11.30.2008

Oh the Joys

Maci just threw up all over my bed, so I'm just posting while I wait for the dryer cycle to be done.
I just have to say, that driving home from our Thanksgiving vacation was so great. Maci was a complete angel in the car and while we got close to home it started snowing and Christmas music was on the radio and Jared said he wanted the trip to last a few more hours, which made me so happy. I love Christmas... which may have something small to do with how I LOVE presents...
I will post Thanksgiving pics soon, I just don't want to fish my camera out of my luggage at this ridiculously late, pukey hour. Hope you all had an awesome turkey day with lots of memories!

11.09.2008

ModgePodge

The other day I was talking on the phone and apparently Maci was dressing up in everything from her top drawer. She came up with this awesome ensemble. As you can tell from the picture, this was a moment of pride for her.

I took course 1 cake decorating and had my last class on Thursday. What I didn't realize is that you have to make a bunch of cakes and so much frosting. I don't even like cake. But I did like the roses I put on top of this pretty little thing. I'd love to take the other classes, but I need to take care of these cavities first. I ended up getting rid of this cake at the stake dinner, which was better than trashing it or eating it.

Jared was home this weekend so we went to FRANKENMUTHE, the Christmas all-year-around town. Not to be confused with FRANKENSTEIN, the crazy robot town. Anyway, I loved the ballerina and candy land trees. Such good ideas! Definitely made me want a house. (What doesn't these days?) The theme for my tree this year will be the always popular dollar store tree. It'll be awesome.

We also went to the Stake dinner/talent show where Maci received her first kiss on the lips from her cute friend Adam. I'd explain that, but you really had to be there to get the full effect. Hilarious. Later she asked him to dance to one of the piano talents. And boy did they dance!

In other news: today my thighs started touching. So for the sole purpose of celebration (not emotion) I ate a snickers from Maci's beloved candy stash. She's asleep so I didn't have to get her approval like usual. No picture posted was intentional. Also, for TWO funny Maci Moments:

1. Today I was explaining to Maci what "drop-off" means. So I say, "For instance, if daddy drops us off at an ice cream factory, he would leave us there and come back later to pick us up." Well she heard ice cream factory and ran with it. So she starts in with an entire explanation of how "cones are made of wood with giant flashy things (insert hand actions here)." And then she whispered to us that "the flavors are made of a special winter with pink and green skies." And in her eyes I saw pure magic, thinking that there may actually be an ice cream factory in existence.
2. Over dinner, Maci dropped the bomb to me and Jared. She said, "I want to live at Averie's house so I can run and jump all day long and eat popsicles every night." So I think I'll be picking up some popsicles tomorrow to earn back the favorite status.

I'd say all in all, it's been a great week. For Maci especially, with that kiss and all. But the best news of ALL this week was that Jared's project got cut off early and this is his LAST WEEK away from us!!! Oh hallelujia! I wasn't sure how I was going to get through November. How's your November going so far??!!

One Word

This is a tag from Megan. Each answer is supposed to be only one word...which I may or may not feel like doing. 1. Where is your cell phone? purse 2. Where is your significant other? California 3. Your hair color? blonde 4. Your mother? Saint 5. Your father? Strong 6. Your favorite thing? laughter 7. Your dream last night? CRAZY 8. Your dream/goal? Happiness 9. The room you're in? living 10. Your hobby? blogging 11. Your fear? separation 12. Where do you want to be in six years? House 13. Where were you last night? Church 14. What you're not? hungry? 15. One of your wish list items? cash! 16. Where you grew up? Cheyenne 17. The last thing you did? read 18. What are you wearing? jams 19. Your TV? small 20. Your pet? imaginary 21. Your computer? overused 22. Your mood? happy 23. Missing someone? Jared 24. Your car? Ticking 25. Something you're not wearing? size 2 (one's a number and doesn't count as a word) 26. Favorite store? Mall 27. Your summer? Short 28. Love someone? Everyone 29. Favorite color? red 30. Last time you laughed? today 31. Last time you cried? today (just misty eyed, no bawling or anything) I tag: Anyone and Everyone!

11.05.2008

Sweet Halloween

Preschool party...made me wish I was three.

Ready for candy candy candy!!!

Before trick or treating with Kylie and Jake, who were also ready for candy candy candy!

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You can see in this picture how much Maci loves Kylie. She was so brave with all the Halloween houses decked out with skeletons and ghosts. Halloween is weird. But I love it.

Pure exhaustion.

Score!!! These kids were proud of their loot.

Halloween was a blast. We really had such a fun time with the kids. At one point Jake pushed Maci ahead of him to get candy and said, "And here's my princess." It was so cute. And I must say that I am doing well with the self control so far in the midst of 10 reeses peanut butter cups.