Happy Turkey Lurkey Day

The day of giving thanks was a success.

Mmmm... two thumbs up to my madre's food.

It makes me fat just thinking about it.

But it was a good time and I'm glad to be home...

where it isn't quite as cold and my kids sleep through the night.

We attempted family pics in Randolph but it wasn't a huge success for a few reasons:

A) It was butt cold.

(That probably doesn't make sense b/c when is your butt cold?)

B) Koy is 3 and getting him to pay attention to something for .0000000001 of a second is literally impossible.

C) We do not photograph well. Really. We have practice sessions and pep talks

but still nothing works. Every time we have pictures done, we swear that next time we'll try harder to look normal and it doesn't work.

So kudos to Denise for taking pics of us.

And one last note-

This is Justin's last week in his 20's.

And my funeral is planned for Saturday b/c

he's going to kill me for making that public.

One minute...

One minute Koy's being so nice and sharing a treat

with his little brother.

You take your eye off the kid for one minute

to use the bathroom... or something...

and you come back to find

the little man being pulled around

with "Rapunzel's hair."

Spoooky....

The title of this has nothing really to do with the post.

Halloween was a good one around these parts...

Koy got to spend most of the day with his besties-

Kayden and Morgan.

We went Trick or Treating on Main

and got some goods.

We ran into Bell and her mother-

"Sister Garbanaughty." :)

Went around the "hood" and got a few more goodies

and then hit

Dr. Doug's house for their chili and hot dogs.

So fun. We've never missed a year seeing

Doug and Melody on Halloween...

so that's about the only tradition we've got going on here.

It was a good day though and it was so fun to see Koy actually be excited about it.

We made it to the Pumpkin Walk a couple of times this year.

If you live close to Cache Valley, you need to go.

They usually have some amazing scenes, you get a free cookie

at the end and

the best part is that it's FREE!

The dragon... I mean dinosaur with wings and his

skeleton side-kick.

Strike a pose-

Cheese!

Fwee

Every morning for a month Koy would wake up and say,

"It's my birthday!"

So finally, after many days of disappointment, it was his

BIRTHDAY!

Our super hero is 3!

We can't believe it!

We promised that on his birthday we would have balloons for him when he woke up.

He was so excited.

(So were we! Birthdays are fun!)

This pic makes me laugh.

It makes me think of an old man.

He really is talking on the phone to his cousins.

He loves to talk on the phone... and just talk in general.

He wanted to ride a horse for his birthday, so Justin took him for a ride.

I just thought this was cute...

Haley, Wes, Troy, Denise and G'ma and G'pa came for a party.

That was better than gifts

and the ugly cake.

I gave up after I used spray food coloring

on the fondant.

I wouldn't recommend it.

Especially b/c a blue mist was on EVERYTHING

and we blew blue boogers for a week.

Happy birthday Koy boy.

We love you!

This Little Peanut...

Can you believe that this little guy is

6... errrr... uh... 7 months old now?

(This pic was taken at 6 months with the intention of

an update on his life but I never got around to it.)

He's currently in the 8th percentile for weight.

I think he's average for height and

above average for cute.

We like him-

a lot!

(And love him lots too!)

Great Grandma

My grandma was up north for a few days so we

met her and my mom at the lake for a quick visit.

It was fun. We went to the park and played.

Threw rocks in the lake and had lunch.

I decided this toy is something every adult

needs in their back yard.

It makes you feel young again.

It would be a good thing to have on your birthday to

counter-act the "another year older" feeling...

at least until you let go and your back is out of place and

you have blisters on your hands.

Koy and I had fun though.

Joy School

Koy has been doing Joy School with some of our neighbors.

He loves it.

Here is his first day of school.

They made caramel apples at school one day and then Koy wanted me to take tons of pictures of him.

Dinner Invitation

Come one, come all-

Everyone is invited to a dinner party at our house.

However, only one of you will be treated like royalty.

We've recently added a "Royal Throne" to our dining room.

We did some re-decorating and decided the toilet looked

A-W-E-S-O-M-E

in the kitchen.

