here and it only made me realize how much I miss her! Eric shares his birthday with his grandpa, too!

6. I love seaweed! My mom makes the best Korean Dish for my dad and while my dad eats it with Kim Chee I can eat it with a whole tub of seasoned seaweed. I love the way it sticks to your tongue and gets gooey and slimey. Weird huh!

I'll tag Kara, Jared and Ali, Taylor, Jamie, Michelle, and Rebecca and Christian

Jack Frost Came!

We had out first frost Wednesday Morning. It was so beautiful! All the leaves had a frosted edge. Kallyn asked how the glitter got on the grass. It was rather cold, but the beauty made it worth it. But now everything is beginning to look dead and eerie. There was a mist in the woods that just reflected the light before the sun went down and it really reminded me of all the cemetery scenes in horror flicks. But it was also beautiful in it's own way. Maybe because I've never seen it before.

Hush little babies!

Eric stays out late at the school and I have a hard time getting the girls in bed by myself. Usually because they beg for daddy anytime I even suggest it's bedtime. Kallyn has always had a hard time going to bed without first saying goodnight to daddy. So I often times cuddle under the blankets in the TV room in order to wind them down. I actually don't know who fell asleep first. Must have been me! Eric came home and found us asleep here. I can't believe we all fit on the little futon.

Bedtime Babies

Kallyn's babies were cold before bedtime. So she put blankets on them (socks) and put them to bed. The shoes are their beds and they all share a room. Quite a little imagination!

Kallyn the picture taker girl...

Kallyn's favorite Hobby lately is takng pictures. We gave her a disposable camera on the trip out here and she has taken up the freedom of using mom's camera whenever she wants too. I love her self portraits. She has figured out how to turn the camera around and take a picture of herself. Her favorite subject to take pictres of is Bugaloo. She mostly gets the back of her head or her rearend, but hey, so do I! It seems to be the best photogenic part of her!

These are just a few of the many pictures she has taken!

Halloween '07

Daddy and his girls. FPLC had a halloween party for the kiddies the sat. before Halloween. The girls had a lot of fun with the face painting and drawing faces on the balloons. They had a cake walk and Kallyn won twice-both on square #2.

The next Shirley Temple...

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The New Hermione Granger...

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I'm a celebrity!

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My Celebrity Husband...

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Who does Kallyn look like?

Kallyn dressed up as Pippi Longstocking. This is our friend Boston who was dressed up in a monkey costume. Kallyn refered to him as "Mr. Neilsen" Pippi's monkey. Allison was a Zebra and I was just crazy. Probably because I am married to a Yankees fan in a Red Sox world. I can't believe some of the comments we got from the other halloween spectators! But Eric stands by his team. Even after the Red Sox won the world series!

By the way, do ya just luv my hair! I must have teased it for an hour and Kallyn thought it would be fun to paint it. So that's what we did! We fingerpainted in my hair with Crayola kids paint. Don't worry, it all came out. The tangles from the teasing was a different story. My head was so sore after washing and brushing everything out!!! But it was so worth it! Allison was worried for only a moment after she woke up from a nap. AS soon as she realized it was me she thought it was rather funny! And yes that is an icecream cone in Kallyn's hand. On the street that we went trick-or-treating to there is a longstanding tradition of giving out icecream to the trick-or-treaters. It is actually in the conditions of purchasing the home. That house has been giving out Icecream for over 120 years! That's how into Halloween it gets here!