Santa Claus is Comin' to Town

Ohhhhhhhhh my Gosh!! Santa's almost here!! He's HERE! Whooooo-Hoooooo.
Well, Santa's helper that is.

Logan and Claire got to visit with Santa Claus last week when a girlfriend of mine invited all of us for a 'Visit with Santa.' She does it every year. She hires this 'Santa' to come to her house, read a couple of Christmas stories and then each child has a chance to visit with

Santa and get a gift. How fun!

Okay, so Logan wasn't too jazzed with sitting on Santa's lap, he wanted to continue playing football in the backyard, but when his sister needed his company, he obliged. (Although, he told me he knew Santa isn't real.)
I only have one believer left. :(

Thanksgiving Day~

This year we celebrated with Chris's family. I must confess, Karen did all the work. All I did was make rolls. Taylor helped make the coconut cream pie, Chris carved the turkey and everyone else just enjoyed having the day off & visiting with cousins!

My heart is full this season. So, so, so many things to be thankful for. Just not enough room here to list them all. The top two are the Savior and my family, enough said. !

The turkey was perfect, in fact.... everything was delicious, as usual!
Thanks for having us.

Thanksgiving Break

Kids were off for a week during Thanksgiving, so of course we had to head over to Disney to get a better look at all the Christmas decorations. We spent most of the day in California Adventure. Gotta get the most out of these passes!

Having passes allows the kids to do all kinds of stuff we wouldn't normally do there, like playing in the 'wilderness adventure' place... (I can't remember what it's really called, but they love running around in here!)

Got to see the Christmas parade too.
Parades, another thing we wouldn't normally do. I liked the parade, but my favorite thing of the day......

.......was watching Claire watch the parade. She had her little hand up the whole time waving to everyone. It was so sweet.

Thankful Every Day

This was our first year of doing a Thankful Tree. I saw it at someones house (Sandi, thank you!) last year and loved it. The idea is to have all these leaves, (or turkeys, as you see I have a few of) under the tree (or by the tree, or wherever.) Everyday you fill one (or more if you feel like it) out with what you are thankful for, then hang it on the tree. Soon your tree is filled with beautiful fall colored leaves. We had everything listed from salsa to answered prayers. During Sunday dinner last week we took all the leaves off the tree, divided them into 6 stacks. Then we went around and shared all the things that had been written down. It was pretty funny and spiritual at the same time.
All of these leaves were on the tree, but I didn't think to snap a photo until after I'd taken them all down. Dawg-gone-it!

Happy Dec. 1st!

I posted this last year, but I thought it was worth re-posting. I can't believe it's December 2009 already! Don't forget to pause the music at the bottom of my blog before you push play. Enjoy.