Thanksgiving Weekend

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! We had a wonderful weekend! Katy and Stephen came down for Thanksgiving at our house and joined Martha, Dennis, and all of my family for the big meal. Of course there was football on inside and played outside, and everyone stuffed themselves. On Saturday we decorated the Christmas tree, and then made our way downtown for the light parade and the lighting of the Christmas Village. There were fireworks after the lighting, and we wandered about for awhile. The kids had fun, and DJ loved the fireworks. I think they were his favorite part of the weekend. I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday!

Decorating at Nana's

Last night we went to my mother-in-law's house and helped pull out Christmas decorations. The girls were a big help when it came to decorating the tree, and they got to see all of Nana's many different decorations from all of the countries she has been in. DJ had fun, too. He liked to make piles of ornaments on top of tree branches. And of course they had to pose for the camera!

DJ just loves dancing!!

DJ and his cousin

My brother and his son came to stay for a few days this week. DJ really liked having someone his age to play with for awhile. They composed on the piano, had some snacks, and of course threw in a sword fight. I have come to the realization that no matter what you teach a boy he will always find a way to have a sword fight.

Well, nothing to exciting happened this week at the Jones' house. The girls received their report cards, and Dallas and I went to Idaho Falls for the weekend. He had a training conference there, and I went along for the ride. The kids stayed with Martha and Dennis and had a blast. I am sure they want us to go out of town more often if it means they can get spoiled by their grandparents. Thanksgiving is this week, so I will be running around getting groceries and baking like crazy. We are going to have a smaller group than I expected, but it will be a joy just the same.

November 8, 2007

Today was a beautiful day here in Utah.The sun was out and the temp was perfect. For family home evening we made caramel apples. DJ just sat at the table going "yum!" until they were ready to eat. The girls had been begging to do this since before Halloween, and I finally broke down and got the stuff for it.

October 31

Happy Halloween!!! We had alot of fun on Wednesday. The kids got all dressed up for school, and Savannah had a party at school. Mackenzie dressed as a Goth Rocker, Savannah was a Death Eater from Harry Potter, and DJ was Bob the builder. Mom, Geoff, Ever, Kelsey, DiMitri, and Ramos came over for trick or treating, and brought home tons of candy. Then we went to my sister Autumn's house for some trick or treating, and finally to Dallas' mom's house. The kids were exhausted by the time we got home, and were in bed soon after.