Playing Around With The New Camera

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

I love Thanksgiving!

I love cooking and getting together with family to enjoy food.

I even kind of like cleaning up.

It just makes me so thankful.

We are beyond blessed to live the way we do.

In the morning I went for a 3 mile run. It was beautiful and kind of nice to run in the daytime. I didn't have the element of fear driving me, so I did run a little slower.

The carving. I was so worried about the turkey being fully cooked. But fortunately, it was! We had a lovely time shopping for food with my mom and grandma. I made the list and they bought all the beautiful goods.

 

Timing was perfect. All the food was warm and ready to be eaten.

10 at the table!!

Eli ate really well so he got a piece of pumpkin pie. He ate EVERY SINGLE BITE of the pie!! And I think he sucked his hands clean.

 

STUFFED!!!

 

We love our grandparents!!!!

 

This was the very best part of Thanksgiving. I was sooooooooooo happy our Theo Speedo made it to lunch. He is the best! We have a leak outside and he went outside to see if he could fix it. Unfortunately, he couldn't. But it was so nice of him to try. He's also helping Joe find a new car.

 

I also decided to brave black friday at Best Buy. I started out in line at 11PM. It wasn't too cold. I was actually in flip flops. I was behind someone smoking weed, so it was actually pretty relaxing. There was one crazy mom behind me who was swearing up a storm at her kids. It's like really lady?? The line was insane. It wrapped completely around the building. Once the doors opened we were in quickly. I ran over to the cameras and fortunately got my bundle package. I ran to the check out and was done in 12 minutes flat.

 

It was awesome. Because I came home and the camera was aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahmazing!! I ended up saving around $200 for everything. I got a free carrying case and memory card. I was really worried about the camera not having a fast enough shutter speed, but when I got home I found I had no need to worry. I look forward to learning all about my new camera. Thanks Santa!!!

20 lbs! 14 months

 

Ah. My little puff de leche. I love this handsome little boy!!!

 

Elijah is so much fun. He has energy to boot! He is all over the place. He is independent yet he is a cuddle bug.

He loves to turn on and off the music from the stereo.

He loves water.

He can eat from a plate without trying to throw it on the floor... a good 10 minutes at least.

He likes eating with utensils.

He loves to climb still. So far he's only gotten as high as the couch.

He can burp and we all think it is hilarious.

He loves cars. Today was his first bus ride!! He loved it.

He loves to wave at people.

He likes to draw with crayons.

His daddy and papa are his best friends.

But the women in his life are important too.

He's loving to everyone.

He has A LOT of teeth.

He went to the dentist a week back for his first time and had all his molars!! Plus at least 8 up front. And yet he's never really bitten me while feeding!!

 

He loves his milky tenders still. We feed at about 4am. I was trying to perhaps cut that feeding out, but it doesn't look like it's going to happen anytime soon. Ah well. He goes to bed at around 7PM and wakes up around 6:30AM. He takes two good naps in the day for about 1.5-2 hours each. I weighed him and believe he's at 20 lbs finally!!

 

He loves to play soccer and kick the ball. He hates being diapered or clothed.

He loves to boogie.

He's fun. He's cute. He's wonderful.

November Art Farts 2012

 

We went to a craft time at the Sparks Library with Miss Rosie. It was really simple, but the girls loved it! 

The Art Museum this month was nothing to brag about. We did these prints, but had to wait in line. The girls also made rainbow weave baskets, however at one point an older volunteer just took the basket out of Maria's hands and started doing it for her. She must have been 70 something, so I didn't say anything, but it was annoying. Maria had already weaved half the basket by herself.

KIDS ARE CAPABLE!!

We've done tons of work at home this month. FUN WORK!! Christina has even enjoyed learning and practicing her times table! Maria is super speedy with addition and subtraction. I think I'm going to be able to start borrowing and carrying with her already. INSANE.

Acrostic poem.

 

Turkey wreath and scarecrows with Miss Rosie. I was also so grateful my girlies offered to clean up everything for Miss Rosie. The picked up the floor, cleaned tables and helped organize materials for her. They are the BEST helpers!!!

 

I have these bronze pens from my mom that I love using on black paper. I thought their drawings were awesome!

Elijah's First Haircut

 

 

Elijah's hair was getting uneven. It wasn't anything crazy, but we were home. The house was clean thanks to some super cleaners* and I was ready. Joe had thoroughly made me nervous and told me I shouldn't do it. Usually I try to listen to my husband, but when it comes to hair... I don't know. Should he be calling the hair shots? Yes, Eli would look cute with dreads, but is it really feasible for a 1 year old.

