Twilight

So is anybody else into the Twilight books? I love them and was excited about the movie coming out. I called James asking him if he would like to go see it with me. As much as he loves me he told me no. I made the mistake of trying to read some of it to him and he gagged on the romantic parts. In other words if I was going to go then I would have to find a friend to go with me. I started calling around and found out that down in Cool Springs someone from the Stake had reserved a theatre for 500 people and it was going to be at 10 p.m. but only 6 bucks. I decided that would be fun to do so I called Timber and a couple others and asked if they were going or would like to go with me. Timber was a good sport and came with me. It even snowed a little on the way there. We stood in line for awhile but finally made it in. It was pretty much about 6 of us from Church (married, us old folks) and the rest were teenagers or the majority was teenagers. It was hilarious! Anytime Edward came out they would squeal and cheer. We couldn't help but laugh. It makes you think what things you did as a teenager. Did I act like that? was the question of the night. It was fun. Thanks Ladies for letting me go with you.

Sam's Club

Aubrey and I love to go to Sam's Club. Especially on the weekend when there are a lot of samples. She is the only one that usually gets the privilege of going with me. However, one day after registering the van we went to Sam's with Jaxon as well. As we were walking in Aubrey was already explaining to Jaxon how things work. She then asked him if he wanted "some examples" to eat. She told him "examples are very yummy and you will love them." I didn't have the heart to correct her yet. So now when we go to Sam's we go there for "examples." :)

Recovering

We have been trying to get sickness out of our house for the past month. From the flu to colds to sore throats. We are finally feeling a million times better but obviously we are still recovering and needing some extra sleep.

Jaxon loves to try on new hats and loves his coat so we had to take a picture of him with Aubrey's helmet on backwards.

James is getting Old

Eli loves his Pizza, can you tell? He is into hugs lately and when we went to pick him up from school the other day because he was sick he walked over to Aubrey and gave her a hug. Now she is always trying to get one from him. It is so sweet!

The big 29! He has already threatened me to not throw a huge party for next year. We'll see what happens. We celebrated a couple days early. It ended up making the day more relaxing. A party is not a party without pizza! James got some great gifts. He got new speakers for the computer and a new game called "Civilization." He also got a mouse pad with pictures of his kids on it for work. We had ice cream that night but then we had brownies for his real birthday on monday. The kids and I went to his work and decorated his car. Haha We love our James!

pumpkin cookies

We had some friends over for the day. Sarah and Everett Boughton came over while their mom went out for her birthday. We love having visitors and we even tried to make some pumpkin cookies. Aubrey wanted to stir and I usually let her so I handed the bowl to her. She was playing around while she was stirring (showing off is more like it) and ended up dumping the whole bowl onto the carpet. That is why there is a picture of orange carpet. The picture doesn't do it justice. It was ORANGE! I didn't have any carpet cleaner so we were going to walk to target but it started to rain on us. When Bishop Boughton came to pick up his kids he brought his carpet cleaner and cleaned the carpet. It looks much better. Thanks Bishop! I like orange but I wasn't ready to go back to the 70's carpet look.

After Halloween sales

So, we got lucky and made it to some of the Target and Walmart after halloween sales and Aubrey found a pink wig this week and fell in love with it. She even tried to wear it to the mall one day and I was going to let her but then she took it off and said, "I better not wear it, everyone will laugh at me." She says that a lot about her clothing lately if it isn't just right. I don't know where she got it from. She loves to dress up but she also gets tired of new things fast. That's my teenager for you!:)

Jaxon's Birthday

Jaxon's 2 now. Time flies and we are already getting questions about when another one is coming. Not anytime soon! We love this stage of independence; well as much as you can enjoy the word, "No," and the phrase, "I do it" or the word "Mine!" Or even the screams of protest when they are removed from a situation. I didn't think fighting amongst siblings would start so young but Jaxon has a mean right hook.

We started off having a curious george party; thus the masks but then we had a pinata that had shrek on it. We also had power Ranger balloons and spiderman candy. We were all over the map with this party but all of those things are Jaxon's favorite. He got a bike, buzz lightyear (which Eli tried to snatch the very second Jaxon opened it), some beautiful cards (thanks Great Grandma, and Grandma), some great phone calls, and lots of candy (his favorite thing). When you ask him "how old are you?," he holds up all five fingers and says "two." We'll work on counting the fingers later. Happy Birthday, Jaxon!

He loves his bike and I think it is because it has a million buttons on it. For a few days that was what we'd hear while napping or doing any other thing. Quiet toys are the goal for Christmas. I wonder if we could pull it off! We'll See!