Turkey Day in Photos

We spent Thanksgiving this year at my sister Aubree's house in West Jordan. The food was fantastic and we had a good time. I made the Pioneer Woman's Mac & Cheese which was so fantastic, but I would recommend using a few different types of cheeses and don't bake it, but I prefer creamy cheesy Mac & Cheese so that is just my opinion. Brandon made his "Pink Salad" which consists of crushed pineapple, cottage cheese, cool-whip, and strawberry jello powder. It is mighty good, and so fluffy! 

After eating we went to Ogden to my family's big get together there. It is held in a church building and there was a talent show, soooo it's pretty much exactly what you think it is. Cousins, aunts, second cousins, people I don't remember the names of but I am related to... it's great fun. I got to pass out the cookbooks we made, over 350 recipes! And every single one of them is tried and true. It's pretty amazing. Side note, we eat Thanksgiving dinner around 1-3pm every year, and Brandon is so mystified by this because it is not dinner, that is lunch time, but isn't that what everyone does?? Or do other people actually eat at dinner time? Help me out here...

And now for lots of pictures of Baylee & Ethan, my niece and nephew. 

The cookbook.

Lil Baylee.

Baylee & Chrissy, I said "Baylee smile!" and she did! What a doll.

Puttin her to work.

Baylee watching uncle Cody play something. She sucks her thumb and I think it is so dang adorable.

Horsie rides.

Airplane!

The food, and I couldn't even fit everything on my plate so this isn't everything.

My Aunt Ellen, someone I can't remember the name of (sorry!!!!!) and my Aunt Debbie.

Upside down Ethan.

Big smiles.

Oh and we went and saw the Muppets. I really didn't know what I was getting myself into. It was about 5 hours long and pretty dumb. But there were a few funny moments so I guess that's something! Even the kiddies we were with were walking around and sleeping, so I think it's more of a Redbox thing... We did get a jumbo popcorn and HUGE Coke, and the cashier person goes "And you can bring it back for free refills!" LADY HOW ARE WE GOING TO FINISH THIS IN 1 MOVIE?! I don't understand. We even had about 30 people with us and we didn't finish it. It sat in my lap, so that was Thanksgiving dinner #2 for Brandon and I. 

Overall we had a great Thanksgiving. I did a little shopping with my mom and sister on Friday (Bath & Body Works, buy 3 get 3 free! And $5 2-packs of wallflower refills.) So that was successful. And I got Baylee an outfit for Christmas, and a bobble water bottle which I have been wanting for awhile (I know this is really exciting, but this is like my journal so humor me.) Then on Saturday Brandon and I got a few weekend deals, I got an 8 GB flash drive (it's PINK!!) for like $9 and Bran got an 8GB SD card for about $8. I went to Joanns and got some adorable fleece for a blanket I am making Ethan (On sale for $2.50/yd plus I got 75% off of that because it was the last of the fabric roll, so pretty much free.) And I got a blue basket for our bathroom for $3. What a deal. I also got Brandon to go to the dollar store with me, I like their cheap-o decorations, so I got some Christmas ornaments for $2 for a project I am working on. I think that's about all we got... Then Sunday we took a glorious 2 hour nap, and I got out my Christmas decorations. We need to get a tree soon, we DON'T do fake trees. Then we watched The Walking Dead with some friends like we do every Sunday. If you don't watch it it's SO good and you should. That's my update, so we hope everyone else had a great Thanksgiving!

Lately

Well I got sick and now Brandon is sick. I really don't know how your spouse CAN'T get sick when one of you gets sick. Should I Lysol everything after I touch it? Remain 4 feet away from him at all times? Confine myself to a different room? It's just not going to happen. I had a sore throat for 2 days and then a head cold (stuffy/runny nose, body aches). Bran has a sore throat. We're slowly recovering. Here are a few updates in photos:

This is pretty much the extent of my Thanksgiving decorations, however Hobby Lobby kindly just sent me an email that all of their Fall decor is 80% OFF, so that might boost my fall decorations. (For the cute Thanksgiving printable go here.)

 My parents had their 24th wedding anniversary! I love this photo, my dad is rocking that mustache and my mom's eyeliner is taking over. Don't worry we love to tease them. :)

 This is one of our chameleons Kinga. He is such an adventurer, he always wants to come out and explore. If you walk up to his cage he hurries and comes to the front so if you open it he can convince you to let him out. It's pretty adorable.

And the world's smallest container of maple syrup (found at Target). What in the world do you do with that tiny teensy amount of syrup!?

(AND it was the same price as the regular sized ones. BIZARRE)

I know this isn't that exciting but hey it's something!!!

Our Weekend

This weekend we did some antiquing, some shopping, some dining. I finally found some black skinny jeans, and some winter clothes. Oh and we saw Contagion! Makes you want to carry hand sanitizer and never touch anyone... It was a good weekend. I think it's pretty cool that we can spend the ENTIRE weekend together and not get tired of each other. I guess that's why we married each other. :)

This old doctor's bag was so very pretty.

Vintage calculator...

Found a cool autographed Charlie Sheen photo for $50, too bad he's such a train wreck these days.

These blue goblets are GORGEOUS. If I had a house, and more money, I would have bought them because they were stunning and I can't stop thinking about them. :(

 Ummm offensive? It's a mason jar cover...

 Magelby's for lunch. Stuffed breadstick, fries, and roll= CARBS ARE YUMMY. 

 I collect salt and pepper shakers and they had some GREAT ones, like little monks, and squirrels dressed as pilgrims... I wanted them all, but I also don't want to be the crazy lady with 1,000 trinkets around the house. 

And now another week of working our buns off! Happy Monday everyone.

All Hallows Eve

Our Halloween was pretty uneventful this year, which is a little sad but we should have planned better. I feel like it snuck up on me! We just made home-made banana splits and watched The Crazies.

I actually kind of liked the movie! It was scary definitely, but it's mainly about this husband and wife doing everything they can to live through the CRAZIES. It was pretty good. Oh and we only got around 7 trick-or-treaters! (We didn't pass out candy but our neighbors did so I heard how many they got.) Kind of a sad turnout. It was a scary yet yummy Halloween, but next year we are dressing up no matter what! That's a promise.

My neice and nephew are probably the cutest. Look at this little fairy and Thomas the train:

Oh and on an un-related topic, we went and had sushi at Sakura the other night and a big football player sitting near us ate EIGHT rolls by himself. Very impressive. Also probably very expensive!