Monday, November 26, 2012

It's that time of year.....


We decorated the house right after Thanksgiving this year.  The girls were very anxious to get everything done...so we went to work setting up the trees, the nativities and our Christmas village.
The house looked so nice and festive when we were done.  It is amazing to me how an ornament can bring to mind such great memories.  I love that we have so many handmade ornaments that the children  made over the years. (Especially the ones with pictures!)





Saturday, November 24, 2012

Thanksgiving 2012

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays of the year.  Maybe it's because it is in the fall, maybe it's because I get to spend time with my family, or maybe it's because we get to eat yummy food.  Whatever the reason...Thanksgiving rocks and this year was no different!  The guests this year included Grandma and Grandpa Sullivan, Uncle Brian, Tyler, Allison and Connor, and Emily.
(What I would call a manageable houseful!)

Great Grandma Sullivan made this adorable quilt for Connor along with the stuffed dinosaur!


                    Can you guess what is happening in this picture?... Yep, it's a Just Dance party!!






 Hannah put on quite the show for us.  She had everyone fill out their thankful turkey feathers, and then she performed a lovely dance routine she choreographed herself.




Ben and Haley joined in for the finale.






Since there was so much food to be consumed during our time together, we made sure to work some of it off at the park with a serious game of kickball..... 
and a little bit of jump roping.



               Have I mentioned the food??  MMMMMMMMmmmmmmm, we had a feast!










Another fun tradition is the annual "pass the pigs" tournament.  Everyone puts in a dollar to play and the winner takes all.  This is a very competitive group we have. Hannah was so stressed because she really wanted to win.   


             Grandma rolled a "never before seen in real life" double leaning jowler.  We were impressed!


But in the end.........Hannah was the big winner!!  Yeah for Hannah.   



Thursday, November 8, 2012

Baby it's cold outside!

We planned a trip to Utah over Veteran's Day a long time ago.  Plane tickets were purchased and plans to attend a BYU football game were made.  The weather decided to give my girls an early Christmas present.......SNOW!!!!  We arrived on Thursday night and on Friday it snowed all day. It was the kind of snow that allows you to make a great snowman!! Hannah played out in that snow for a few hours.  She was not the least bit affected by the cold. Since we keep our snow clothes in Utah she was prepared!!  We had fun playing at the park near Grandma's house.  Mikelle came to spend a few days with us.  The girls giggled and laughed as they rode together on the sled down the park slide.






         We got to spend some more quality time with little Connor boy.  He sure is a smiley guy.


                          Ben and Grandpa hung out before church on Sunday.



Friday, November 2, 2012

Hannah's home!!!!


Hannah had a wonderful week at camp KEEP.  We picked her up at the school on Friday.  I was so happy to see the busses as they pulled up.  I had missed my little Hannah girl!!
 We toilet papered her room while she was gone so she could come home to a BIG SURPRISE!!!