Happy Thanksgiving!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! I hope everyone had a safe and delicious day!! This year was my first year without my family-I was sad! We spent the day with the Spauldings. We went over to Bruce and Linda's house and enjoyed a fun-fulfilled day. Linda and I made the meal (mostly Linda..I just watched) while Bruce and John hung up Christmas lights on the house. There was the turkey, yams, cranberry sauce, rolls, and....pies!! After dinner, we all loaded up in John's pickup and drove out to where Bruce and Linda are building there new house and they gave us the "grand tour." It doesn't even have the walls yet but I think it'll be a cute little house. It made me a little jealous-I want a new house! Once we got home, we got the pies out and pigged out on them! Linda had made a pumpkin, lemon, and apple pie and I made a chocolate and pumpkin ice cream pie. Then, to jump start the Christmas season we watched "Christmas Vacation" I love that movie! It was a fun day and I'm glad I got to get to know my in-laws a little better! Thanks Bruce and Linda for letting us come and have Thanksgiving Dinner with you! It was fun!!

This is me with the finished pumpkin ice cream pie!

And this is me trying to figure out how to make
the pumpkin ice cream pie!

Twilight

"Twilight" Cast

On Saturday, John took me to see "Twilight." I really have wanted to see it so I'm glad he took me. I thought that it was really good-better than the book in my opinion. Not to mention that Edward Cullins is GORGEOUS!!! I wanted to be playing Bella in the movie! John really liked the movie too. Which surprised me cuz I didn't think he would. After the movie, we went and ate at Bajio. John had never been there before and I have been telling him how amazing this food is and later we both ended up sick! Other than that, we had a good time together as always! I can't wait until the other "Twilight" movies come out!

Babysitting

Sorry for the non-picutre posts lately but I've had my hands full for the last week and a half. Once again, John and I got chosen to babysit family. This time around it was Scott and Tausha's 5 (yes, I said 5) kids! Honestly, it wasn't all that bad. The two oldest are in high school and the youngest one went to another babysitters house while John and I were at work and the two in between had grade school. So, basically John and I only had them from about 6:00 p.m. on....I was really nervous/stressed out about watching them for a week but it all turned out good. They are really well behaved kids and we hardly had any problems with them at all. And I got to know them just a little bit better also. By Wednesday, I think the kids (plus John and I) were ready for Mom and Dad to be home. Luckily they were coming home the next morning.

John and I don't mind babysitting at all but I think both of us agreed that we won't be doing it for a while....So don't ask!! =) jk! After that long week, we need a break! Thanks Searle kids for being such great kids to babysit! It made it a whole lot easier!! Scott and Tausha I hope you had fun in Florida!

I'm Counting My Blessings

Well, I just hate myself for putting a new background on when Thanksgiving isn't even here yet! But, I was looking at other blogs and saw thier new backgrounds for Christmas so I thought I might as well! It makes me sad-Thanksgiving is my absolute favorite holiday and it gets overlooked! There are a million things that we should all be thankful for in our blessed lives and Thanksgiving is a time just for that. So, I decided to write down a few things that I am thankful for in my life:

1. My wonderful husband of 5 months

2. My Family

3. My Friends

4. The house we have to live in

5. The clothes I wear

6. The food I have to eat

7. Electricity

8. The car I get to drive

9. Both mine and John's jobs to help support ourselves

10. The Holiday Season (even though I HATE being cold!)

11. The happiness that is all around me

12. The Gospel in my life

13. My Church calling

14. Nature-and all that goes along with it (ie-trees, weather, sunshine, breezes...)

These are just a few...and I'm counting more! What are yours?

The Name Game

Well, here goes another funny little "tag"

So here goes...Me:
1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car) Deceased Cobalt
2. YOUR ROCKSTAR TOUR'S NAME: ("The" + Your fave hobby/craft, fave weather element + “Tour”) The Shopping Summer Tour
3. YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fave ice cream flavor, favorite cookie) Vanilla Snicker-Doodle
4. YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name) T-Spa
5. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME:(fave color, fave pet) Yellow Yorkie
6. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born) Ann Madison
7. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first)Spa-Ta.
8. SUPERHERO NAME: ("The" + 2nd favorite color, favorite drink) The Green Squirt
9. NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers or grandmothers) Fern Eugene
10. STRIPPER NAME: (the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent, favorite candy)Baby Snickers
11. WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names ) McAffee Jay...I feel safe!
12. TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME: (Your 5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter) Scorseby Salmon
13. SPY NAME: (your favorite season/holiday, flower) Summer Lilly...ooh! sneaky!
14. CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now + “ie” or “y”) Cantaloupe Scruby
15. HIPPY NAME: (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree) Oatmeal Shrub...I might have been puffin a few joints when I picked that name!

