Thanksgiving Prep

Well with Thanksgiving being tomorrow I am just finishing up the last final prep work tonight.
No I am not cooking the entire thanksgiving dinner (thanks to my wonderful mother in law).
Just the rolls. (all 150 of them)
But since this is my first time EVER having to actually help make the Thanksgiving dinner I thought that I had better document it. :) Pathetic, I know, but when you have a wonderful mother like me everything just gets taken care of,
And Thanksgiving CAN actually be a relaxing holiday if you don't have to cook.
I mean GET to cook.
I hope this doesn't sound like I am complaining! Because I truely am not.
It is cool being able to help out with the food. It is kind of like I have now joined a club of sorts. I don't know exactly what you would call it... but it is definitely cool ;) Now everyone else has to deal with my cooking and I get to choose to make whatever my heart desires (as long as it is a Thanksgiving food so that definitely narrows things down a bit)
Pretty cool huh? I know all of you men are getting pretty jealous now, maybe you are even thinking that you WANT to cook the food from now on...ok maybe not, I think we had better stick with the women if we want to have anything that looks like a turkey. :)
Well that is all for tonight, here are some pictures from my baking extravaganza, and I just have one question left... does this mean I get to graduate from the kiddy table yet?

Funny, no wait... Darling story :)

So I don't really share a lot of funny stories from work on here, mostly because I have usually forgotten them by the time night comes around. But here is one that I can't help but share with everyone because it was one of those moments that you go "Oh yeah, THIS is why I love my job" It was a needed moment and I am very thankful for it. So here it goes...

A couple of days ago when I walked into my classroom in the morning a little 5 year old boy comes running over to me and starts yelling
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE (at this point I was wondering what in the world he wanted) PLEASE, PLEASE PPPLLLEEEAAASSSSEEE!!!! Can I marry you when I get older?!
(HAHA! this is where I stopped myself from laughing because he was dead serious, I couldn't even use the excuse that he was too young because he DID clarify that he would wait till he got older...)
But I figured I had really better straighten him out because I don't think McKay would be very happy if I had said yes ;)
So I kindly held out my left hand for a visual and sweetly told him that I was actually already married.
He looked at my ring for a second and then said "Darn it!" Then he proceeds to gives me a big hug and says "But I STILL Love you!"
Melt my heart! Needless to say he was one of my favorites for the day :) (but pretend I didn't say that because as a teacher I do not get to have favorites...oh well we are all human)

Is it too early to decorate for Christmas?

...Because we did, two days ago actually and I love it! Yes yes I know, Thanksgiving hasn't even happened yet and I am usually the last one that would ever DARE listen to Christmas music before December. But, I was just WAY too excited to to set up our brand new tree and decorate it. And it is BEAUTIFUL, and it sparkles :)

It is crazy how excited for Christmas I am this year, I just love everything about it! Last year we were SO busy planning the wedding that Christmas was one of the last things on my mind. McKay and I didn't really exchange gifts and I really didn't help with even one Christmas decoration. So this year I am making up for lost time and who knows, I might even turn on the music a few days BEFORE Thanksgiving (gasp!) So here are a few pictures of our darling (actually it is quite huge) Christmas Tree.

The before photos


Onto the "fluffing"

And here is the final product, oh I am so proud! lol Thanks for Reading!

My Secret Obsession

Ok people I am going to share with you one of my secret obsessions, but I guess after you all read this post it won't be so secret anymore...

Why am I sharing this obsession you may ask?
Well I am completly out of blog ideas, but yet I don't want to just NOT post because I am lacking creativity. So here goes my attempt at coming up with something to blog about...

I blog stalk. There I said it. Haha yep that is it, and I assume that if you are reading this right now, you do too. And we all have our favorites that we love to read and usually we read about things we are interested in (I mean you can find someone out there blogging about almost EVERY subject imaginable) so tonight I am going to share a few of my favorites. They are all under the same category, all three of my favorite blogs is written by moms of multiples.

#1- The Wilkinson quints They are a LDS family and their story is incredible.

#2- The Cox Quads They have beat some amazing odds and their babies are darling!

#3- The Steece Quads This one is definitely VERY entertaining and I love how you can tell how strong the parents relationship is even while they are dealing with the stresses of raising quadruplets. This mom is SO good with words, and making even the hardest of times hilarious.

