Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving!

Things I'm thankful for:

-Being able to go to California to see Conner one last time before he leaves for his mission to the Philippines.

-Spending time with my family

-Playing idiot with family

-Going to Business Costco and laughing at my sisters running around in the store with their eyes closed and wearing the bright orange jackets in the huge freezer and dreaming about owning my very own frozen yogurt machine

 -Going to the temple- even though it was closed and we didn't know, we were able to see the new visitors center which looked awesome

 -Burning my hair on Thanksgiving with a curling iron- it smelled really bad but I don't think it it noticeable so it is okay for a little while- I'll have to get it cut soon though...

-Spending time with my Grandma

-Finishing my painting of me and Josh-  I got the picture ready, Conner outlined it on the canvas and I painted it- I like how it looks on our shelf

-Coming home and putting up our 1 Christmas decoration- we have ornaments but no tree, so maybe we'll hang those somewhere too, but later

Shutterfly

I love a good deal- so I am posting about this so you can all share in my happiness of this deal. 

My parents have done a picture Christmas card every year they have been married.  I have wanted to contnue this tradition, but with no kids I've felt we are boring and no one wants just a picture of us.  But I am going to send one out this year anyway.  Maybe someone will enjoy it.  Maybe just my mom. 

But I feel like I can do this because Shutterfly is offering a great deal.  If you blog about Shutterfly you receive 50 free cards.  Done.  There are a lot of great products that you can create with your pictures from Shutterfly.  So check it out.  I love the flat cards with multiple pictures.  I think I'll do a flat card with jsut one picture though because there are only 2 of us, but there are so many options and color choices that it is fun to paly around with the options. 

You can also make calendars for each year personalized with family pictures.  I think it is so fun to see how your family and kids looked last year around the same time and see how they grow.  awesome.

October

We have had a fun month.  Here are some pictures of what I've been up to.  I would say "we've" but then I realized that Josh has been studying or working, so I've done these things by myself, with Josh's support.

Halloween party with some friends from the ward. (One of the husbands was complaining that we always only have pictures of just the women, which is true, but I just don't feel like the guys ever want to get together to take a picture, so too bad for them...) 

Also, I already love going to Joann's and finding fabric, but I love it even more when they have sales and fabric is 50% off- I mean it really is amazing!  I made these two purses this week and have been having so much fun!  I got the design for the first one from this blog, the second one is a pattern I made up- I'm not totally in love with it, but I may tweak things a bit so it looks better. Let me know what you think!

Parent Weekend

My parents came up to Denver to visit for the weekend.  We didn't take a lot of pictures, but we had fun.  I am excited to get everyone together in November for Conner's farewell.  I love family!

My typical work conversation

Convo #1
J: You look really old.
Me:  Oh yeah...
J: Yeah, you look like 13!
Me: Wow, that's old.

Convo #2
B:  You have a broken nose.
Me: I'm pretty sure I don't.
B: I'm pretty sure you do, it's messed up.
Me: Ok, thanks.

Convo #3
B: You're a white girl.
Me: yup
B: I'm a black boy.
Me: true (then I just started to laugh)

I'm never quite sure how these conversations start.   #1 was when we were building with blocks, # 2 was when he was waiting in line to get his picture taken, and then again a week later during reading time (I have never broken my nose and according to Josh it doesn't look broken), and #3 was when he was washing his hands before snack time.

Oh how I love working with 4 year olds.

Labor Day and BYU

On Labor Day we decided to head over to A Taste of Colorado.

We were able to have some samples of food from restaurants we haven't been to before and we had a lot of fun.  We discovered a great place called Gelazzi's that serves sorbetto, we just have to figure out when in Denver it is. It was a fun day and I am glad we went. 

We also were able to attend the BYU v AFA game on Saturday.  The first quarter was fun, we were cheering.  After that we were more just yelling loudly, but it was fun to go and cheer on the Cougars, even though they didn't do well.  I'll still cheer, I just hope they get it together for the next game.  

more mt rushmore

I just wanted to post more group pictures.  Thanks Kaley!

the group in front of the cabin and in front of the mountain... so fun.

Josh inside the cave- he got inside this tiny hole that he had to slither to get in and out of- he loved it!