John:

1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: "Prince" Powerstroke

2. YOUR ROCK STAR'S TOUR NAME: The Wake-Boarding Winter Tour

3. YOUR GANGSTA NAME: Vanilla Double Stuff

4. YOUR "FLY GUY" NAME: J-Spa

5. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: Red Prince

6. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: Garrett Burley

7. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: Spa-Jo

8. YOUR SUPERHERO NAME: The Blue Dew

9. YOUR NASCAR NAME: To Be Cont.
10. YOUR STRIPPER NAME: Very Sexy Twix

11. WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: BW

12. TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME: Answer coming soon!

13: SPY NAME: Ice Rose

14. CARTOON NAME: Apple Coverally

15. HIPPY NAME: Pancake Pine

HAVE FUN!!!

SaTUrDaY DaTE NigHt!

This weekend I wanted to do something with John. And since he has had his heart set on wanting and asking to go see "Madagascar 2", (yes I'm being serious) I decided that I would take him!

So, as my treat, I took him out to dinner at Applebee's, went to the movie, and then went to SubZero to get ice cream! Can I just add that SubZero is THE BEST ice cream I have ever had! It was sooo good! I want more! It's kinda like ColdStone...only about 10 times better!

Madagascar 2 is very cute and entertaining! We just laughed. Although, I did like the first one better. For anyone who has kids or just wants a good laugh-go see it!

GiRLs NiGHt OuT!

Once every month a couple of my girlfriends get together. This month we all met at Cherice Hanson's house. I really look forward when this "tradition" of ours comes around. We don't do anything really huge and extravagant-we just sit around and catch each other up on what's been happening in our busy/crazy lives. Maybe next month I'll have something a little more exciting to talk about. My life is just John, work and clean! Big wahoo! (Just kidding)

Anyways- I love it!! We just laugh and laugh!! Two of my friends have the most beautiful and adorable babies-I can't get over it. I love hearing the stories they have about their babies. And very cute pregnant Cherice will be due in Jan. I can't wait to see what her little boy (I mean "Beckam" ) will look like! :)

Thanks ladies for a fun night and thanks Cherice for letting us come over for a few hours! Looking forward to next month at Bridget's! Love all of you!

Nothing Runs Like A Deere

Today, John is no longer working on the farm. He has now started a new job at John Deere Bonneville County Impliments working in parts. He's very excited about his new job and I LOVE LOVE LOVE that he is now home when I get home! :)

John is planning on working in parts until the AMS Mapping position opens up in the company and since that is what John really wants to do...he figured he might as well get is foot in the door somehow. Hopefully, this will be the start of a good career path. Good luck at your new job, John! I love you!

Candy, Costumes, and Fun!

John waiting for trick-or-treaters...that shot would
scare anybody!! he! he!


Garin's Kids: Brayden, Bryce and Addison


Little Boy Blue (Nick), Mary's Little Lamb (Hallie)
and Little Bo Peep (Ashley)


Tyree and Adam's Girls: Kendyl and Jordyn

Scott and Tausha's Boys: Jason, Jake, and Justin

Cowboys, of course! What else would they dress up

as! :)


Uh, after everyone left John and I had a little too
much fun of our own!!


Not sure what I was doing excatly-I think I was
trying to be a tree? It was late, ok?!


Boo! We're watching you kids!


Mr. and Mrs. Spaulding-Don't Mess!


Here's John pose as a tree, I think? :)


Bad To The Bone

Oh, John means business

I was trying to impersonate "Mission Impossible"

(I don't think I succeeded that well)

Thanks everyone for coming Trick-Or-Treating to our house! This is about all of the visitors we got! After John and I were done goofing around, we had the idea to head over to my parents house in our camo to try and scare them. Robert and Alex both had dates and they were watching a scary movie...perfect!!

John and I army crawl up the window, peek into the window, and right when a jumpy moment in the movie was about to show...John bangs on the window!! HA! HA! We scared them! I felt bad for scaring the girls but it's all fun and games, right?!