Its beginning to look a lot like...

We've been ready for Christmas since September when Allie started begging to watch Elf and the the the THE Grinch. And now, finally its Christmas time!!!

Now that Thanksgiving is over, we busted out the big ol' box of Christmas goodness... making a huge mess of the living room in the process.

Dustin got all Clark Griswold on me!

We watched Frosty the Snowman

Pretended to be Rudolph!

Hung lights on the house

and sang "Santa Claus is coming to Town" the whole time we decorated... but I don't think Mark got the message.

On Saturday we chopped down our Christmas tree!! It was sooooo flippin' cold.

Allie didn't mind though! Neither did Estefan, but he was to far away to get a picture.. I didn't want to stray to far from the nice warm truck!

Mark and I got out of the truck for a minute but we hurried and got back in!

Family picture.. oh so sweet!

The kids did most of the decorating. So all of the ornaments are on the lower half of the tree and many are on a single branch. But we like it that way ;)

Hooray for Christmas!!

Happy decorating!!!

Have you ever wondered....

what was Edward doing, in his 100 years as an immortal, before he met Bella?


I just about died when I saw these pictures!

You can find the original ones and more here.

1. Worked.. even Vamps gotsta make a living

2. Watched a Movie

3. Kicked it with Marilyn {ain't no thang}

5. Was just another Beatles fan...

6. Went to Woodstock.. of course.

7. Jammed with Kurt

P.S. I loved New Moon. For a review go here or here. These girls said it better than I ever could.

P.S.S. I'm seeing New Moon again tomorrow. Oh, yeah.. I'm that cool.

Yikes!

I'm totally blog slacking... again...

Yes. Its been a week since I've even been on blogger. C-R-A-Z-Y.

We haven't really done anything super blog worthy.

Oh wait, there was that whole New Moon thing... but I'm picture-less. Jessica hurry up and post some pics so I can steal them from you.

Anywho.. until I get our fabulous New Moon/Crazy Fangirl pictures I would like to make an announcement.


No.. I'm not pregnant.


Designer Blogs is having a HUUUUUGGGGEEEEE holiday sale. Ok so its not that huge, but everything is 15% off! So its quite exciting, if I do say so myself!

We've got tons of super fun/cute/Christmas-y/adorable/hip/awesome holiday premades. Here's a little taste of the goodness.

{Images are linked to preview blogs.}

and I've given some of my old premades a new look.
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There is way more to see at Designer Blogs.
Head on over and check out our sweet sale!!


OK. Infomercial over. Back to your regularly scheduled blogging.

Mama's don't let your babies grow up to be....

My dad acquired a new saddle this week and he had to have Mark tested it out for him.

Mark approves! Thanks for the ride Dolly.

The Cave of Wonders

I love love love living in the valley.
There are so many cool place to go with in a short distance from our house.

On Saturday we went to the Cave of Wonders {according to our kids} aka The Ron Lewis Caves in Moapa.

We all love exploring all the hidden rooms and looking for buried treasure... Allie is certain that one day we'll find a magic lamp!

Our little explorers...

While we were exploring Dustin ran across this little guy...

or huge guy... whatever!!
Dus and the kids wanted to take it home! But I was a mean mom and said NOOOOO!

We made it home safely and spider-free!! So it was a good day!

Fun at the...

Mark, Allie and Bud waiting for the parade to start.

Mark got to sit on Daddy's shoulders... while Allie like to watch from the alley.

Cutest girls ever? I think so.

Mark + lollipop = :)

Hey, I know them....

We love parades.


Why?


The candy of course!!

Lookie what I got!!!

I was feeling a little crazy yesterday and I got tickets to see New Moon at midnight!
I'm pretty flippin' excited...

but should we take bets on if I can actually stay awake til Midnight to see it?


P.S. My friend Connie is having a New Moon give away! Go check it out :)

we haven't been up to much...

I love capturing silly moments. Mark does this a lot. I'm surprised I don't have more pictures of him digging for gold!

Anyway, I haven't posted anything for a while. I thought it was because I've just been busy.. but then I thought, no.. we just haven't been up to much!

Here's a few things we've been up to this week...

1. Playing

2. Saying Good-Bye
Saturday afternoon we had a big family party for Jack and Gaye. {Of course I forgot my camera :P}
On Sunday we enjoyed their wonderful talks, said good bye and they left for the MTC.
They reported Monday morning and are doing great. In just a few days they'll be headed to Texas. We miss them already!

3. Partying
My sister, Ashley, is getting married in about a month and we threw her a bridal shower last week!
Heather ~ Me ~ Ashley

It was super fun. I just realized where the saying "Blushing Bride" comes from!!
Is she blushing? I think sooo....

4. Waiting
Now I'm just waiting patiently for November 20th to roll around.
Since I'm a Twi-freako, I'm working on a t-shirt design for me and my freako friends.
I'm thinking something like this...

The End :)