Thankful Things

We had a great Thanksgiving!  Tyson forgot that he had to work that day.  We planned on spending the day in Payson, but since he had to work I decided to spend the morning at my parents'.  It was nice to get to see some of the Idaho family.  Easton loves playing with his cousins (who are actually my cousins... :)

We picked Tyson up in Orem and headed to Payson around 2.  Steve and Arlene had a huge spread of food!  Everything was great!  We brought these rolls and printed out things we are thankful for on parchment paper to roll up inside them.  It's safe to say Easton and I ate most of them and we enjoyed finding all the "thankful things."

 We spend the afternoon sifting through Black Friday ads trying to decide if we were going to head out.  We found a few things at Walmart and since they opened at 8PM on Thursday we decided to go.  Hayden, Arlene, Tyson, Callan, and I all went while Easton and Steve watched Shrek.  We got everything we were after!  Memory foam bath mats, batman pjs and slippers, and a memory foam mattress pad.  The deals started at 8 and we were out of there within 10 minutes!  It was great!

Friday morning Tyson had to work, but when I woke up at 7 I ran over to Smith's Marketplace to see if I could pick up a few other things.  Even though they opened at 5 AM, I got everything I was after there, too!  A TV wall mount, play kitchen, legos, and fur lined kids crocs.  (My neighbor mentioned the other day that we are such a "Croc family."  She is so right!  Never realized it before...)  So glad the Pages got me into this Black Friday stuff!

{Some of these things are obviously gifts so be careful what you say!}

That night, the boys and I went to dinner at Noodles & Co. with my family from Idaho and California.   From there we went downtown to see the first night of the Temple Square lights.  The boys enjoyed the nativity outside thanks to grandpa holding them up over the enormous crowds.

All the grandkids (+my kids - the greats)

 My fam minus a few

We have so much to be thankful for!  Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

Daddy Shoot Duck Ducks

I'm still working on a Thanksgiving post, but I don't have the pictures with me right now.  

In the mean time, Tyson has been doing a lot of duck hunting.  It's definitely safe to say it's his latest obsession.  He even  made Max a blind to lay in.  Made it.  Like went to Lowe's and got PVC pipe and went to Walmart for fabric.  He's a dedicated hunter I guess.  And he has spent several nights training Max to stay in the blind.  He sets up the blind in the garage and Max stays in it while Tyson hides a frozen duck.  Yep, that's right.  My outside freezer is filled with fully intact waterfowl.  Ugh.

Max stays in the blind until Tyson tells him to go find the bird and he actually does a pretty good job.

 Tyson and Casey - his most frequent accomplice

 It took forever to get this picture.  Max looks all sorts of obedient, but it's a lie!

 Tyson gave him a bath the other night.  We let him stay inside until he dried since it was freezing outside.  Boy was that a mistake!  Now he thinks he owns the place!  Runs inside every chance he gets!

Feeling Thankful

I have been feeling so thankful lately, I can't even explain.  I'm sure it's the Thanksgiving season kicking in, but I feel so blessed. 

I'm so thankful for my sweet family.  Tyson had one full day off yesterday and I totally took advantage of him.  I went tanning, got my nails done, and went shopping at the new outlets.  While I was gone he got the boys all ready for the day, cleaned the house, and took them out running errands.  He went to Lowe's to get a few things for a project and let Easton bring home 2 pieces of PVC pipes for swords.  While Easton was stalling before his nap, he thought it would be a good idea to put them together with "duck tape" and make Buzz Lightyear wings.

Tyson whipped him up some Buzz Lightyear wings and they mean SO much to Easton.

 I can't even begin to describe how thankful I am for my boys.  They have been making me smile all the time lately and I'm so glad I get to spend my days with them.  Easton is so funny and so smart and creative.  He wakes up SO early!  He came into our bed between 4 and 5 this morning and laid there as long as he could stand.  He finally tried to start making conversation and asked, "Dad? Would you like your back scratched?"  He scratched Tyson's back and said, "That was sure good of me to scratch your back huh dad."  Needing a little more sleep, we sent him downstairs to watch TV.  We heard something scraping against the walls and realized he was coming upstairs with his wings on.  We told him to take off the wings so they wouldn't wake up Callan, but he promised to just walk sideways.  He went back down and came back up in 5 minutes with a jar of nuts and whispered,  "Hey mom.  I just thought you might like some cashews."  Hmm I was definitely not thinking about Cashews at 5:30 in the morning, but thanks.

Callan is learning sooooo much so fast.  He is starting to talk like crazy.  He says "love you mom" which melts my heart and won't go to bed until he gives "brother muah."  He loves to count how many binks he has in his crib and LOVES to clean (today he stained the carpet blue with Windex and pulled out every single wipe in a Clorox bottle.)  He will eat anything if you clap and cheer for him and is still such a lover.

This week I have noticed so many little moments where Tyson and I just look at each other and smile because we think our kids are so cute.  We can't even stand it, we just love them so much.