30 November 2008

Thanksgiving 2008

Brent & I have so much to be thankful for. We have so many wonderful and caring family & friends, our home and our jobs, the gospel and the spirit and happiness that it brings, and our ever-growing love that we have for each other, and so many other things. We are so truly blessed!


This year we were at the Cox's for Thanksgiving. It was so nice to see a lot of family. Most of the family was there. We missed not seeing Karen and Michelle. Early Thanksgiving morning, the boys and Caitlin went to the park to play the annual football game. It was really fun for me to watch. Brent had fun colliding with Darin. Below are some video clips and pictures of the game. Thanksgiving was really eventful! We were all fortunate to share the experience of Darin receiving his mission call. He was called to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the Washington Everett Mission. Congrats Darin!! We also received news of Karen's engagement to her boyfriend Ryan. We are so happy for you guys! Brent's family cooked so much food. It was so delicious! We ate way too much and felt sick the rest of the day (but it was well worth it)!

Later that day Brent and I left to travel to Manti, so that I could stay with my family while Brent had to go back to Cedar City to work. We were at least able to visit with my family a little bit before Brent had to leave. Friday morning, Mom and I decided to sleep in a little and go up to Provo for "Black Friday" shopping. It was so much fun having a girls day. Paige even came along. We didn't do much shopping though on account that there were so many people. It was so nice to be out and about though! Saturday morning Cameron and I went to stand in line to get christmas tree tags. It was so cold!! Cam and I got very creative when it came to keeping us warm. We were laughing so hard! I really enjoyed the time I got to spend with Cam. He is the funniest person I know! I also got to spend a bit of time with Dad. It was nice to be daddy's little girl again and to be able to snuggle up to him while watching a movie. Sunday morning we all decided to trudge up Manti Canyon and look for our trees. Below is a picture of me with my petite little tree. Mom and Dad were calling it a "Charlie Brown" tree and that they should strap it to the top of their car as a joke. I think its cute and perfect for our apartment though.








24 November 2008

A New Niece

We just received news that Brent's sister Cindy and her husband David are expecting their 3rd child. In addition to their 2 cute little boys (Braden & Carter) they are now going to have a little girl in April. Congrats to Cindy & David!

03 November 2008

Our Awesome Halloween Party!

On Halloween Jenessa and her friend Lea came down from Orem to party with us. We also invited our friends Kevin & Shanae from Cedar to join us. Most of us dressed up. Brent was a Amish guy, Nessa was a speed bump, Lea was a Ninja, and I was a fairy. For the party we did a Murder Mystery dinner. The characters were Gregory Graves, Bella Bones, Jack Lantern, Penelope Crust, Todd Sweeny, and Tara Cardolli. The mystery was trying to find out who killed Grimsby Graves. We had a lavish dinner and went around the table asking questions. It was so funny and delicious. At the end, Shanae turned out to be the killer. It was a total surprise. After dinner Shanae & Kevin left and the rest of us decided to play Nessa's favorite game. We played the "suck" game but with candy corn instead of peanut M&M's. It was so funny watching us try to pick up candy corn by sucking through a straw. We were laughing so hard!! We spent the rest of the night playing games and watching a movie.

In the morning while Brent was in a meeting, we played Raving Rabbids on the wii. It was so funny! Our arms hurt from moving them so fast and our tummies hurt from laughing so hard. Later, after Brent got home, we went to St. George. We played a round of glow-in-the-dark miniature golf. It was all decorated for Halloween. It was so fun! Brent got the best score out of all of us. After the exhastingly hallarious game we went to the Blue Bunny ice cream parlor. It was so yummy and it was just what the doctor ordered. Nessa liked her treat so much she had to lick the plate clean! It was the best party ever! I can't wait until we can do it again!

Here are some pictures of our fabulous party!!!