So Behind!

I didn't realize that I never posted about our November.  Christmas has already come and gone time is flying by so fast!  November wasn't really busy and me and Kayzee were sick so that was not fun.  Here is our November...

We sold Danny's little white car and only had the truck and van.  We decided we still wanted a 3rd car to save the miles on our other vehicles and the van hasn't beens starting sometimes so we needed a back up car.  We found a great deal on this car and we have loved it so far.  2014 Ford Fiesta.

Me and my friend Allison from work are taking a weekly Aerobic Swim class and we decided to ditch it one week and go see Les Miserables instead.  So worth it.  The high school did an amazing job!!!

 Danny got to go Coyote hunting one weekend.  He had a lot of fun and he got one!

 I got sick at the beginning of November and was feeling horrible for about 3 weeks.  I had a fever on and off.  I even got a fever the Sunday that was my kids' primary program and I was so sad that I missed it.  Finally went to the dr and found out I had a sinus infection.  Antibiotics cleared it up so fast I don't know why I didn't go in sooner.

 Thanksgiving ended up being not so good this year.  Thanksgiving in our little family has always been celebrated with someone being really sick.  This year it was Kayzee.  We planned on having Thanksgiving at our house with Danny's family but more and more people were coming so we decided to have it in a big building at Danny's work.  That worked out perfect because the night before Kayzee started throwing up and was throwing up until 4 in the morning.  I was up all night with her.  So sad to see my girl so sick.  We slept the day away while everyone was out enjoying Thanksgiving.  Crazy day.

 Right after Thanksgiving we put up all our Christmas decorations.  The kids were so excited for Christmas!

 We went Christmas shopping and stopped by Scheels.  The kids had fun with all the things there are to do there.

 My friend Amy had her baby and she asked if we could babysit one night.  OF COURSE!  I realized that I hadn't changed a diaper or made a bottle in 5 years but we had so much fun playing with him.  Kayzee loved holding him.  I love that my friends and family are still having babies so I can get baby snuggles.

 Danny's sister babysat for us one day and me and danny went to see Justice League for FREE (thanks to my teacher union) and then went shooting and out to lunch for sliders at the Harley Davidson restaurant.

Being Thanksgiving and thinking a lot about what I am thankful for I am most grateful for my kids.  

  

Memphis is almost 9!  He is growing so big and he is my best buddy.  I don't know if it's because he is growing up or a different teacher but this school year has been so good!  We went to his Parent Teacher Conference and he is doing so well in school.  He loves read aloud time.  I have him in PE and Health and on one of his health assignments on the back he wrote that his mom is beautiful.  Sucking up to the teacher ha ha!  He hasn't gotten in trouble at school like last year except for one thing.  He got in trouble for starting a fire at school!  He was out at recess and caught some wood chips on fire using a magnifying glass.  Danny said he couldn't get mad because he use to do that when he was a kid.  I was just amazed that he got it to work.

 I combine with the Music teacher at school and we do Just Dance in the gym.  I got to see both my kids dancing and having fun with their friends.

 This is a letter that Memphis wrote me one night.
To: Mom From: your best buddy Memphis...

 Mom you're the best mom in the whole entire world.  From Memphis.  I just love my memphis and how sweet he is.  He is so tender hearted and I love that about him.

 My sweet Kayzee Lynn started 1st grade and has two teachers.  She loves them both and Kayzee is just amazing in class.  I know I don't have to worry about her.  She is so smart and has made a lot of friends because she is so nice to everyone.  I love that she still likes to snuggle with me and that we can play together. I also love that she loves her daddy so much.  I can't believe she is going to be turning 8 next year and getting baptized.  My baby is growing up!

 We call Kayzee Crazy Kayzee because of her silly personality.  She definitely keeps us laughing :)

 This girl and her luck.  This is the 3rd time she has won 1,000 tickets!!!

Well, we had a great Christmas but I will post about that soon!

October

Our October was eventful!  The beginning of October was General Conference.  We had Danny's family over and here is how they watched it...

My Nephew Max turned 2 and we were invited to his birthday party!  He is so cute!!!

