Thanksgiving

We had a beautiful day!! Very busy as usual, any holiday is. We had our traditional brunch at my parents house and watched the Macy's Parade. Jed thinks its dumb but I have watched since I can remember. Pancakes and quiche:) YUMMY!!! My dad is sooo funny he hates the name quiche... too wimpey... so we call them "man eggs".

We then went to my Uncle Bill and Aunt Connie's home. My FAVORITE!!! I love going over there. She is a wonderful cook and great hostess ... I only hope that someday I will be able to host and cook as well as she does!!! Seriously good!!!

After we headed to the Davis house where I love just as much. We had dessert and great conversation. I love spending time with that side of the family!!! We really had a great time. Cooper LOVES playing with his "friends." And Clara loves ALL the attention from the adults (she is still the youngest cousin ... and totally takes in all the attention).

All in all it was a BEAUTIFUL day!!

I am very thankful for my family and friends. I feel soooo blessed to have such wonderful people in my life and am most thankful for being a wife and mommy:)

BLANKETBACK

So here is my sales pitch of the day:)

Jed started a photography business and I must say he is very talented (proud wife speaking)!!

Check out : blanketback.com , to see some of his latest work.

Jed has taken some amazing photographs in the last month and is totally on a roll!!
If you want your family pictues done for a GREAT price let me now and we can schedule:)

Insert picture here.... if i could figure it out:)
Seriously .... check out his web site....
Sales pitch OVER:)
XOXOXOXO

Staring OVER!!

I have been sooo overwhelmed by not blogging that I just pretend that its not here:) So her is my now 3rd attempt to be a good blogger!! Wish me luck!
New blog... here we come... AGAIN!!!

Dropped off the face of blogging world!

I thought I would make an effort to update our family blog the past couple of months and each time I would would even think about it I got REALLY overwhelmed! So much has gone on since JANUARY! What a slacker I am... for real:) I know that I can't possibly remember all the things I was meaning to post but here is a quick over view since January.... So I can be caught up! Note: this is a LONG one... I really wrote it for my benefit:) Dont feel like you need to read it all:)
JANUARY
20th - Jed's 26th birthday- Dinner date and then cake with the family.
23rd - Coopers' 3rd Birthday!!- = 3 parties. First we had a lunch party with his preschool friends ( Ashlyn Read and Trey Broadbent) we had a TRANSFORMERS theme, played pin the tail on the donkey, ate "Happy Meals" and had a "Bumblebee cake". Second we had Coopers favorite dinner PIZZA...with me, Jed, Clara, and Aunt Bridgette then we went to Boondocks and played games and won lots of candy and dinosaures. We came back home and opened presents Cooper got a Power Ranger costum, Spiderman play set, clothes, and shoes. Third we had the Davis family bday party for Jed, Cooper, Lillia( in UT) and Hazel at my house and we had brownie sundaes and opened presents. It was a lot of fun and a lot of celebrating!
FEBRUARY
5th- our 4 year wedding anniversary- we had to celebrate the Friday after because Jed had school that night:( But we went to a yummy dinner at Cafe de Paris (one of our FAVORITE restaurants)! And had Chocolate Mousse for dessert!
10th- My 26th bday! This week I was volunteering with Special Olympics. Jed was at school again that night so I decided to volunteer that night at the hotel and I had the best bday surprise ever! We had the Floor Hocky teams from Russia, Uruguay, Sweden, and Katzakstan staying in the hotel and my mom bought a huge cake and we all partied it up with cake and singing and each country sang to me in their language! It was such a great experience. I seriously had the best night and most memorable birthdays! Then we all jumped in the pool and didnt get home til 1030! Cooper was exhausted but it was worth the grumpy kid:)
14th- By Valentines day we are sooo over celebrating so we made a spaghetti dinner in and had a family valentines:) Flowers and candy as usual and then popped in a movie and enjoyed:)
21st- we drove out to Givens Hot Springs! Cooper loves to swim and we really wanted to take Clara for her 1st swim:) It was fun .... the pool was nice but holy cow those bathrooms/ changing rooms were like something out of a horror movie.... YUCK! The kids loved it and were exhausted when we left... the ride home was very nice and quiet:)
March- was pretty usual ... we didnt have anyhthing we HAD to do or celebrate ( thank goodness). we made a couple trips to Swan Falls... to hike and take pictures and then just worked on gettign the back yard ready to enjoy this spring and summer. Jed built me some garden boxes.... really thats about it.
April -
4th- Cooper started soccer... i was sooo excited! His 1st team sport:) Cooper and Trey were on the same team ( Capitals- TIGERS) the first day was miserable! it was sooo cold and windy Cooper did not want anything to do with soccer ever again! But we went back week after week and he liked it a lot. He still wanted to pick up the ball when it didnt go where he intended it to and wanted to kick over the cones any chance he got but we had a good time watching him!
5TH- Confrence was great as usual... we learned a lot and enjoyed "church on tv" as Coop would call it.
10th- We had Easter perschool and dyed eggs with Caitlyn and Ashlyn... we made some beautiful eggs!
11th- Our niece Allysa came to Boise (from UT) to get baptised! I cant believe she is 8 already!! It was a lot of fun to get the whole Davis fam together to celebrate her baptism. We are all very proud of that sweet girlie.
12th- EASTER... Coop and Clara got a trampoline! and then had to find their Easter baskets following the egg trail from their bedrooms to the trampoline with thier treats from the bunny on it. Went to church with the Davis family- had an easter egg hunt and played outside it was a beautiful day. Then we had dinner at Aunt Connies house which is ALWAYS delicious!! It was fun to see GG and Gpa again ( my grandparents - they come back from Arizona every year around Easter). It was a good day!
16th- Aunt Bridgette turned 25! I love my sister she is just beautiful! We had a family bday dinner at my parents house. Olive Garden at home... YUM!
May
2nd- We had a going away party for our friend Phil, he is off to boot camp! I am so proud of him and know that his family will be blessed! It was fun we had smores and just hung out (super low key)!
10th- Mothers day! I woke up to a CLEAN house... a great breakfast and then off to church. We had a quick lunch at the Davis house and then we were on our way to Aunt Connies. We had a great bbq and swimming the rest of the day. Cooper was CRAZY he is made to swim:) He was doing 360s off the diving board and swimming with his head under water! That kid is crazy! Clara is a water baby too... no dunking yet but she loved to splash and kick. too cute! I am just feeling so blessed to have such wonderful women in my life~
This should catch me up for a while!

