First Snowman

Yesterday Ty stayed home from work and we just so happened to get almost a foot of snow the night before. Sugar has never played in the snow before, so we decided to bundle up and go out for some fun. She wasn't too adventurous at first. Her idea of "playing" in the snow was walking down the sidewalk. That's what she did basically the whole time.


She eventually ventured off away from Ty.
She liked putting her foot in the deep snow, but wouldn't touch it.
We decided to make a snowman. I can't remember the last time I did it, but it was fun. Well, I decided to make one, then Ty made it lol.
Ty had to add his own touches. lol Go Utes!

Meeting Santa

So, yesterday was Ty's work party. Santa comes and gives all the kids gifts, which is awesome. I tried talking it up to Sugar for like a week. I told her that she got to sit on Santa's lap and he'd give her a toy. Well, as soon as we walked in and she saw him, she started protesting and crying. I figured we'd just get it over with. We sat her down and the photographer wasn't paying attention so we had to torture her twice! I felt kinda bad, but she was okay after. I even let her keep her Ernie doll, but that made no difference lol. She was super thrilled with her toy though. It's a tea set and she's been playing with in non-stop since we got home.

There was also a clown there making balloon animals. I've never seen such cool stuff. He made sugar a flower, but then she saw someone else had a frog and she wouldn't stop asking so we got her one made. It's pretty awesome. (Ignore my double chin in the picture please)

Christmastime!

It was a lot of fun to decorate for Christmas this year. Sugar helped a lot! :-) Here are some pics




Here are the decorations completed!

Rivalry Game

When I got home on Thanksgiving Day I found this:
My lovely sister had decorated my house with the wrong team pictures and colors! I decided to re-decorate a little for the game on Saturday:
We had split everything, the room, the treats, the fans.

The Utah fans:

The BYU fans:

Everyone:

Here's us killing each other, except the love birds on the left

Most of my sister's kids are split on what team they are made to cheer for :-) My niece hasn't found an alliance yet, so she was neutral and wore pink, but wanted to be in a picture. Look how thrilled Jen is in the background when I told her to throw up the U. haha

Ty abandoned the party and went to the game so we had to grab a quick family pic before he left.

My awesomely creative sister made these football field cupcakes. Complete with a football, yard lines, and color appropriate penants.

The game did not disappoint. It always comes down to the wire, which I love and hate. But it was a lot of fun to watch. The atmosphere was a lot of fun to watch the game together, and it was just good healthy competition. Plus, we got the win so that made it better for me. :-)

Thanksgiving

This year for Thanksgiving we were with my family. We decided to go to the church for a change of venue. I don't know if I'd want to do it again, but it was better than I thought it would be. Of course any time I'm with family, I'm happy so it was a great day for me. The food was great (especially the desserts :-) I hope that you guys had a good holiday!

Sugar

The whole fam, getting ready to eat

My nephew is taller than me now

Sugar stayed up way too late

Too long of a day for Ty I guess :-)

My Fam

I really love these two people more than anything else in the world. And I absolutely love this picture so I decided to post it. It makes me smile every time I look at it, and it just brightens my day. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone, I hope you enjoy spending time with your family as much as I do.

Yes, I'm alive

I've been feeling like quite a scrooge this month. I never really like to focus on Christmas before Thanksgiving but this year I've been getting irritated thinking about it. So I decided to analyze myself a bit. Here are my reasons I came up with:

1. Time is going too fast. I feel like it should be November 5th. I only have 11 weeks until my due date, so that's a little freaky. I want time to stand still for a bit.
2. I haven't started my Christmas shopping. Yikes
3. The main reason is because I don't like to overlook Thanksgiving. I heard recently that Thanksgiving is strategically placed right before Christmas for a reason. I really don't like feeling greedy and about everything that I want and that I want to buy for others. I think it is so important to focus on what we are grateful for. Last night for family night we talked about gratitude and made lists of things we're grateful for. I realized that the first half of my list was nothing tangible that you can buy. It made me realize that I can enjoy this holiday season while I focus on my family and the other things that are important to me. So instead of panicking that I haven't done any shopping and don't have the money to go shopping, I know that everything will be okay and that we can have a great holiday season.

I do love the holiday season and I'm determined to get in the spirit. I may finally tune my radio to Christmas music today and I started reading a Christmas book. Last night we even watched the new Disney's A Christmas Carol, it was ridiculous, but the important thing is that I focus on the positives of the season and those I love. I hope you all are getting in the spirit of Christmas and enjoy time with loved ones!