 Our washer decided to not work anymore and the alert on my dryer stopped working so Danny let me get a new matching set of a washer and dryer.  I love them!  It's so nice when things actually work like they are supposed to.  Merry Christmas to me!

 I told the kids we would go to Cornbellys (corn maze fun fall activity place) but when we got there they were so busy they had no more parking so we decided to go to Classic Fun Center which was a great idea because we were the only ones there!  The kids had fun except that Memphis almost suffocated to death.  He got his head sucked into part of this blow up obstacle course (stuck his head where he wasn't supposed to) and he couldn't get it out.  He couldn't breathe and he said he felt like he was going to pass out but I was far away checking on Kayzee and had this feeling I needed to go check on Memphis and ran over and found him.  So grateful he was ok.

 Dance party!

 Kayzee is still our artist and she loves to paint and color and draw all the time.  She decided to try water colors.  Water colors are hard if you don't know how they work.  But wow Kayzee is good!

 Kayzee's leaf art!

 Every year I go to Witch's Night Out at Gardner Village.  Just a bunch of women dressed up like witch's and shopping at all the stores.  I usually go with my best friend Amy but she just had a baby and it would have been too hard on them so I went with family and this year I let Kayzee go.  It was a late night for her but she had fun.  She loved having her Auntie Nita with her too:)  Dancing to the music...

 Fall break is every October.  We got Thursday and Friday off from school.  Danny took those days off from work so we could go on a vacation.  We went down to Blanding to spend time with his family.  On the way we decided to stop in Moab and try the new Moab Giants Exhibit.  It has an aquarium, museum, 3D show, playground, and a fun walking trail.

 When we finally got to Danny's parent's house we went for a hike up past their house.  I love that you can go hiking anywhere right outside their house.

 We went out to lunch at the famous Patio drive in and this time they let Memphis and Kayzee go in the back and make their own ice cream!

 Memphis thought it was the coolest thing ever!

 Danny and I got to sneak away and go on a date.  We drove down to Bluff.  Beautiful drive.

 This picture doesn't show you much but the restaurant we went to dinner was all windows.  It was pretty.

 Memphis and Kayzee spent Saturday in town helping their aunties sell Grandpa's pumpkins.  They got to keep some of the money and they found lots of silly ways to entertain themselves.

 Our ward had a Halloween party.  Here are the kids in their costumes!  Kayzee really wanted to be a genie from a cartoon show she loves but the only sizes they had were toddler sizes so she decided to be a rainbow unicorn...

 Memphis is obsessed with the youtuber Dan TDM and this is his Minecraft character costume.  When we bought it at the beginning of October it was the perfect size but then by the time Halloween came around at the end of the month Memphis had grown 3 inches so it was a little snug and short.

 Carving pumpkins with Daddy!

 Kayzee got 3 cavities filled at the dentist.  In the past they knocked her out completely because she was so young.  This time they decided to try just laughing gas.  She started screaming and crying as soon as they put the gas over her nose and the numbing gel in her mouth.  We had to hold her down and finally I told her she could get a new toy if she stopped and it was like instant calmness of course and she was totally fine the rest of the appointment.  Argh!  Luckily her teeth are so tiny it didn't take very long.

 Halloween at school.  Here is my specialty team...Computers (a gambling baseball fan), Music, Art, and PE.  I love my team!

 Halloween Parade!

 Halloween Night Pumpkin Pizza tradition.  Usually we make mini pizzas ourselves but last year it took us an hour and we got out late trick or treating so this year I got a premade pumpkin pizza from Papa Murphy's and just heated it up.  Best idea ever!  We got out trick or treating sooner.  yay more candy!

 Danny was so tired from working his 11 hour shift at work so he stayed home and passed out candy.  I took the kids around our neighborhood.  We tried a new street this year because we got out sooner and now we know to hit this street every year.  They were passing out whole candy bars!!!

 And finally just a cute way to end this post...I found these pics from Halloween 2011.  Miss my babies but Halloween is a lot more fun now that my kids are more grown up!