Don't Adjust Your Screens...Yes I am actually Posting!

I don't know what my deal has been. Anyways here is a recap of what has happened since my last post!

We had a really fun Thanksgiving with the whole family (minus mom and dad ,who were greatly missed). Good food, fun times, and of course bouncy houses!

Here are things I made:
A picture frame,

a Thanksgiving sign,

and a Santa towel (that I sewed! Thank you very much) at Super Saturday.

A Turkey treat and craft I taught the girls how to make for Activity Days

Things Chad has done:

He has been studying hard and just finished the semester. One more to go! Isn't he handsome!?!?!

Things Hannah has done:

She had her first ever dance recital! I couldn't get over how cute she was! She did a great job and she was almost as excited as me!

Hannah had a Christmas party at preschool. It included a ton of yummy treats, fun crafts, and lots of noise! Hannah loved it and I loved being there with Hannah!
Things we have done as a family:

We have gone bowling, made Thanksgiving crafts for F.H.E., went to a cold Christmas parade, and played in the snow. Even though we haven't been blogging, we have still been having fun!

I am going out of town so this is just a little teaser! I will post about our exciting Christmas when I get back and then I promise a whole bunch of new posts starting next year! Please contain your excitiment!

American Idol, Here We Come!

This is what we hear EVERY night in the tub, VERY loud!

Do You Miss Me?

So here's the story...We had a stinky old laptop that was NOT working very well at all. It would only work long enough for me to get on and look at blogs, but not long enough to post. Well we got a new computer! Yea!! So we had to wait for it to come. Now it is here and now we have to transfer everything over. So short story long...I haven't posted for a while (and yes I still have Halloween background) and hopefully this week I can post again!

I know you are so excited!

Jack-o-Luncheon

Lately I have been trying to be more creative with Hannah's lunches. A while ago Hannah's cousin, Kate, came over to play and I made their sandwhiches a little extra special.

This is how the girls felt about them.

I think it was a hit!

At the Dentist

Last week Hannah had a check-up with the dentist (a.k.a. Uncle Adam). She did really good and her teeth look great!

The "cool" glasses

Showing off her nice clean teeth.

Thanks Adam! We will be sad when we move away from our favorite dentist!

Hannah's First Field Trip

Hannah's preschool had their first field trip last week. They went to a pumpkin patch and Hannah talked about it all week. She was the most excited about this...
Her first bus ride.

I was able to meet them over at the pumpkin patch to help out. It was fun to see her interacting with the other kids and her teachers.

This was Hannah's favorite activity of the day. She has pretty good balance. Maybe she has a future as a tightrope walker. Remember this post? Her dream may come true!

Hannah loved her first field trip and came home with a pumpkin...

and a pants full of hay!

Five Little Pumpkins

I learned this when I was little and taught it to Hannah. It is one of my favorites. Please excuse her morning hair.

Dollmination PJs!

The other night Hannah told me she wanted to wear her "Dollminations pjs." I told her that she didn't own Dalmation pjs. After going back and forth for a while I told her to go and find them and put them on. This is what she came out with....why didn't I think of those!?

Football Frenzy!

A few weekends ago we went to Provo for a BYU football game. We had tons of fun hanging out with Grandma and Grandpa. We did a little shopping, ate Krispie Kremes, and of course, watched some football. We look forward to this trip every year. Thanks grandma and grandpa for making it possible, and thanks also to Emily and Ben for watching Hannah during the game!

Lollipop! Lollipop! Oh lolli lolli pop!

I think everybody needs a HUGE sucker at least once in their life!

And what would a sucker be without a candy mustache?!!?

A Spook-tacular Boo-thday Party

A couple weekends ago. My sister-in-law Cortney threw a really fun joint birthday for her little boy Zac, my nephew Skylar, and my niece Haley. She puts tons of work into it! All of the kids dressed up in their halloween costumes and Cortney took pictures of them.

Hannah is a unicorn. I must brag a bit--I made her costume! Sorry about the sideways picture!

She even had fun games for them to play! This is pin the pieces on the pumpkin!

Grandma Hurd has a new baby kitten that Hannah loves! It is a cute kitten named Pumpkin and Hannah likes to carry it around the whole house!

Patch it up, Pumpkin Style

What could be better than a hayride and picking your own pumpkins! It was an enjoyable little hayride to a field full of pumpkins ripe for the picking. We each found our favorite pumpkins. Hannah liked the little ones. I liked the round one and Chad liked the big one!

A Corny Family Home Evening

For Family Home Evening we went to a local corn maze.



We allowed Hannah to be the leader and just followed her aroung for a while. She lead us around several circles and kept saying "We are not lost, I am the leader! We are on a good path!"






Once we decided we were ready to go Chad and I took over, after walking around for a long time looking for the exit we realized the entrance is the same as the exit! Tricky!

This is how Hannah rolled the last half hour. She is saying "Corn field!"

And there is only one thing to do after a corn maze........

Eat doughnuts

and drink hot chocolate!

I'll Tumble For Ya

Hannah is in a tumbling class once a week. It is very good for her. She is eager to learn, but not the most coordinated! The first class she said, "I can't do it!" a lot, she is getting better each time. I have a really fun time watching her and trying not to laugh too loud!

This is a video of her crab walk the second week. She causes a little traffic jam. She is much faster now. I will have to show another video of how much she has improved.

A Good Idea---in Theory

The other day on a kid's cartoon show Hannah and I saw something interesting. The characters on the show were making frozen juice pops. The thing that caught my attention was when they shared this idea--put a banana slice on the bottom of the cup! This will hold your stick in place. I thought this was the best idea I had ever heard. I had always (ok-in the two times I have ever made juice pops) had a problem keeping the stick straight, so when I heard this I thought it was so smart. Well, we tried it and it doesn't work (as you can see from the picture above). It held the stick straight, but as soon as I poured in the juice the banana would float off the bottom. Darn cartoons! We made them anyways and they tasted pretty good. Next time (if there is a next time) I will have to try another way to make the stick work. Also, a word to the wise, grape juice is not a great juice for frozen pops, stick with apple or white grape!

My First and Possibly Last Furniture Restoration

Before

During

After

We bought this beat-up bunk bed for Hannah at a yard sale for really cheap. After hours and hours of scraping, sanding, priming, painting, screwing, hammering, and sweating, we finished it! I must admit I am pretty impressed with the way it turned out. Not bad for our first attempt!

Hannah wanted to sleep on the top bunk, so we left off the bottom and now she has a little play area underneath.

Hannah loves it!