Rivalry Week

Every year we go see the most adorable Santa with an out door sleigh. It only goes on the saturday after Thanksgiving. Which happens to fall on the UTAH vs. B.Y.U game every year. This year we had tickets to see the game. We were going to be short on time so we( my little family) all got dressed in our Utah gear and took pictures with Santa, then rushed off to the game. We had 6 tickets total and My sister in law was so kind to give up her ticket so my dad could go. She even watched Cali for me which was a very long time. Thank you Laura. Guess my dad really lucked out that she is not as much into football. We had a equal balance. 3 Utah fans and 3 B.Y.U fans. Lucky for us the tickets were on the Utah fan side.

Keeping with tradition we met everyone who was going to the game at Burger Supreme in Provo and then walked over to the game. Reuben and Sara and my Dad and Lori were all in town so we all met for lunch there.

Alan sprayed Jacob and my other nephew Sean's hair blue.






We walked around all the pre game stuff and the bous did the football toss.

And even though we ultimatley lost it was a super close and exciting game. We all remained friends and look forward to next years game. When I got home and found out that Max Hall (B.Y.U 's Q.B.) Hates me and thinks I am classless. He "hates everything about the University of Utah". Although I took offense at first I only have to laugh now. I laugh because his words after the game will forever be rememberd and even with his sorry, forced appology, he will never live down those words. Thanks Max for what you said. It gives me a good chuckle everytime I think about it. I now have a T-shirt that says "Max Hall hates me too. LOL.

H1N1 Vaccines

What Can I say. This year was a nightmare trying to get all the kids their H1N1 vaccinations. After hundreds of phone calls and hours in line in the wee hours of the morning we finally got it almost taken care of. Andrew has yet to get his booster dose but I am confident I can do it. My sister in law was very diligent in tracking down when the shots would be given. Checking the health department website daily and calling all the time. The first round that we decided to try for was a mass clinic on a Saturday. I got in line at about 5:50 a.m. I held spots for our group and we were lucky they had enough for us. The line got so long they finally did a count and sent the people that wouldn't make it on their way. We got in fine accept for Andrew. He had a football game and could not stay in line. I got Cali and the rest of the kids got theirs.

I did not leave the clinic until about 9:30 a.m. Long wait and long line. Then we had to get the kids under five their booster shots 30 days after the original.

Not such an easy task considering the shortage. I finally got Andrew in to the pediatrician office and he got the first dose there. One day my sister in law called and tried to get and apt. on line. I was also calling also and we could NOT get through. It was so aggravating. Finally on another day like a couple weeks later we were able to set up apt. for the girls and Jacob and we got it done. Here are some pictures from that day. We had to document success. We went through a lot to get them protected. They were very brave!

Thanksgiving

This year we were so kindly invited to my sister in law's parents home to enjoy the holiday. I was so happy i got to spend it with my closest friends who happen to all be sisters. I am officially an honorary sister. We were suposed to have Thankgiving with Craig's parents but considering all that his mom has been through this year she just wasn't up to having guests. It was a wonderful day. My assignment was rolls (of course) and my grandmas famous fruit cocktail whip cream salad. Ionly made 2 things but it took all day. I made 80 rolls so that's why I was busy in the kitchen. The turkey and ham turned out beautiful courtesy of Holly and it was all really yummy. It was a group effort and It was all great. Thank you to Laura's family for inviting us and accepting us into your family! The tables were decorated so beautifuly

After Dinner my father in law treated us to see New Moon again. The best part was we got to bring our mother in law (who has read all of the books) along with us. We were so lucky to hang out with her since her 4 month illness. She was in the hospital for most of that time. Now she can come out and about a little.

Funny Black Friday story:

After movie we headed up to Park City for midnight madness. It was about 12:30 before we got there. Partly because Diana (who was kind enough to drive us) missed the exit we take to avoid the traffic. It's not her fault. It's actually tradition. So we always end up getting off our normal exit and go the opposite direction to get back on the freeway and back track to our short cut.LOl. It really is funny we end up missing it every year! Then once we got to the parking lot Laura and i were both not able to undo our seatbelts. After a lot of pushing and pulkling mine came free. Then we all 4 had to help Laura. Her's was missing the black casing piece that fell below when Diana and her husband pushed the seat down for bikes. We had no idea it had fallen below or how to fix it. Diana was about ready to cut her out of the seatbelt! So it was suggested we loosen the lap belt and have her slide out from under neath. It worked great and she finally got out.. Too bad it took us 15 min. to discover that. We were so busy looking at deals and trying stuff on...we forgot to get pictures. Except for one of Holly and the red shoes she was thinking of Buying. She stood in the same place for an hour thinking about whether or not to buy the shoes after we obsessed over guess sweaters.LOL

Amazingly when we left the outlets Holly was brave enough to scooch herself under and pull the seatbelt over her for the ride home. I was shocked she was able to get underneath.