 

Plus, if I didn't cut Eli's hair I would just end up shaving a rat tail in my own.

 

So really, my options were limited.

 

It was a team effort. I didn't have lollipops so Maria fed Eli M&M's. He was quite happy.

 

Christina held Eli and did a great job making sure he didn't squirm too much.

 

 

Overall, I think Elijah had a very pleasant experience. I used a 1/2" clipper setting and he looks super handsome.

 

* The girls had taken a bath and used shampoo as bubble bath. Not my favorite thing in the world. So in punishment I had them clean the whole house. Granted there were only a few things to do, but they did them and they did the chores well!! They cleaned mirrors, counters, vacuumed, mopped, did the stair banisters... I was in 7th heaven! I told them to misbave more often!! :)

New Park!!

We got a lucky day with perfect weather and headed to the new pah-rah park!

It is the best park I've ever been to. We met up Ram and the ladies & gentleman and enjoyed a nice afternoon.

The park is always busy. The astroturf ground is fabulous, especially for Elijah.

There are shade canopies. I really hope they can update a few parks in Spanish Springs now!!

There are tons of fun things to do for the older kiddos!!

I love that Mya was almost to the top with the 12 year olds!!

Athlete!!!

Eli recently learned how to do Gangham style.

Tobi

One day the girls were playing outside when a dog came bounding through a crack in the fence. They were terrified and were screaming. They ran into the house as fast as they could. The dog wasn't barking and was actually pretty cute. However, if it's a dog you don't know we tend to be cautious.

The dog stayed in our yard for a few hours. We fed it a cookie. It peed on an umbrella. I wanted to call animal control. Animal control said they would hold the animal until the neighbors fixed the fence. However, I didn't end up calling animal control. The dog left. The fence is still not fixed.

We do know the dog's name now. Tobi.

6.2 .... My own personal 10k DONE!!!

 So it was a long day and I thought I'd go for a 2 mile run. However, the weather was perfect, the sky was crystal clear and the stars were gorgeous. I felt like Forrest Gump. I just started running, and ran and ran.

Granted, I'm not a cheetah. But I did it!!! Now I know I can do it.

I didn't get any "runners high". I'm feeling a little gypped. But whatevs.

I ran 6.2 miles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On vista there were like 10 cop cars and a huge cop RV. No clue what that was all about, but it was distracting and it made me feel safe that cops were out and about.

Yeah for burning off all the Halloween candy I ate today.

:)

 

Miracles & I shouldn't have gone running...

 

Well. Another miracle in our life. Thanks Heavenly Father!

 

After a long week, I needed to run. Between having a cold and Joe being gone at night for work, and the fact he'd be gone the next 3 Saturdays... 8AM I was out. I ran 4.6 miles, up the La Posada hill and it was overall pretty good. I was back by 8:56AM exactly.

Joe was running late to help a friend move because I went for a run, but he was very gracious and even got the kiddos in the van to stalk me and cheer me on. I was home before they were! I wonder if I hadn't run if he wouldn't have gotten in an accident. Ah life and the unhealthy questions we can come up with!

 

Unfortunately, on his way to help his friend move he got rear-ended. A lady in a huge suburban wasn't watching and at a yellow light, didn't slow down. She rammed Joe's Toyota good. In fact, the police officer wouldn't let him drive it home and said it was "totalled". Basically, the trunk got shoved into the wheel & gas tank. It's not fixable. The woman was driving with her husband and kids. They were pretty shaken up and the kids were crying. Joe had some Halloween candy and gave it to them... it cheered them up immediately. The husband was pretty upset with his wife.

 

One of the benefits of having cheap cars is that if you get in a crash, it's not like wow... I can't believe all that money is going down the drain. Even though Joe was a little upset he had just filled his tank with $30 worth of gas.

 

I'm so thankful that Joe was OK. He was feeling a little light headed and dizzy, so we took him to urgent care, just to make sure everything was OK. He does have whiplash. The first 72 hours are the worst and it can last anywhere from 2 weeks to 2 years. Fun times. However, nothing was wrong with his neck or spine. The doctor recommended he wear a neck brace for a little while.

Thank the Lord he's alive and well.

 

God protects us. He watches over us. I trust Him completely.

 

Now comes the hassle of insurance companies, finding a new car and getting all squared away. It really was good timing because the girls have this month off and it won't be a problem sharing the car.

 

Miracles!!!