Ultrasound today....

....and its a BOY!

(pretend the baby is sitting on a glass table and you are looking up. The legs aren't really visable--they are point to the left--but you can see the bum)

Thanksgiving 2009

I was so excited to find out that the Ward's were going to come for Thanksgiving. Sometimes I feel sort of far removed from my family, so to have Leah and her family come was a happy time for me. And with the help of Shanda and Leah, putting together the dinner was rather simple. (the only hiccup came when the turkey didn't defrost all the way...which just meant a little more time in the oven)
(yum...my favorite..."Christine's Raspberry salad)

MENU:

Turkey and stuffing

mashed potatoes and gravy

West Bank tomato casserole

sweet potato casserole

broccoli and cheese sauce

orange rolls

Grandmother Munns Blueberry salad

Christine's Raspebrry salad

pumkin pie

clam dip and scoops

These were our little helpers. The girls did a great job setting the tables for us.

This was my "before" plate. My eyes were definately bigger than my stomach. And by the end, the pants were unbuttoned....I should've gotten a Tee size plate.

Leah and Shanda...notice the knife in the picture...that was Jordan's cameo.

THE KIDS TABLE....that was a rucous table!

Tee sat next to me (Tyler had been in Utah for the last 10 days. He comes home Tuesday. Hooray!)

We love the Ward's and are so glad they braved the LONG drive to spend the holiday with us. The kids LOVED every minute of it. Lots of lego builing and card games and movie watching and even an afternoon of swimming. And the grown ups got in some shopping and a movie (New Moon) and Wii....it was a wonderful weekend.

Til next time, WARDS!

Halloween 2009

This Halloween, the kids had 4....yes 4 events to go to. So by the end, I was exhausted and didn't take pictures at the last one. Oh well.

I told the kids I wasn't buying anything for Halloween this year....they just had to make do with what they could find around the house. (Besides, that is what we did growing up, and it was just fine....mom's closet was a treasure trove of funky outfits. I seem to remember a certain red and black metallic-y number that I LOVED)

This is Avery "supergirl" and Josie "ladybug" at the ward trunk or treat. My camera died before I could get anyone else's picture...way to plan, Erika.

Avery "supergirl", Josie "ladybug" and Jett "vampire" at the school's trick or treat. Duce missed it because he had a football game and Tee was off trick or treating with a little friend and Aunt Shanda.

In the past, I've haven't really encouraged the kids to be scary ghoulish thing. Maybe it's becuase I'm a little more tired these days, but slapping on some white paint and an old Darth Vader cape was so simple that I agreed to it.

SUPERGIRL enjoying her chocolate at Duce's football game.

Here are the kids at our little downtown trick or treating. There was a little costume switcharoo.

FROGGER - - - SUPERGIRL - - - SCARY WITCH - - - GREEN VAMPIRE - - -FOOTBALL PLAYER