Hmmmm....What to Blog...

I just can't decide what to blog about our Thanksgiving this year.
I could do a full blog on Joy's different hairstyles, courtesy of her favorite aunt.
I could blog about 25 people sleeping in my house and where they all fit.

I could devote an entire blog to pies. 6 pumpkin, 2 lemon meringue, a banana cream, coconut cream, chocolate peanut butter banana, chocolate cream, a delicious apricot and huckleberry cheesecake. Aunt Lecia also brought her famous chocolate chip cookies, one batch of Andes Mint. We cooked a 22 lb turkey, 2 turkey breasts and 2 smoked turkeys. We made enough mashed potatoes to feed an army. (Who are we kidding? 35 people is an army.)

I could blog (or brag) about beating Matt at Settlers and Rook.
One of the highlights of the weekend was sitting around the piano singing through a bunch of music. I asked everybody to sing in church as payment for the free stay.
I could blog about my cute neices and nephews. Joy woke every morning and called out, "Calef! Calef!" and she called all the babies Layla.
I could blog about the guys going to the BYU game.
I could blog about how my in-laws (to show how much they love me) short-sheeted my bed and how Uncle Mark left his nose-picking mug as the wallpaper on my cellphone.
I guess I'll just blog that we had a blast. It was great to be together and I'm glad I married you all 12 1/4 years ago.

When the Family Gets Together...

So it's been weeks. Several. Since we had family night. A combo of Monday Night soccer games and play practice. We kept saying we'd do it Sunday night instead. We didn't. So tonight was a new beginning. #2 gave a lesson on using kind words--Don't say stupid or butt cuz those are bad words but you can say but without the last t.

#1 made BYU blue mint brownies.


The boy picked the game--TAG! We had several crashes and a few kids crying by the end.

We had a discussion on how we can help the walls stay marker free. Every time Mom picks up a writing utensil off the floor, everyone in the house has to pay her a dime. I'm going to be rich!......Sonic here I come!

Hair Hooray!

We crossed an important milestone today. Joy's bangs are finally long enough to pull back into two ponytails. Look how cute she looks.


She would not smile and say cheese. She thought she was so tricky when she ran away!

I dedicate this post to Joy's favorite aunt who loves to do her hair. (She's having a boy!)

Here's the post-nap pictures. The ponytails made it. (sort of)

It's Magic!

I admit I'm in love. It is the reason that my youngest is not up for adoption. It is the reason that my second oldest, the budding artist, doesn't have to be shipped off to boarding school. It is because of #2 that I can't just throw away all writing utensils in the whole house. Praise the man that invented the Magic Eraser.




I recently received an email about the dangers of magic erasers. Apparantly some lady scrubbed marker off her child with one and he got all these chemical burns. Don't worry about me. Joy always looks like this.....
















































But at least my walls are clean!