So there you have it, and yes I am telling you should go check them out and get a few good laughs. My favorite thing to do is start at the beginning of their blogs and read through because I love seeing each of their different reactions of when they first found out they were having multiples. Also I love seeing the pictures of when the babies were little. It will definitely melt your heart!

Ok last question many of you are probably wondering at this point, why do I love THESE blogs (I mean I don't even have ONE child to relate to their experiences) But yet their lives are the closest thing that I have to relating to what I do every day for 8+ hours. I also am around LOTS of children who are all about the same age. It is crazy, fun, scary, and insane all at the same time. So yes it is entertainment to hear about other peoples crazy experiences with kids and how they get through. It feels good to realize that you are not alone. (but thank heavens that I get a break each night, so I have no place to complain)
Why are they more fasinating when there is more than one?

Well that is all for today, have a great night!

Drum roll Please....

Ok I won't keep you ALL waiting any longer...Our exciting news of the year is that McKay just recieved a job offer at a nuclear facility in Idaho! YAYYYYY!!!!! WAHOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
If you can't tell we are VERY excited and this is a HUGE opportunity for us. It isn't completely offical (because we haven't sent the acceptance letter back yet), but if all continues to go well then we will be moving to Idaho Falls right after graduation. This is a perfect job for McKay and he is very excited to work with this company. As for me, I am also very excited, this is what we have been hoping would happen all along and I am just so very grateful that things are working out job wise so far. (oh and I wont lie I am SO thrilled that we will only be living a couple of hours away from family) Soon we will be living near this beauty :)
So that is about it, thanks for all of your support and now we just need to find a apartment/condo/house or whatever we decide to live in when we move up there, oh and make sure no classes are failed in the process. :) Have a good night!

Oh and P.S. Sorry Toni that we weren't pregnant, maybe next time jk Love ya! Thanks for commenting, I love them!

Halloween 2010

So just like EVERYONE else (and if you didn't then you really should) I am now going to give our version of what we did for the Halloween weekend. We decided to spend Halloween with my family at my parents house. Luckily all of the festivities were at their house so we didn't have to go far once we got there. We left friday and stayed till Sunday night (Loved it!) We haven't been in well over a month so it was SO wonderful to have a relaxing weekend. Saturday we had a small party with my cousins and aunt and uncle. We did the traditional soup and bread bowls that we have been doing for practically forever. So all day on Saturday I got to hang out with my mom, chat, and make soup and rolls. Needless to say we got in some good girl chats. And ofcourse we loved seeing the cute and some not so cute (really some parents need to set a limit for their kids on when they have to stop trick or treating) trick or treaters.




Also earlier in the week I had a Halloween carnival with work and I had dressed up as a rockstar. I wanted to show my family the costume but I didn't feel like actually putting the costume on, but Corinne did so here she is in MY halloween costume...
Then on Sunday we went to church with my family and Corinne sang in sacrement meeting with some friends, they did great! then that night we had a birthday party for my grandma Fry. We had dinner, opened presents, and ...jumped off the deck?? (crazy things McKay comes up with) Happy Birthday Grandma!





Oh and to make this weekend even more fun we were having car problems and our car was in the shop so we had to get a rental car. not fun, but So worth it! (oh and I think that he is going to be a model don't you? haha) here is our darling rental car slug bug!


Well that is the long version of our weekend, thanks for reading! come back soon to hear about our exciting news! good night!

Family Farm

This weekend McKay and I got the opportunity to go help his parents move into a new house. Their new house is about 10 mins away from their old one so it wasn't too far of a move. But the new house is bigger and has A LOT of land that comes with it. Basically it is a farm, without tons of animals...yet (I am sure they are coming) :)
But, to be honest I didn't really know what to expect as we were driving out there, I am a city girl and basically know nothing about farms, the country, and animals. But... it was SO cool and I am very excited that they moved out there! It was so interesting to learn about the goats, pet them, and milk them. I can't wait for the days that our kids can go visit grandma and grandpa's house. They will love it, man who am I kidding, I loved it! There is tons of space to explore, dig around in, create forts, and play tons of different games in. You can practically feel all the fun family memories that will be created at the house. It is so refreshing to just turn off the TV, get outside, and work hard. So thanks Mom and Dad for moving to such a beautiful house and we can't wait to come visit more.