Jumping in the pool after dinner

Wet suits are awesome! My kids really wanted to jump in the pool after dinner on Thanksgiving day! So they did! CRAZY! That water was really cold and would take your breath away even with the wet suit!

Thanksgiving Day!

Okay So I am REALLY behind! Sorry JILL and LEAH!

Thanksgiving day was also my moms birthday so it was an extra special day! We celebrated Thanksgiving at Charlottes house and the day was beautiful. Tina is 9 months pregnant in this photo. Isn't she so cute!

Badmittin Party

The Lindseys, the Goldens and the Jones' had a badmittin competiion! The Lindseys had home court advantage and won the whole tourney! It was a super fun Saturday afternoon! Thanks Linseys for hosting! We are going to practice up so we can take you guys on again!

Thankfulness Parties!

Courtney and Kaylee got to have big Thanksgiving parties in their classes on Friday before our whole week Thanksgiving vacation! Whoever came up with the week off at Thanksgiving is Awesome! Anyway Kaylees class got to pray and recite Psalms 100 for all the parents before they ate their fiest. And Courtneys class got to share stone soup in which everyone brought something to share to go in it, bread rolls and homemade butter that they made that day, and of course pumpkin pie. Very fun day for everyone. Since Troy is down to working 4 days a week he got to join me in attending the class parties which was a new one for him. Then after school we went to Target and bought candy and headed to the movies (Bretts favorite thing in life) and saw Madagascar 2.

Hula Hoop Hips!

We got to have a fun filled family day in Oroville yesterday. We left at 7:30 a.m. went and got donuts then picked up Grandma Charlotte from the Redding Airport, and then headed to Oroville where Kelly's husbands family lives. We had an early thanksgiving with them since Kel and Chad have weird work schedules for the holidays we won't see them until Jan 2nd. The kids had a blast playing with Kel and Chads other neices and nephew they did Hula hoops, scooters, bikes, wii , and went to the park . My kids came home wiped out. The guys got to go play 9 holes of golf , and the day was beautiful so we enjoyed being outside as much as we could. We had our Thanksgiving meal around 3pm and headed home around 6pm. Thank you Ken and Lorna for hosting such a great family day!

Tina's Baby Shower

Tina's Baby shower ended up turning out really nice, and was a lot of fun. We did a fun project where we stamped on Onsie baby shirts and decorated them for the new Jones baby. Tina received lots of nice gifts and the food was good. Charlotte read a cute book, that made as all get choked up "I'll love you forever", and shared a few thoughts. Thank you to everyone who pitched in to make the shower all come together. Thank you mom for letting us use your house once again for an event, your huge counter tops were perfect for 27 people to stamp. We can't wait to see what God gives Nathan and Tina. Nathan thinks a baby boy, and Tina thinks a baby girl. It is so fun not knowing!

Sibling Bonding Time

Well since my bro and sis were in town we got to spend some good quality time together. The day after my dads party we got to go hike Whiskeytown Falls, did 12 laps at Need 2 Speed, played kickball in the park, had a pizza party for dinner, and then went to our favorite place: the movies! What a great day!

Nov. 4th Dad turns 60 ~ Surprise Party

My very young dad, turned 60 on November 4th and Kelly, Eric and I planned a surprise birthday party for him at his house a week earlier. And believe it or not he really was surprised to find a house full of his good friends and family, and everything was Green Bay packer colors. We had a great evening of food, laughter, silly games (including around the world pin pong and pin the football on Aaron Rogers), and we sent him on a scavenger hunt to find his present from our family. He found a new bike on the roof of his house.

Happy Birthday DAD!! We love you!

I've been tagged 2 times!

I have been tagged by Megan and Breanna so I guess I better tell you 6 interesting facts about myself. You two are such great writers, this is going to be silly compared to your lists!

1. One of my favorite things in my life are my friends! God has blessed me with many, and I am so thankful for friendships new and old. I look forward to coffee together, walks, phone calls, workouts, scrapbooking together, emails, praying together and celebrating with one another lifes joys.

2. Sugar!!! I love to bake and eat goodies especially with Chocolate chips. Unfortunatly I am not going to be able to fit through the door if I don't slow down. ha ha So this week Troy and I have started to challenge each other. I have a goal, so if you see me stuffing my face, remind me to stay on it!

3. Dates with Troy! My husband is the coolest ever and I feel so blessed to have a husband that Loves the Lord! Troy you make me laugh, you are so encouraging, and helpful and I love that you are so consistant. You are my better half and I love you! When is our next date?

4. Okay now that I am all choked up, I love coffee! I better clarify cuz my mom and Charlotte think it is not coffee, because I really like the foo foo coffees. Sugar Free Coconut Cream latte, or Iced toffee nut latte at my favorites at the moment, HOWEVER, my morning latte has turned into a morning protein shake with espresso in it, but at least I still get my coffee fix.

5. I love to scrapbook, and create things with beads. These are two fun hobbies that I enjoy but don't find nearly enough time to do what I would like, mostly because I am too tired after my kids are finally in bed, all I want to do is crash on the couch for a bit. I do enjoy the all day scrabooking days, and a weekend away just to scrapbook with girlfriends.

6. I have so much fun when I get to spend one on one time with my kids. I doesn't happen very often, but I really enjoy when we get to go on dates together because they are so different when they are not competing for one anothers attention. Brett always chooses a date to the movie with me, Courtney always chooses All fired up to paint something, and Kaylee always chooses lunch or ice cream. Thier little personalities are so funny! I am pretty sure my love language is quality time what do you think?

Okay Megan and Breanna, are you happy? I tag Leah Gomes, and Jill Jones, Amber Finley and Mary Schneider.

Halloween '08

Well it was a rainy night so not much trick or treatin was done but Kaylee and Brett hit the streets with mom and Grandma Dee. Courtney and I stayed at home because she was not feeling very good. Brett dressed up like a pirate and Kaylee was a princess. Courtney was going to be a Candy Corn. It was fun and they got a good amount of candy. Even some of the neighbors gave extra because Kaylee told them that her sister was sick and could not come out tonight with them.