Happy thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving! So much to be grateful for !! We had a nice relaxing thanksgiving with jake's family at the Boyle's house! So much food and so much pie! I am humbled every day by the endless blessing we receive. Just my husband and kids are enough to fill my gratitude cup! I feel so lucky to live in a country where women are given rights and equality and that I can have a job that I love so much. I'm so lucky to have food to fill my families tummy and a safe place to live with people who have made pleasant grove a home for us. I'm so lucky to have the best marriage and kids that are funny and clever and healthy! I am so grateful to live in a time of such amazing technology that I can keep in touch with my family and friends back east that I love so much. I am so lucky to know and understand of the special love that my Heavenly Father has for me and to be reminded of that love every time I think of all of the wonderful things I am blessed with. My cup runneth over.....

Our First Egg!!

Chubs laid her first egg! It's the green one! So exciting!

Cousin Fun

Bry, Jenn and the kids stopped by on Saturday just to say Hi. I love getting together with them and seeing our kids play together. Family rocks!!

Family Hike In New York

Bry and I stayed in Rhinebeck at Jess' new place (Yay! No more Luciano!) after the wedding. In the morning Mom, Dad and Charly came up and brought breakfast and then Jess took us on this great hike. We climbed the fire tower and the views were phenomenal!

Katie's Wedding

The original 5 were all together in NY for a great weekend! Katie got married and it was a great excuse to be all together! Bryant and I flew out Thursday night and it was a perfect amount of time to sing some good songs from our youth (Motorcycle Drive By), eat some of my fav NY foods (Pizza, Crumb Cake, Deli Sandwhich a Daily Planet), see my girlfriends (Meliss, Sarah, Jov, Kari) and party at KAtie's wedding!

The wedding was at The Links and it was so much fun! We danced and laughed, took some goofy pictures and had a great time! I'm so glad I got the time to be there. I love my family and we're not too bad looking either!

It's Halloween!

Such a fun Halloween! The kids really understood it and were excited about costumes, and candy and trick or treating! They loved their costumes and the whole family had fun making them!

Jake started his new job at Papa John's so he missed out on the festivities, but I got to enjoy getting them ready and taking them around the block! They were adorable saying "trick or treat" and going house to house.

We met up with the family for more trick or treating and a fun little Halloween party at Grandma Joys.

What a fun Halloween with my Red Riding Hood and Big Bad Wolf!

Zoey is FOUR!!!!

There is nothing more exciting than Zoey's Birthday! The girl can't contain herself! We made our little birthday chain link and she patiently cut one everyday! We made rainbow cupcakes for her preschool class and she knew exactly what she wanted her cake to look like that grandma made her! On her birthday  Jake took the day off and because I had laryngitis I left school early. We took Zoey to Zupas for lunch. We had family over to open presents and then went off the a church Christmas party.

This is such a grown up year for Zoey. She is potty trained and a pro at it. She started taking dance and started preschool. She is in primary now. She is certainly not a baby anymore.

Zoey's personality is amazing. She is sociable but not overbearing. She loves to be a girl, but is fearless in most things. She is independent but loves to cuddle up. I adore this little girl.

Something things about Zoey:

- She LOVES rules! This is great most of the time, until someone else isn't following a rule and she has to point it out. I think she is going to be a tattle tale.

- She is inquisitive. She is always asking HOW? WHY? WHEN? WHERE? And she really listens to your answer and take it in. She really just likes to learn and understand things. Whenever she is having a tantrum, or doesn't want to do something, if you explain why we need to do it, she gets on board. I love that she can reason.

- She gets out of bed usually 2-4 times a night. Jake and I put her back in her bed and then two hours later, Zoey is squeezed between us again! The girl loves to cuddle!

- She loves her Calico Critters. She sets them all up and it takes forever before you can actually start playing!

- She loves when grown ups play with her

- I can tell she is learning from Daniel Tiger show because when she does something, she sings the little songs as if to remind herself of what to do "Saying sorry is the first part and then ask 'How can I help?' is the second" or something like that. Sometimes she gets upset if Gigi doesn't ask her "How can I help?" haha.

- She is maternal- a true girl.

- She loves soup, goldfish, vanilla ice cream with sprinkles, milk in a cup, cereal



 Zoey Talk:

-Zoey was sprawled out on the floor complaining that no one would pick tomatoes in the garden with her. The she gets quiet for a minute and then says "I wish Jesus were here. He would pick tomatoes with me"

"Saying sorry is hard"  (After being in time out I told her she needed to say sorry to Gigi)

"Logan you can't eat an otterpop for dinner. You can have something healthy like yogurt, applesauce, chicken nuggets, oatmeal...." (So wise!)

I could write about Zoey all day. She keeps up very entertained and very on our feet! We love you Zoey! Happy 4th Birthday!