We spent the week of Thanksgiving in AZ at my sister Tanya's house. We played with friends, relaxed and had lots of time with family. Jenna and Corbin helped me make the rolls. We enjoyed...football/movie watching, kids playing in the tent, crafts, cooking, and keeping Griffin busy. It was crazy but so fun and so yummy.
It's silly, I know, but this brings me joy. Byron hung a clothes line for me in our patio area. I love that, most of the time, I can hang the laundry out to dry. I kind of get a little giddy each time I pay for 4 washes and only have to pay for one dry. It's the simple things in life, right?
The week before Thanksgiving Jenna turned 6. We had such a fun day. At school they had a Thanksgiving feast. It was crazy with all the kindergartners and their families.
After school we enjoyed a yummy bouquet of fruit and a fun whoopie cushion b-day card. Jenna was so excited to open presents. She is learning to read and so we had to read the book she got right away. Thanks for all the love that was sent our way for her special day!
Corbin went to a friend's pirate birthday party. The kids did pirate crafts, searched for treasure, ate a pirate ship cake, and came home with lots of booty.
So I went into the kids room one morning to wake them up, glanced around, and this is what I saw on the shelf. I looked for a few minutes, a little confused, and then Kallie says to me..."Darth Vader is introducing Yoda to the Storm Trooper." Yep, thought of it all on her own. I laughed soo hard.
After Trick or Treating at Blizzard the kids came home and seperated the candy. They love this part as much as all the rest. Kallie trades what she can't have and then they like to seperate them into each kind. Jenna picked tons of peanut butter cups and Corbin picked tons of skittles. I take 2/3 of the candy and put it in a bag and put it away where it can't be reached easily. We'll pull that out a few months down the road.
We went Trick or Treating at Blizzard. The kids love to go to Byron's work. There are 4 buildings that the kids can go through. One decorates a little scary but they were really brave this year. They get sooo much candy from Blizzard. Their bags were so heavy that they had Byron carry them for awhile. We also had a Trunk or Treat with our ward. I was really sick but Byron helped me make a pot of chili for the party. We were co-winners of the chili cook off.
We put together a gingerbread haunted house. The kids loved it but wished they could have eaten more of the candy. We had some trouble getting the roof to stay on. We held it in place, we added more frosting, we even tried to prop up the side roof panels with knives and supports. In the end the roof just fell off, but we sure had fun doing it. Kallie was pretty sly at sneaking the candy and frosting off through the next week. Jenna and Corbin however couldn't do it with out getting black frosting leftovers on their lips.
We love the annual Blizzard tickets to an Angels game. We had an awesome catered bbq before the game and enjoyed great seats just off right field. Corbin watched part of the game but the girls just ate cotton candy and goofed around. The Angels have lost every year that we have gone to a game, maybe next year we can see them win.
We went to a "Brew and Stash Bash" at church. It was a rootbeer tasting and musthache contest. We tasted so many different kinds of rootbear. Some were really great, and some were not so great...at all. Man did we let some great burps fly that night. And luckily no wet beds in the morning. (I was a bit worried.)
I can't believe Jenna is in Kindergarten. She is doing so well at school. The first day she needed a few extra hugs, but then she went right to her class. I on the other hand, yes, I teared up. She really has come so far. Her teacher says she is great. We are having a few issues at home, but she loves school.