Pictures are next...

Its been a while....

I know... I need to update desperatly!! Lets see we have had a wonderful Christmas with lots of fun parties, presents, family and friends.... as well as New Years! And not to mention Clara is offically 6 months old:) I have been meaning to post on each and just havent found the time and when I have the time I dont have the energy:)! So my New Years resolution... update blog weekly:) So much goes on in a week that I think that is reasonable:) SO here we go, No more slacking!! And that will start this week... "A look back on 2008!" I just need to finish a slide show sometime tonight... so I will post something when that is done!!
XOXOXO

Christmas Questions....

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping Paper W/ pretty bows!!

2. Real tree or Artificial? Fake.... I love that my tree came with the light already on it too:)

3. When do you put up the tree? The day after thanksgiving... or sometime that weekend

4. When do you take the tree down? After New Years

5. Do you like eggnog? Can't remember... i dont think i have ever had it plan usually in coffee and i havent had coffee in a couple years...

6. Favorite gift received as a child ? A doll as BIG as me when i was like 5 from Germany... i think my mom still has her:)

7. Hardest person to buy for? Jed... he goes on a shopping spree for himself in November so then I have nothing to get him for Christmas!! Really annoying... this week a 47" Flatscreen and he gets to keep a puppy... now how do i top that???? Seriously!!

8. Easiest person to buy for? Cooper... he wants every toy that is on tv... so he will be happy with anything:)

9. Do you have a nativity scene? Ummmm... I need one! Cant find it in all the Christmas Decoration boxes!!

10. Mail or email Christmas cards?Mail.... I love mail when it is not a bill or junk... it just makes me smile and I hope others feel that same way when they get our card!!

11.Worst Christmas gift you ever received? umm... well jed got it a Santa Pitcher that was VERY VERY ugly and jed was actually excited to take it home from out "Friends" Christmas Party (White Elephant)... and I got the "joy" of having it in our house for a year and Jed did use it again and again... it FINALLY broke... oops:)

12. Favorite Christmas Movie? Christmas Story, duh!

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? December... well Black Friday and then I usually up until Christmas Eve

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Maybe... I cant think of I time that I have but I wouldnt put it past me....

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Christmas breakfast at my parents house... I love everything!! I look forward to it all year!! :)

16. Lights on the tree? Really is this a question... who doesnt put lights on their tree???

17. Favorite Christmas song? Silent Night

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Home... then to each of the grandparents houses... busy, busy, busy

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer's? Totally... dont worry I am not a show off...:)

20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Neither.... i do a HUGE bow and I love it!! I make a new one every year:)

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Eve... Jammies, Day.... Stockings then the gifts under the tree:)

22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas!!

23. Favorite ornament theme or color? Red and Gold

24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? I really dont like Ham and that is usually on the menu so I feel up on the side dishes and Really feel up in the morning at breakfast:)

25. What do you want for Christmas this year? To see Cooper sooo excited that Santa came:) but if we are getting materialistic... I would have to say..... SHOES!!!

26. WHo do you tag to do this post? YOU!!!

Fall Fun!!!

We have had a CrAZy last couple of weeks... I love fall... the leaves, the sweaters and jeans, the cool morning and warm afternoons... ahhhh.. i just love it!!!

For Halloween Cooper was Batman and will still tell you all about it... he loves Batman!! Clara was our little ladybug, she toatlly played the part... cute, cute, cute:) We went to Jacki's for a day time Halloween Party and painted pumpkins, frosted and ate sugar cookies and had a lot of fun. Cooper loves his Jacki... He always asks me "are we going to MY Jacki's today." Then we got ready to see Grandma Marj and Papa Garry to show off the costumes. After that... We went to the Montgomery's ( Becky's parents) to eat pizza and Trick or Treat with them as well and the Reads. We had a great time and the weather was perfect!! Busy Day!! By the time we left the subdivision both kids were totally out!!

We have also been playing a lot on Coopers "park" he loves to swing and climb "the mountain." We race to see how can get up it fastest... I never win!! Weird:)

Mona had her 8 puppies and that keeps us busy or just preoccupied... a great excuse to be with them and not get anything else done:) They are sooo cute!! Today a couple of them have their eyes open and they still arent too loud yet. It will be hard to pick just one to keep... I cannot believe that I am going to have 3 dogs!! My husband is one lucky man.. I really didnt even want any dogs at all but he loves them and they have grown on me:)

I am really excited for the Holidays and all the food and shopping and decorations!!! I wanted to put up all my Christmas stuff this last weekend but Jed told me I should wait, it would be right to put it up to soon before Thanksgiving so I will wait a little longer... next blog or one soon will be all my decorations up... before Thanksgiving:) !!!! Cant wait:) Happy Holidays!!!