Yum.

It just makes me want to eat.

And eat.

And eat...

and then puke.

The first time we tried to eat a meal with the toilet in the kitchen, I dry-heaved.

Just once though.

My loving hubby moved it back into the bathroom.

Whew!

Oh, why do we have a toilet in our kitchen?

(Besides the awesome factor)

Our house flooded.

And no, the rains didn't come down to make the floods come up.

The guy that owns the field behind our condo took a vaca on Labor Day

and over-irrigated his field.

(Or forgot he was irrigating...)

We had just gotten home

and Justin noticed the water as it was creeping up the patio and then

BOOM!

Water was coming through the walls.

Now that, was awesome... not.

Oh well.

The demolition happened the day before we left for TX.

The day Justin's family was here doing corn.

I felt so bad to have everyone here to see the mess and that

Scott and Kim had to deal with it.

Blech.

They survived it and I guess we will too.

For now, we feel like we are living in the money pit.

(Anyone remember that movie? Fuuuunnnny!)

Everything is bigger in Texas...

Including my waistline.

Wow.

There were some good eats goin' on down on there

and

we flew home on Sept. 11th, and lived to tell about it.

My brother got married this last weekend in Houston.

It was big.

The city was big.

The other part of the city was big.

The area where I would have gotten lost driving was big.

The mall was big.

The food was big.

The wedding was big.

(Even though it was technically small in Houston wedding terms.)

The awkward silences were big.

(Yeah, a bunch of Mormons at an intimate cocktail party = awkward x 10)

The bills on dinners were big.

The church was big

and the laughter was big.

It sure was fun to spend time with my siblings and their spouses.

They are funny and I almost peed my pants quite a few times.

Only my oldest brother's two kids and Titan came so it was quiet

compared to when everyone is together.

Anyway, we had a great time and Koy had a great time with Bonca and G'ma Kimmy.

We sure did miss that kid and we are SOOO happy to be home.

So here are some pics from the big event.

Big T in Galveston

Givin' Dad loves on the paddle boat. So sweet.

The Colonel

The after-the-rehearsal dinner flowers.

This meal was my favorite.

I will remember that food the rest of my life.

The dessert. It was freaking good.

Sweet. Love.

The bridal luncheon for the ladies.

It was fun to just have the gals to mingle with.

Hey sista, soul sista...

Insert pics of the church and flowers here. I didn't take any.

I was so terrified the priest would tackle my husband if Titan

cried during the ceremony that I couldn't think of anything else.

Center pieces at the reception.

My brother dancing with his daughter.

The view

Titan's girlfriend Kate.

She was so sweet with him and

basically loved on him during the whole reception.

I took a pic of the boys all standing at the window because

it reminded me of high school dances where everyone would

just line the walls and not dance.

Maybe that was just at my high school though....

The happy couple. We are really happy to have Mindy in our family.

She has a cute southern accent and I seriously could listen to her

talk all day.

The happier couple... we just hide it from the camera.

Wow. Photogenic are we...

This is the ice cream place where the ice cream came from

on that delicious chocolate dessert.

It was crazy.

Upside down pics on the wall.

Angry looking ice cream scoopers.

A girl who had her collar bone pierced and bright pink hair.

A napkin holder with "Call for a good time" and phone number on it.

A tip-jar labeled "We need more tattoos."

(I just don't know who "we" is b/c all the worker's canvases were full...)

Homeless people outside.

DANG good ice cream

and this crazy delivery van.

The cow costume reminded me of someone close to my heart.

You know who you are. :)

Some beach...

Rewind time about a month and you would

find us here soaking up the sun and getting a

SWEET

sunburn!

Ow! Ow!

Koy loved playing at the beach with his BFF.

Yes. She's a girl.

He likes her.

A LOT.

It's nearly an obsession.

She's pretty awesome herself.

And quite funny.

They have the connection of a love of Thomas the Train

and funny personalities.

Cute kids they are.

Notice the little ham on the left?

That cheesy smile cracks me up.

Thanks for comin' to play friends!