Thanksgiving!

Ahhhh, Thanksgiving. There are so many things I love about Thanksgiving: the only stress you have is just cooking, (which I enjoy cooking, especially lately for some reason. I was a little stressed about a salad I was going to take to our dinner, and I woke up at 4 in the morning and couldn't stop thinking about it so I just got up and made it!), and I love eating, especially pies, as they are my Favorite dessert. We get time off of school, and it was so nice to be able to spend time with David as he's studying for boards next month like crazy.

Just us at the RDEP dinner!

Our "first" Thanksgiving dinner was a real treat because Mason was taking a nap and David and I were able to focus 100% on that yummy food. We ate with David's RDEP class, which has become in some ways our "extended family" or "family away from family." We love them and will miss them!

Our "second" Thanksgiving dinner was with a good friend, Steve, and the only thing that could have made it better was having more room in my stomach :) We had a "Normal Rockwell" type of dinner where everyone dressed up a little nicer and real dishes/utinsels. This time around, Mason was the only kiddo there, so it was nice to talk to a lot of adults. Mason did not care too much for the potatoes/turkey, but he really liked the cranberry juice and apples! We had some pictures from here that we'll have to track down at some point.

We made a Thanksgiving Wall where we write what we're grateful for on it, and Mason added a lot of things he's grateful for :)

Getting a little treat at Red Mango (Mason's favorite) during the break with Dad
Visiting the Mormon Tabernacle in Council Bluffs where they have a Christmas and gingerbread display set up. We made a gingerbread house to contribute, and it's the one immediately on David's left. White and Green and Red. We should have taken pictures of other houses there because they are AMAZING--like mini grand pianos inside three-story houses with balconies and wallpaper and lights inside. All edible. Serious stuff.

This is just a random picture of Mason's stacking skills while I'm in the back making yogurt-pancakes for breakfast on Friday. Yes, the peanut butter jar DID stay on top! I was impressed!

A poem recited to me by some of the neighborhood kids:

A turkey is a funny bird, his head goes wobble wobble.
The only word a turkey knows is gobble gobble gobble!

We are so grateful for all of our friends and family and hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!

Children's Museum

There is a really fun children's museum not too far from where we live and we went there this morning since David didn't have school. Here are some pictures! (We got a new camera in the mail but it didn't come with a memory card so we can only take 5 pictures at a time . . . . :)

Happy Halloween!

So we officially lost our camera. I am so sad because it had a lot of pictures on there from our last trip to Utah and our trip to Philadelphia that I never got on to my computer before it was lost.

But here's some pictures from Halloween! Mason was a lion, I was a witch, and we tried getting David a tin-man costume last minute, but this is as good as it got. We had a lot of fun at our ward Trunk-or-Treat, the dental school parade, and trick or treating in our neighborhood here. Mason really got into the trick-or-treating once he figured out the basic concept, and always went for the suckers and fruit snacks!

Funny story,

I was talking to a little girl, about 3, at my church and she asked about my belly. I said,
"There's a baby girl in there!"
"Oh . . . what is she doing in there?"
"She's just . . . swimming around!"
"Oh . . . there's water in there?"
"Yep."
" . . . Is she wearing a swim suit?"

Ha ha ha ha ha I can't WAIT until Mason starts talking--kids say the funniest things :)

I wish I could put up some pictures but I lost my camera :( but I'll keep looking for it and get a better update soon :)

Popular App

If you've played this addictive game already, you can probably tell what Mason and David are playing just from the sound,

Family pictures

We got some family pictures taken a while ago and I haven't put them up yet so here are a few!

Big News, Edgar--

We spent the last four weeks visiting family in Utah and Idaho during school break. We loved it!

It was SO great to spend time with old friends. Look at these cuties! Four kiddo teeter totter.We went to St. George with David's old roommates and hiked the narrows--we got a group shot but mine was a video so I need pictures everyone! The water was a lot higher and colder than I remember when we did it two years ago.Eating one of many banana creamsicles with Grandma. They felt really good on his teeth since he had around 3 or 4 teeth (including one molar) come in during the four weeks.Going boating on the Snake RiverHelping Grandpa make homemade vanilla ice cream.

Giving Mason a break to play with the fountains outside the Deseret Book store while we were visiting downtown SLC & temple square.

Utah's state capital building from the top of the LDS church headquarters

Getting haircuts outside while also swimming.

Some favorite things of mine that I just couldn't get enough of while we were there:
Leatherby's Ice Cream parlor. I haven't gone for years for one reason or another, and it was everything I've been dreaming of. Angie's Almond Joy (or Isaiah's Almond Joy) is a delight.
Along the same lines . . . BYU's Creamery Ice cream. Love it.
And while we were at BYU, we just HAD to get a J-Dawg. MMMmmMMMmm!
Cafe Rio. I so wish they could put one in Omaha . . . I've tried Chipotle and it's just not the same . . .
And just seeing family and friends. I got to see quite a few of my cousins and extended family, friends from high school, new babies, etc. We love you all and miss you! We were excited to come back to Omaha though to our little home and see all our friends and neighbors here.

And our big news is . . . . we're pregnant with a new little munchkin and we found out today she's a GIRL! She will arrive around December 16th and we can't wait to see her :)