Blog Update Blitz

You all know that I haven't neglected my blog lately! Well, since I'm neglecting bags for a couple of weeks, I figure it's a great time to post a few things! Hang in there since I have a lot to say!

These photos are backwards in the date taken:

Thanksgiving, Nov 26th, we at Golden Corral with some of Dan's family. It was a nice break from cooking and cleaning all day, but I did miss having my mom's yummy leftovers! It's the first time I've ever gone out for Thanksgiving. I think I prefer a family event at home, but could handle doing this every few years!

On November 21st, we had a family party with the Jenkins's to celebrate Thanksgiving as well as my mom's 60th birthday! We had way more food than we could ever eat and it was awesome! We sang Happy Birthday and blew out the candle in a pumpkin pie. Althoug it's a zoo, I love getting together with my family and wish we could do it more often! My brother Danny was a trooper and lifted all the little kids clear up to slam dunk the ball. He was Mason's best friend that day! We also recorded a video to send to Charlie on his mission and had Suzy take a few snapshots of the family for Christmas cards. They turned out cute.

I hadn't given in to all the Twilight hype, but since New Moon came out on my birthday, I got a bunch of tickets and planned a girl's night out to see it. Well, I really wanted to read the first book and watch the movie before I saw New Moon, I started them and ended up reading all four books in 2 1/2 weeks. It was a lot of very late nights to get through them! I loved the movie (especially Jacob) . . . probably mostly because it was a night out with the girls. The acting was a little better than Twilight and I hope it's better for Eclipse. My computer was having issues at work that day, so I had to leave it with the IT guy for a while, forcing me to do what any other girl would do . . . . go to the mall! That's why I'm wearing the vampire shirt. It was a birthday gift to myself! During the show I almost crossed out vampire and changed it to wolf!

Nov 15th: This is Mason's first snow tower of the season. Dan helped him make it with a snow brick maker. He was so proud of it!

November 10th: Mason likes to go to the front door when we come home. A lot of times I'd open the door to this. It was so sad when the cold weather killed all the flowers! I hope he does it again next spring! Such a sweatheart!