Thanksgiving Weekend

We had such a great Thanksgiving, it was hard to come home and get back to reality. We relaxed and played. I could have stayed another week.
Every year for Thanksgiving Wes's Aunt Brenda and Uncle Tom host a huge get together in their shop with all the extended family on Wes's mom's side. There was a ton of food and fun. We also do a four wheeler scavenger hunt out in the desert. Wes and I came in like 7th place or something. It was so fun! We played games and did a 3D puzzle. I gave up on that one. Wes's brother Isaac finished it. It took him like 14 hours. On Sunday we went to church with Wes's parents. It was kinda nice to get a break from nursery. Don't get me wrong I love my nursery calling and the sweet kids, but sometimes I just want to sit while at church. I did end up helping Wes's mom with her primary class and being in primary most of the time. Ha Ha. I love kids.
All in all we had a blast. Now on to Christmas stuff. I start my Christmas themed stuff in my Preschool next week. The kids are doing a Christmas program, so we have been practicing Christmas songs. Ethan and Lilly are really milking all the information in that I teach them in Preschool. It has been such a benefit to our kids by me teaching preschool out of our home.

In the Spirit of Thanksgiving

In the Spirit of Thanksgiving

Byron's a big boy!

Byron is 7 now! We had his first "friend" party this year. It was a lot of work. There were 13 kids (including my 3). I thought my preschool kids were wild. I kind of let them do their own thing, they broke a few of our toys in the process. But, all of them seemed to have a really enjoyable time. They played out in the backyard, they each made their own pizza (they got to roll the dough, put on the sauce, cheese, and pepperoni), they got to frost and decorate two sugar cookies as well. We opened presents and some of them watched a bit of Dennis the menace. I think next year I will probably just either make dinner for them or order Pizza.
My back was killing me after everyone left. I laid down and then I stood up and I felt so dizzy. My world was spinning. It was so hard to take care of my kids that night. (Wes has been working 15 hour days). I finally had to interrupt his work and he had to put the kids to bed for me. I had to go to sleep. It was 7:45. I slept from then until the next morning. I hope this back pain will eventually go away. It's really cramping my style.

Charade, Wait until Dark, Roman Holiday

Wes and I love watching old movies. Come to find some of our favorites are with Audrey Hepburn. We watched Funny Face the other night and didn't like it much though. If any of you are looking for some good clean movies, I would highly recommend these.

Nightmares

Last night Byron had a nightmare. Our kids rarely have bad dreams, I don't know if Ethan has ever had a bad dream. It's funny because Byron doesn't get out of his bed, he just says, "Mom!? Dad!?" really loud. He got in our bed for a few minutes and then I made a bed for him on the ground at the end of our bed.
Growing up I usually had my own room and whenever I would have a bad dream I would whisper to one of my parents while they were sleeping. They would tell me to lay on the ground at the end of their bed. It's so funny how much comfort I got just being by my parents after being soooo afraid of what I just dreamed about.
I think there are a lot of things I do that my parents did with me growing up. I guess this is one of them now. Hopefully our kids won't have too many bad dreams in the future, but if they do. They get the floor. I can't sleep with kids in our bed. :)