T'was the night before Thanksgiving

T'was the night before Thanksgiving and Chelle didn't want to cook.  So she hatched a sneaky plan!  She talked her oldest son into wanting to go out for dinner and to ask his wonderful dad if they could.  Her son did as she asked without letting it be known that it was her idea in the first place.  It worked like a charm!  So out to dinner they went!

Chinese anyone?

Then on the way home, she convinced her second son into asking their dad to go to the blessed land of Baskin Robins for ice cream!  It worked again! 

Ice cream anyone?

The night before Thanksgiving was a success!  Happy Holidays!

Turkey Day Prep

Many of you are in the same mode that I am in... Getting ready for the BIG Thanksgiving feast!  This year we are celebrating with our neighbors.  The assignments were divvied out and my portion of the meal is the Turkey, Apple Pies, Gravy and Green Bean Casserole!  Yesterday I made the pies today I am making the turkies (yest two of them) and Tomorrow will be the gravy and casserole. 

I make my turkey in a brown paper bag.  Yes this sounds a little weird, but it's the only way I know how to make a turkey.  So, I thought it would be fantastic to document it this year!  Hear are some pics! 

 

Yumm! Turkey is in the air!

Apple Pies!!! YUMMY!!!!!

 

Daily Devotional

So many of you know that we have our family daily devotionals.  We sing songs and read the scriptures and say our family prayer.  We do this almost daily.  There are days here and there that we miss, but most days we do this.  Now don't worry we do this amidst all sorts of craziness.  Our kids are not always the most reverent nor do they act remotely interested.  But we do this nontheless so they can understand the importance of having a moment everyday devoted to our heavenly father as a family.  So for those of you who don't believe me... here is a picture of today's devotional!

So I was informed that I need to post more on my blog, so here I am with a little update! 

Saturday, November 21:  Happy Birthday Joe!  For Joe's Birthday he and I went to breakfast at a cute little diner called Grandma's Kitchen.  We had a great Breakfast just the two of us.  The kids were excited to go to their friends house and spend the day with them so we had the whole morning to each other.  After breakfast we went to the movie theater to watch The Twilight Saga:  New Moon!!!!  It was awesome!  Then we rushed home and the kids were there waiting for us.  Our friends then took off to go see the movie too.  Joe had to do some studying so I let him and I ran to the store to get some stuff for dinner.  When our friends got back, we all settled down to watch the BYU vs. Air Force football game.  We ate Teriyaki burgers and hotdogs, then ate Joe's birthday cake.  (yellow cake with cool whip and strawberries)  It was a great day!

Sunday, November 22:  Crazy morning!  The kids dawdled and Joe and I seemed to be running in slow motion!  But we made it to church just in time.  The kids had their primary program and they did fantastic!  It was great to see them stand so tall and recite their parts and they sang loud!  After church, Joe had to go home teaching and he took Landon!  Matt and I worked on making sure the TV functioned properly and Ian slept.  Joe and Landon got home and Joe went back to studying.  We had a great day!

Monday:  Need I say more?  it has been a crazy morning.  I woke up with a sinus infection.  So I am trying to do something, but it's hard to get motivated when I just don't feel good. 

We look forward to this weekend!  Thanksgiving is upon us and we love to share it with our friends and family.  This year we are sharing it with our friends and neighbors.  I will post pictures of it all!  (just remind me to get my camera out!)