Go Jazz Go!

Bill has ALWAYS been a big Utah Jazz fan. I have too, but usually if there is nothing else on T.V. This year has been pretty fun so far to watch them! They tend to have a pretty big finale' at the end of each game. Makes things interesting. We have just recently started reward punch cards for the kids and once they reach 16 punches they can choose something they want, whether it be a small toy or time with us they can pick. It has worked really well! Stella even comes and asks us if we need help (knowing it will earn her an extra punch on top of the one for doing the chores). She's catching on fast! Bill thought it would be fun to take them to their first Jazz game to start out the rewards. They had fun for the first half then started asking when it was time to go home. Bill and I had a great time though! They did like the Jazz Bear quite a bit. He was pretty entertaining this time. Next time we're sticking with ice cream rather than overpriced (but still worth it) tickets!

What We're Thankful For...

So this year we decided to do something different for Thanksgiving. We made a "Thankful" jar and for 2 weeks wrote what we are thankful for. It was a lot of fun and something I want to carry on as a tradition. Next year I want to be sure to start it at the beginning of November. I loved to ask the kids everyday and hear what they would list. Here are our thankful cards all put together.





I love that Tristan is thankful for Tyler, Jesus, his "gun shot" & Lightening McQueen. And that Stella is thankful for art, snow, Duke and Princesses. Of course we are all most thankful for each other, but had to make sure to think of all the other things we are thankful for. I love this month for the very fact it heightens our gratitude for all of the blessings we enjoy everyday.



We enjoyed 2 Thanksgivings again this year! We spent Thursday afternoon with the Duffin's and Friday evening with the Robbins side. It was so much fun and so yummy! The kids had so much fun playing with their cousins, Stella was so disappointed it had to come to an end. The whole weekend was such a blast catching up with each other, playing games and watching some sports. I know I loved every minute and I hope everyone else did as well! Happy Holidays!

Halloween

I can't believe I haven't blogged about Halloween yet! Things have been so busy lately. I guess that's pretty typical for this time of year tho. Anyways, Stella was a "nice witch" and Tristan wanted to be Spiderman. I loved both of their costumes. I picked out Stella's costume (forgetting that she has already been a witch once before) but luckily she loved it too. The little hat is what sold me. I had to have it! I mean, she had to have it :) Tristan surprisingly wanted to be Spiderman. Surpring because he has NEVER even seen any of those kind of movies before! He looked pretty dang cute in it though.





We went to our neighborhood trunk-or-treat the week before Halloween. So fortunately for us once we started to run low on junk we were able to go trick-or-treating yet again. The weather was pretty dang cold both times, but the kids lasted until Tristan had to go potty and couldn't wait much longer! Stella also had her very first school parade. That brought back memories of me doing that and my mom coming to get me ready and looking for her as I was walking through the crowds. Now I am that mom! I love it! She has tons of hair so that was what helped us spot her from the distance. I love Halloween. I love that it is in the fall time, I love that it is the beginning of the holiday season, and to be quite honest... I love the candy.