WinterWonderLAnd

Today we got our first official snowfall. It started this morning while Mike was taking the boys to school and has continued all day. I have taken pictures throughout the day to show the progression of the snow. It now looks like Christmas on our street. It is still snowing and doesn't look like it is going to stop anytime soon.

at 11am this morning

At 4 pm this afternoon

The rest of these were at 6:30 tonight..

It's beginning to look like Christmas

When we moved into our neighborhood we knew that they got into the holidays, however we didn't realize just how into Christmas our street got. There isn't a house on our street that isn't decked out for the holidays, ours included. Here are some pictures of our street, granted these are before the entire street was done but you get the idea...

This is our house..

Mat's b-day Party FINALLY

On Saturday we FINALLY had his birthday party considering the fact that his birthday is in SEPTEMBER. It was really small, he only had 3 friends come over, however he had NO CLUE that they were coming over. I wish that I had had a camera on me when they walked in behind me carrying birthday presents.

Here are some pictures from the party...

Playing Transformers Monopoly...They had a blast.

Blowing out the candles...the cake was a last minute purchase that the lady at the bakery was kind enough to make into a birthday cake for me.

10 Years Ago

10 years ago I gave into the nagging of my best friend Cherry and went to a pot luck dinner to meet this guy that she swore was perfect for me. When I finally got there and met him I thought oh he is kinda cute. We talked and then went to the First Presidency Christmas Devotional, where he sat almost in my lap. We then went over to Cherry's house and played games and talked and he LIED all night long. 4 Days later we went on our first solo date. And that was it. I knew 3 days later that this was it for me.

Today as we went out and about we talked about what made us fall in love with each other, why it happened so fast. For each of us it was different things, but the one thing we knew for certain is that we would spend the rest of our lives together.



10 years ago at Dana Point California



2 months ago in Albuquerque NM

Surgery has been scheduled

So my surgery has been scheduled for Tuesday December 9th. I am having about 2" of the nerve in my foot taken out. Hopefully this will correct the problem, if not I have to have another surgery.

Turkey Campout

The week-end before Thanksgiving our ward has a Turkey Campout for all the men and their boys. This was the first year that Mike and the boys were able to go and they had a blast....well other than the fact that at 3am Mat woke Mike up because he was freezing and so they went and sat in the car. All in all they had a great time. Mike, Mik and Mat

They had a great turn out like always. As this was the 10th annual Turkey Campout and our ward has been split at least 4 times since we have lived here, there are usually at least 3 wards.

Playing football, Mat was in his element, as he loves anything to do with sports

Mik and soccer, what a surprise.

Mik and his good friend Mike

Oh look Mat is roasting a marshmellow, color us surprised.

Mike with Brother Lamb, Chad Brady (my foot doctor) and Phil Low.

Where there is fire there is Mike.

Poor Idryll

Poor Idryll, her absolute favorite place to be is next to me, especially when I am sitting down and working on the computer. Before we moved into the house she was always on laying at my feet while I was on the computer, however since we have moved she has been unable to do this.

The other day I was sitting on the couch and had the computer in lap and she climbed into my lap under the computer, she had cozied herself up under the computer and was in my lap...

I wish that I could get a picture of it..maybe next time.

Foot Update

I went back to the doctor yesterday, and got another cortizon shot. My foot wasn't and still isn't happy. If this shot doesn't work before I go back in on the 1st then I will be having foot surgery, to remove that portion of the nerve. As it is at the very tip of my foot, the only part that will be affected is in between my two toes. I told the doctor that I am not one to put off surgery if it is the best option, so if the nerve hasn't gotten better in the next two weeks, then out it comes.

It is a good thing that I am planning on having all my Christmas shopping for family done by the 5th as I have to ship it, and Mike knows what to get the boys from us.

Hanging of the Cards

I was going through all the pictures that are on the computer and I found this one from last year. I also realized that because I joined a couple of Christmas Card Exchange groups I have twice as many cards to hang on the ribbon this year. Which means that Mike has that many more cards to hang this year. I guess I had better go dig out the ribbon and the cards and get started on them.

The next Emril and the next Picasso

Ever since he was 3 Mat has loved to cook, and be in the kitchen. If we are baking or cooking dinner he is right there with his apron on cooking. By the time he was 6 he could cook his own mac and cheese and ramon noodles.

Two weeks ago we had our ward's trunk or treat and everybody made a dessert. Mat decided that he was going to make his favorite cookies pumpkin cookies from scratch (scratch being that we buy a pumpkin and make the puree from it). He made it all by himself, all I did was read the recipe to him.

He was so proud of those cookies and very mad that they were all gone by the time he got to the dessert table. I sampled them and I can tell you that they were in fact very good. He has asked to help make Thanksgiving Dinner and if he can make a pie.

So be prepared Emril Mat is a coming...

From the time that Mik discovered art he has been obsessed with it. All he does is draw. He would come into my classroom and draw the most detailed cartoon's on my boards.

He now has several how to draw books and can be found drawing, anything from dragons to ariplanes to battlefields complete with tanks and jets.

He has discovered my art supplies from when I used to draw and has completely taken them over. Crayoons, markers, colored pencils, they have all been taken over by him. It is so bad that we are painting his room so that he can draw on the walls.

So move Picasso and Monet there is a new artist in town.