I had to be seen in public with this:

Yeah for Christmas!

Well, I figure someone has to update this blog, so I guess I'd better go ahead and do it! :) Well, let's see... Thanksgiving was fun, we had it up here in Oregon with some of our school friends. I cooked a turkey and it was a big hit. I 'brined' it, which was my first attempt at doing something like that. Turned out really good. We had a blast, and we're grateful for our friends up here and enjoy spending time with them. I don't really have any Thanksgiving pics to post, since we didn't really take any. After that, we decorated the house and went to a Christmas tree farm and cut down our Christmas tree. That was a blast. I'll really miss doing that once we leave Oregon.

As you can see, we had only a couple of trees to choose from! :) Angela also decided to play photographer and set up our own mini 'studio' to take Christmas pics of the girls. I think she did a great job:

Well, I guess that's all the news for now. We're just busy listening to Christmas music, watching Christmas movies, making goodie plates, and studying for finals! (Well, one of us is, anyways) Merry Christmas to all our friends and family out there, and this year especially may we all remember why we celebrate this holiday! We love you all!

Halloween Fun

My cute little cupcakes! Peanut wanted to take a picture with Monkey holding their elephants.
Monkey dressed up as a.......MONKEY! She was adorable. Although, she only wore the costume for a few minutes because it was too hot!
Peanut was PRINCESS PRESTO (from Super Why) and she got her face painted with flowers on it. She was so excited to go trick or treating! She kept singing, "I want candy!"
So, on Halloween, we were lucky enough to go to DISNEYLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We had so much fun! Peanut LOVED Thunder Mtn, Splash Mtn, and Matterhorn! She was more scared going on the Pinocchio ride then the roller coasters!
The girls and their matching hats!
We went trick-or-treating at California Adventure. It was crowded that night, but it was still fun! Peanut was exhausted and fell asleep sitting in the stroller on the way to go trick or treating. They had candy stations throughout the park that you could go get candy at. We hit up a few and then went on a ride and then went back to the hotel and went to bed! We made up for our early night by getting up the next morning and hitting the park at 7 am! It was worth it cause we got to go on a lot of rides without waiting in line!

What's been going on............

A trip to the Portland Temple on a Sunday afternoon

Peanut started ballet class and LOVES it! She wanted to wear the leotard every day for a week!
Monkey is smiling all the time. It is so adorable. It melts my heart! This is one of my favorite smiles she makes. I love that she smiles with her eyes sometimes!
Peanut loves being a big sister and she is a super good helper. We love them both so much!

I've never done a tag before.......

So here it goes.

Here are 7 random/weird things about me

1. I hate the sound of stickers being pulled off of cotton fabrics. Why must companies wrap sticky paper around socks to sell them and why must my daughter LOVE putting stickers on her clothes so I have to pull them off?
2. I used to never eat breakfast and now I LOVE cereal. In fact one of my favorite kinds of cereal is Kix and Brad thinks I'm crazy because he thinks it tastes like cardboard!
3. I am completely accident prone. I broke my big toe and had to have surgery on it by playing human foosball (its like soccer, except you are attached to ropes). I went to kick the ball and ended up kicking a girl in the shin instead.
4. I despise mushrooms, but I'll eat cream of mushroom soup in things. And yes, I will do my best to avoid the mushrooms. My mom admitted a few years ago, she would hide mushrooms in certain dinners without me knowing.
5. I love Bon Jovi. Not romantically, he isn't much of a looker. I LOVE his music. One of the best concerts I went to was a Bon Jovi concert.
6. I went on a Hot Air Balloon ride at sunrise in the Arizonan Desert and it was awesome!
7. I am very indecisive. I can tell you what I don't want, but I have a hard time telling you what I DO want.

I tag KIM H. and whoever else wants to do this!

Now you can stop bugging me Jayna! :)

2 months old........

Wow how the time flies. I can't believe its been already 2 months since we became a family of four! We are loving having little "monkey" around. She is a sweetheart. She has started smiling and it melts my heart! She smiles more for Brad than me. I try and try to get her to smile, but I guess my face isn't as funny looking as Brad's! :) Just kidding! Love you hon! Peanut loves being a big sister and she is a good helper. She likes to read her stories and sing her songs if she is upset. Peanut starts preschool next week and is sooo excited about it. She asks me everyday if she gets to go to preschool that day. I think she is just excited about carrying her Princess backback!