On the first day of Christmas our elves brought:

So Chelton's family had a tradition in their house when he was younger that he loved and that we have adopted into our own tradition. 12 days before Christmas the kids leave a shoe under the tree and if they are good that day the elves will leave a small present or treat in their shoe the next morning. Now we have to tell the kids this is something special that parents can sign up for so that they don't make all their friends feel bad that they don't get the elves come to their house.

So last night was the first night that the elves came. This morning the boys jumped out of bed (which is a rare thing...usually I have to drag them out of bed) and raced down to the tree to find what was in their shoe. Garrett and Connor had ninja swords and kylie had a my little pony type (well the cheap all a dollar brand anyway). The kids get so excited for this and I have enjoyed getting them so excited for Christmas and also I must admit I like hanging it over their head that if they are not good their shoe would be empty. Well I thought I would count down every day telling what the elves brought.

Happy Birthday Kylie

My baby girl turns 2 today!!!! Happy Birthday Kylie....we love you.

I have so much to be thankful for

With Thanksgiving tomorrow, I thought it appropriate to make a list of some of the things I am most thankful for. Of course what I am most thankful for in this life is my husband. He is so wonderful. If I were to make a list of everything I think makes a perfect guy it would fit him to a tee. I am so blessed to have such an amazing guy to call my own. I am also thankful for three beautiful children. Garrett is so smart. Connor is so loving. Kylie is so sweet. They truly make me happy. I am thankful to have the gospel in our lives and centered around our family. It truly makes us more happy. I am very blessed to live in Plain City, Utah and have such wonderful neighbors to call friends. We absolutely love living here. I am thankful to have such a supportive extended family. My mom and dad are my rock...I rely on them for so much and they are truly amazing. I am grateful to have my in-laws live so close by and be able to be close to them. They are wonderful. I have many brothers, sisters, brother-in-laws, sister-in-laws, neices and nephews who I also adore and look up to. We have so much to be thankful for this year and I am glad we have a day set aside each year to celebrate that fact.

I guess I'm lucky after all

Well we went to the Lexicon Movie Event and saw New Moon (for the second time) and walked away with some pretty cool stuff so I thought I would share what I got. Everyone that went got a Forks tote bag filled with a few things and then they had a drawing and out of like 500 people and only 50 prizes I actually won something...yeah for me...it kind of made it worth it. I took some pics of the stuff I won...


This is the tote bag everybody got filled with new moon stuff.

This is a bookmark and pencil that was in the goody bag tote.

This is a Volturi 2010 calendar to hang on the fridge we got in the goody bag.

Here is a wolf pack key chain that came in the goody back.

And finally we got this necklace in the shape of a moon in the goody bag.

And finally here is the wolfpack tote bag that I won. It is signed by:
Alex Meraz: Paul
Chaske Spencer: Sam Uley
Kiowa Gordon: Embry Call
Bronson Pelletier: Jared
Tyson Houseman: Quil Ateara

Sure wish it had Jacob's signature to finish it off.

All in all it was a fun day and I loved the movie.

We made it

Well we finally made it to November 19----I thought the day would never come.... The picture above is literally me because I live at my computer for my job so that is me right now---I am very excited for a fun-filled weekend. Tomorrow (Friday) after I have to go to the doctor (yuck) and then take Garrett to the eye doctor we get to enjoy the New Moon weekend. Friday night after dropping the kids off at my sister's house (thanks Angie) me and Chelton, my mom and dad, David and Alyssa and Alyssa's mom are going to see New Moon. Chelton tells me I am obsessed but I like to think he is excited to see the movie (doubt it but I will still think that). On Saturday morning me, my mom and my sister Halley are going to South Jordan to see New Moon (again) for the Lexicon Movie Event....keep your fingers crossed I win something cuz I have the worst luck and never win anything...I should have made by brother go to this cuz he always wins everything. Thanks to my sister Mandee for watching my kids for this as Chelton will be at the BYU game (unless it is snowing, then he will be out earning some money). Later that night we are getting family pictures with the Spendlove side of the family (fun to see everyone but I hate myself in pictures). Sunday I have absolutely nothing planned (besides church of course) and am very excited about that fact. I'm excited for next week too. I won't have very much work next week so it will almost be like a week off. With the kids out of school half the week maybe we can fit something fun in there. Kylie's birthday is in two weeks (Dec 4th---wow--she will be 2) so that is something fun coming up. I will post about it.

Get your New Moon Lexicon Movie Event passes

Giveawaytoday.blogspot.com is giving away 6 new moon prizes including two tickets to the Lexicon Movie Event....hey if you win we can carpool. They are giving away jewerly and ski passes too. Today is the only day to enter and they announce the winners tomorrow. I am kind of sad at Utah....they posted the Lexicon Movie Event in Nashville and it sold out fast and they are having trouble selling all the tickets in Utah. Well maybe that will leave more prizes for me to win.

Halloween

Here are the pictures of our halloween this year. We had a lot of fun visiting Grandma's and Grandpa's and going trick-or-treating. Kylie even got into trick or treating but her favorite thing was when the trick or treaters would come to our house. She would run to the door and say hi to everybody and when they left she would run over to her aunt Angie and tell her that they got their treats. She did this every time someone came (and they came nonstop at our house). Garrett was a power range, Connor was Doopliss (a ghost off of paper mario the video game) and Kylie was Winnie the Pooh. They all loved Halloween and especially loved the candy.