SPT- JOY

The SPT Challenge this week is JOY. For those of you that don't know my youngest son has been growing out his hair for a LONG time. I told him I would love it if he cut his hair as a birthday present to me (2 weeks ago). He told me I would have to wait for my birthday present until February then because that is when he would be cutting his hair. (That is when he will have to have his pictures taken for his mission) So, I decided not to bug him about it - I could be patient.

Well, to my surprise, he called Kami and asked if she would take him to get his hair cut. She didn't really have the money but she assured him I would pay her back. He asked how she knew I would and she just said "TRUST ME-SHE'LL PAY ME BACK!" So she jumped at the chance and they came to surprise me at work. I know it sound dumb but it made me SO happy! He looks so handsome now that I can see his eyes and he doesn't have to do that little hair flip thing he did every few minutes to keep it out of his eyes. I wish he would have done it ONE day sooner because we got our pictures taken the day before- Oh well!

Anyway- silly as it seems- this is my JOY for the week! (plus the fact that he is planning on getting his mission papers started in a few more weeks) LOVE that kid! He fought me over taking the picture so I didn't care that he was being a goof!

Date Night this week...

So Kami snagged us some tickets to Celine Dion from a Dr. at the hospital that was giving them away. She knows that Rod loves Celine so she sent us on our merry way for a date to Jobing.com Arena to hear her concert. She was amazing. The energy she has is incredible.

The best part of the show, however, was the opening act, Gordy Brown. He was hilarious! Here's a clip of him on Letterman. He does impressions of singers and changes the lyrics to their songs but I couldn't find a clean enough clip to post. LOL This one is questionable but not too terrible...

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Anyway, thanks Kam for the fun date night!

Boy time flies and it's Thankful Thursday again!

I'm SO thankful for my family and all they do for me.

I'm thankful that my hubby remembers my birthday all on his own and took the time to spend most of the day with me.

I'm thankful that everyone in my house is healthy (although Rod is still coughing a lot at night and keeping me awake)

I'm thankful that I can learn so much from other people's trials. Through blogging I've really learned to appreciate all that I have. You can read here, here, and here about some good people that have made the best of what has been given them.

I'm thankful that I was able to talk to my dear friend Darcie on my birthday! Love ya girl!

I'm thankful that we are always learning and growing and improving ourselves and our relationships.

That's it for this week- Only 20 more days til Christmas. Scary huh? I don't have a SINGLE gift bought, made or even thought of. I'm in trouble aren't I?

SPT-Christmas LOVE

Lelly's 1st December SPT Challenge is LOVE.

I LOVE this nativity set. My father sent it to us our first Christmas together 26 years ago. We have added pieces to it through the years. Every year we put it out where we can all see and enjoy it frequently. I LOVE that it reminds me of the true meaning of Christmas. After all the decorating, shopping, parties, etc this is truly what Christmas is about. His LOVE for us.

Thanksgiving Fun!

We had a great Thanksgiving. Rod's entire family was here. The boys and Kami went to hit softballs while we waited for Bren's family to finish at their other party and while the turkey's cooked. Everyone seemed to have a great time. Ever since Matt came home from his mission he has asked if we could do a Turducken for Thanksgiving.(See what living in San Francisco for 2 years will do to you?) I finally told him if he would be in charge that I would get the stuff. Well he and the infamous Alyssa (aka Marissa, Melissa, Beluga, Alisha) put a LOT of time and effort into this work of art. For those of you that don't know- a Turducken is a chicken inside a duck inside a turkey. You have to completely de-bone all 3 birds except for the legs and wings of the Turkey.







I am happy to report that it was a success. The only little glitch we had was that it needed to be cooked a little longer than we planned. That is one HUGE solid piece of meat and with stuffing in between each bird too. When we carved into it- it was really pretty! Now everyone wants it to be a tradition. Hopefully Matt will take that on and be in charge again. Too much work for me with all the other preparations that were going on.

Kami's husband went to the dunes for Thanksgiving and she had to work so she had to stay behind. We took pictures of his "girls" to send him letting him know he was missed.



Bren's girls LOVE all the attention they get at family parties. Allie was lovin' on Cory all day- This picture was one of my favorites!

And of course what is Thanksgiving without a couple of our favorite PILGRIMS! Papa and the girls...




Hope all you TURKEYS had a great Thanksgiving with friends and family.