Happy Turkey Day 2010...

... from my little Pilgrims to you!!

Family Pics

At the beginning of the month, we got some family pics done. We have not had pics with all of us done since the girls were little babes! Anyways, I am more than happy with how they turned out - I love them and I love my little family!!!

All Hallows Eve!!

So this was the first year, my girls refused to let me pick out their Halloween costumes. They were determined to pick out their own! Both were going to be mermaids, until Kennedy was watching Finding Nemo one day and HAD to be Nemo. Bailey wanted to be a PURPLE mermaid so she had to have her costume made for her. Imagine my Halloween happiness when I realized they both sort of went with a theme: An Ocean one! So I made a Jellyfish costume!

Here is Bailey and I before out ward trunk-or-treat.
And here is little Nemo Kennedy and I.
This was the first year the girls "got" the whole "we get candy just by saying 'Trick or Treat' thing." All of us!
Jer wimped out. I totally wanted him to make a octopus or lobster costume, but alas, he was a fisherman. Lame. He says he was boycotting my craziness.

My costume got a lot of attention. Here is why I loved it. I literally looked like a floating jellyfish at nighttime.

Oh yeah, AND I got told that this year - we will NOT be putting these pictures on our Christmas card. So I guess I will just say it now....

"We FISH you a Merry Christmas!"

(insert Jeremy rolling his eyes here)

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Can I just say how much I love fall?? Well, I do. It is the best. The smells, the activities, and the holidays are great. Apple Hill is one of those places we look forward to going to. This year the girls were REALLY excited to ride the "baby horses." Bailey was super brave and did not even need to hold our hand. KK's needed Dad's hand though :)

COUSINS! (Well all except the floppy guy)

Here is our masterpiece. We have a pumpkin carving contest every year with Jeremy's family and our's won this year! Ya-WHOO! Now even though I did not carve anything, I take credit because I came up with the idea. Jer couldn't think of anything to do for his pumpkin, and I couldn't figure out how to pull it off - so WALL-A we combine out forces to create perfection. j/k Pretty much this pumpkin confirms that we were meant for each other.

No fall would be complete without a school field trip to the pumpkin patch.

So I tried to copy my friend's blog where she made all these cute dinners the week of Halloween, I didn't get to them all, but here is what we did:

Mummy Pizzas

Mummy Hot Dogs

...and Scarecrow Tostadas

Naked Feet versus Princess Class

These two girls are really starting to figure out who they are. I took them to a trial class of gymnastics and ballet, and asked which one they wanted to do. Well, after we told them that picking both was not an option, they made their decisions. With confidence Kennedy wanted to do gymnastics because she liked having naked feet. While Bailey had to do ballet because they got to dress up in Princess dresses and crowns (It is called Fairytale Ballet.) I love that they are o.k. being different and that they are starting to like different things. They are so sweet and adorable - I LOVE THEM SO MUCH!

Utah Get Away!

In September some girls I know were gathering for a "girls weekend getaway" in Park City Utah. Somehow Jeremy talked me into letting him go with me. Of course. And after getting sick the day before the planned trip, I was afraid that I would not be able to make it! But Jeremy, Lindsey, and I drove out and made it to Utah at about 3:00 a.m. While Jeremy went to do some "guy stuff" (see aboe pic)...

I enjoyed a relaxing weekend enjoying the hotel robes... Dancing my heart out into the wee hours of the morning...
AND of course no Utah trip is complete without the blessed Cafe Rio Pork Burrito. YUM!

Our place was so awesome. We had two bathrooms, two bedrooms, two living rooms, a kitchen, AND a hot tub out on our balcony!

I also enjoyed one of the best pedicures I have ever received. The chick massage my legs for like a half an hour! A-MA-ZING!

At the movies: Such a luxury for all of us busy moms.

On the way out of town, we stopped and had brunch with a bunch of Utah friends. Don't tempt us to move back... we just might.

Knapps in Town

So my best friend, Stacia, and her family came for a visit. We LOVE seeing them and are still trying to figure out a way for us to live by one another so that we our kiddos can grow up together!

Max is a ladies man.

McDonald's play land was the highlight of the trip for the kids.

So cute and growing up SO fast!
Always got to have a naked pic to blackmail them later with...

All of us! Don't mind our glaring whiteness against Stacia's tan.
In their over sized night time shirts over at Nanny's

And of course there was sushi binge eating!

So now, the question is whether we move to Oregon or they move here!?!