Winter Fun!

Our family went shooting guns. During Christmas break when everyone has work off we head out and have fun, kids and all. It has become a tradition.

WHAT A WEEKEND!

My weekend was pretty amazing. It started out with my nephew's Eagle Scout ceremony on Friday. He did a cool project. He gathered games, books, and movies for the youth detention center. The workers were so excited to get the material. They do not have much for the boys who are there and it was really appreciated. He is a great kid and Ty has always looked up to him. It made Tyler really excited about the things that he will be doing in the future with scouting. I had to take a picture of the two of them together. A Wolf Cub Scout and a Eagle Boy Scout.
My Niece got baptized on Saturday. It was so special and you could feel the spirit so strongly. She is such a sweet heart. The day of her baptism Tyler was upset because he broke his candy cane and She gave him hers with a note on it. It made him so happy. That's just the kind of girl that she is. I love her a ton.
Scott got a new calling at church on Sunday. He is the 1st counselor in the bishopric. He is going to do so great and I know that it will bring blessings to our family. It was so neat to see my father ordain him as a high priest. The only thing that was a little hard for him to do was to shave. I have not seen him clean shaved since we were first married. It will take us a little time to get used to it.
So like I said, What a Weekend! It was a weekend full of the spirit.

I love Thanksgiving!

I know that this might not hear this to often, but Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. It's so nice to be able to spend time with family and talk the day away, while you can hear the kids laughing and playing in the next room. The food is always so fun to eat. I love to eat every ones dishes. This year my soon to be sister in law made buttermilk pie. It was her grandmother's recipe. It was sooo good.
Scott and I have the best families. Every year they make sure that they have Thanksgiving at two different times so we can go to both! Ya, TWO THANKSGIVINGS! What could be better then that!

Adoption Meetings

Sometimes we get to go to fun adoption meetings. They try to have a few that the whole family can go to. This one that we went to was at Boondocks. We had so much fun. First we got to look at children who are legally free for adoption through the adoption exchange. It was good to hear about some other options that we have. Then we got to go and play at Boondocks. It was a fun day. It was so nice to meet families that have adopted children and see how happy they all are. Tyler had so much fun their. We played games and he hit the jack pot on a game and won over 400 tickets. I was laughing because it reminds me of a "Vegas" for kids. Then after he picked out his prizes, (a stuffed dog, a pellet gun, and a ring for his cousin Kaitlyn) they took his picture to put up on the wall and gave him a free t-shirt. He was on top of the world. Then we got to play Lazer tag. Something that Scott and I love to do. Our team won! It was a great way to spend a Saturday.

I love Fall!

This fall has been the best! It actually has lasted for a while this year. The colors have been amazing. I love that Tyler loves to play in the leaves with his cousins. They worked so hard raking up the leaves and then the piles are destroyed in seconds. You got to miss being a kid! What a blast!

Look What I Won!

It was our anniversary. I can't believe that it has been 16 years. We wanted to get away, but it had to be just for a night because we had an adoption home study the following day. So I got us an awesome room for the night. It had a huge jetted tub in the room, a sauna, a huge plasma T.V. It was so nice to get away for the night. Scott got me a massage at the spa in the morning.
OK we really didn't win the Corvette. It's Scott's dad's new toy. When we told him that we were leaving for the night he said, "Come and take the Vet!" Scott was really hesitant at first and said he would talk to me about it. Of coarse I told him that I wanted to take the Vet. It was so fun to drive in. You don't even use a key to start it. You just push a button. It's the cutest car that I have ever been in. It gets going fast. It was actually my favorite part of the trip, except for being alone with Scott. When we had to take it back to his dad I felt a little sad. I didn't realize how much you could love a car.

NY Yankees

You could say that Scott is the biggest Yankee fan ever. He loves to watch all of the games. This year he was so excited. He just knew that they were going to win the world series. (#27) So on the big game night he let Tyler stay up to watch the game. It was a school night but it would be Tyler's first time to see the Yankees win the world series.
The next morning Scott made Tyler breakfast before school. And of coarse he made him N. Y. pancakes.