We usually stop for breakfast on the way home. We got to the first Mc Donalds drive thru and ordered. We get up to the counter to get our food and the lady tells us the sausage fryer is broken. Laura and I, desperate for our sausage mcmuffin with egg, decided to go to another Mc D's drive thru. This time we thought we would try the dining in area. At 5:30 a.m. We all got out of the car and stood there waiting for Holly like 5 minutes. We all thought "whats the deal?" "why is she not getting out?" Then discovered she was stuck and had a hard time getting out of the seatbelt again! We all forgot about the seatbelt. We all had such a good laugh. Poor Holly. Once she finally was able to get free we went up to the door and it was locked! So back in the car and thru the drive thru we go.

A few hours later after only 3-4 hours of sleep we all got a txt from Diana saying Her husband just went out to the car, found the piece that was missing and popped it back into place and fixed it in 2 sec. Glad Diana did not have scissors to cut the seatbelt! She really would have! LOL. We were gonna shop no matter what!

It was a great night. We all stuck to our budgets. My great buys were a $70 watch from Tommy Hilfiger for $20 and a down filled pink Tommy coat for Cali for $35. She was over the moon about it. It was a lot of fun and I know we were all very delerious by about 2 a.m. Another successful Black Friday:) It was all worth the lack of sleep.

New Moon

What Can I say I am pretty mature most of the time... accept for anything that has to do with twilight. I have to say nothing makes me feel more like a giddy school girl than the Twilight saga. My good friend Holly got us tickets to the midnight showing of New moon opening night. Of course we all re-read the book before the movie and I have to say it gets better every time. I love hanging out with the girls and just spending time for "ME". Most days I am serving my family and taking care of all my duties as a wife and mother. But a few times a month I get to go out with the girls and re_coup. I think it is important not to forget to take care of yourself and have a little time doing the stuff you enjoy. It is soothing to the soul.

One of the many things my girl friends and I have in common is our love and obsession for Twilight. There is no use on hiding it or denying it. I am just glad I am not the only "twi-mom" out there who loves these books. So off we went for a bite to eat at Olive Garden. One of our girls was missing this time. She got stuck in Vegas working and couldn't make it home
:( We missed you Diana.

We then went over to Holly's to watch twilight (the first movie) and I did my sister in laws make-up.

We got there a few minutes before the show started. We had an extra seat for our purses b/c Diana could not make it. This concerned a lot of people but I promise the seat was paid for. As we got settled we saw this sitting down in front of us. Almost a full Moon. Shocking I know. She really forgot her shirt! It's not about size people and I try not to make fun but if you are going to leave your house half naked than I have to say please check your mirror before you leave so people don't have to see more than they want. I know it's horrible to take a picture but It was part of the experience for us so We had to document.

The movie was awesome and I loved it! Sometimes films can dissapoint because they don't follow the books as well as you would like. In this case the movie followed very closely and I thought the director was true to Stephenie Meyers fans. Thanks girls for another fun girls night out!

Panning for gold

O.k. I am back tracking a little because I finally got the pictures I needed to do this post. When we were in California in the beginning of October, My sister Sara and my mom (Lori) took the kids to Caloma to pan for gold. It was such a fun day for the kids and I had to document there time there.

Cousins

Sean and Andrew are only 6 months apart in age. They love hangin out and are both very cool dudes.


My sister Sara and I


My mom Lori and sister Sara

Sara and my niece Ella

My Nephew Owen

Look at the serious concentration here. very serious stuff.

The kids were thrilled about their treasures. We had a great guide to help us get some real gold flakes and not fools gold. We had such a great time. Aunt Sara even bought all the kids candy and harmonicas from the gift shop, which they were all banned from using in the car on the way home. I highly recommend this place for kids and grown ups.