Christmas time :)

These are just some random pics of things we have done this month! And My dad is finally home for a few weeks! He has been gone the last last year 1/2 basically, so we are so glad the movie is done and he is home!!!! YEA! Anywho we have made sugar cookies, gone to see lights at Temple Sq. (not impressed this year). Had the best Hot chocolate ever! And just been hanging watching Christmas movies. We (I should say I) want to take Becca to see Santa. Where is the best place to go though? Any opinions? The last pics on here are of Rachel eating food, it is so funny! She opens up her mouth as wide as it can possibly go and just downs each bite in seconds (she is a big fan of solid food). And she will say hmmmm after every bite! I love it! Funny girl. Becca is loving having pretty wrapped gifts under the tree. She likes to go down by them and just stare, and say "pretty presents". She is also contantly asking for "more snow please". I wish some how that I could arrange that for her, however I am no mother nature, so I hope someday she will understand :). Rachel is also pulling her self up on everything in sight. She loves her new found talent. ANywho thats all for now :)

Just the Girls :)

Just some random pics of me with my wonderful little daughters! I love them so much!

Nathans Birthday

I'm a little late in posting this! But Happy 27 babe! He actually had about several nights of birthday festivities because in my family you have a birth week, not just one day ;). But the pics below are of us at the Pie Pizza. Nathan would not put on a straight face for any pictures so this is all I could come up with. A couple of guys were playing live music while we were eating, so Nathan being Nathan (is not shy at all) walks up half way through one of there songs and starts singing with them! The last pic on here is with Nathan up there singing along:). Anywho just thought I would share. Love You Nathan :)

I am thankful for Home Depot

Serioulsy! It took 2 days for Nathan and I to find our live Christmas tree, why????.....well because every where we went wanted to charge us a minimum of 65 dollars (for the shortest tree in the lot). However if we wanted to 6-7 foot noble fir then we would at least pay 80-100. What?! I was about ready to give up on the idea of a Christmas tree. Until dun dun dun dun! Home Depot comes in and saves the day! I found the perfect Noble Fir 8 foot tree for only 35 dollars!!!! yes thats right. So maybe there lot did not have Reindeer and Santa and the Charm other lots had to offer, but hello! 40 -50 dollars saved on a Christmas tree was well wort it. So that is my happy story I just about cried over! Just thought I would share. Oh! And did I mention how heavenly my tree smells! It is incredible, it truly feels like the start of the Christmas season now!

Thanksgiving was awesome this year! Thanks for all of you who came and shared the evening at our home! We had a blast! This is the 3rd year I have made Thanksgiving dinner at our home, for family. I have a few pics of the event and just some random cute pics of the girls (as always :).

Hope all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! And a great Christmas season!

P.S. I am looking for some new Christmas music to add to our collection, so if you would be so kind as to tell me some of your favorites that would be wonderful! Thanks

Love Lauren

Pics of were we live

Here are some pics of the new place we are in! Keep in mind though that we are just renting (we still feel hesitant to buy). However we are so excited to stay put for a couple of years :)! If this was our place there would be color on the walls, and it would be a lot more modern, and less traditional, however we are thrilled to be were we are and feel very fortunate (we are in Sandy, in a complex called Quarry Bend). I also had to throw in a few pics of Rebecca & Rachel. They are such a blast to hang out with, they are my love bugs! Rachel has 6 teeth in, and 2 more on the way! And Becca is still our fun loving girl, who will announce that she has made chocolate cake, every time she poops! Thank Nathan for that one! :) Nathan and I are doing the same old, he is working on getting his CPA license right now, and plans to attend the U of U next fall to do a Masters of accountancy. I am still at home enjoying this wonderful time of year, and yes I already have Christmas decor out (I got a little excited). Anywho that is all I think for. Have a great week!!!

Trick or Treat!

Well It has been a little crazy lately (why I have not posted:). We just moved into our new place last week! And we love where we are! We had a blast trick or treating in the new neighborhood. Becca was all over the free candy thing. Not too mention she got to wear a "pretty princess dress"It does not get much better then that in her world :). As far as she is concerned this holiday beats Christmas any day! She was so excited to wear her dress, she would wake up every morning and sneak into our room asking in a whisper "ummm pretty princess dress please". It was cute the first day (at 6 a.m.) and then after a week of it we had to hide the dress until Halloween :). Ray was in a complete glaze over daze while trick or treating, just wanting to go to her crib please! But one little kid was nice enough to give her a mini bag of her very own M&M's that she proceeded to try and eat from the outside in. All in all I love this time of year! And I am now ready to bring on the month of Thanksgiving !!!!

In Honor of Halloween

I am starting a tag! Why? Because I love this time of year so much! Today Becca and I were making some fun Halloween crafts, afterwords I decided to go online and read some fun ghost stories :) SO here is the Tag.....

Post a picture of your Favorite Halloween decor, next post your favorite ghost story! Good luck! I had a lot of fun with this!

I Tag..... Kristen, Stacie, Emily E. Travis & Taryn R. & Anyone else who wants to do this

These are the Ghosts Becca & I made today

THE WHISTLING TEA KETTLE

Back in the 1890’s when trains of the Santa Fe Railroad first began to run in the vicinity of Ardmore, Oklahoma, one was held up by bandits seven miles from town where the tracks crossed Caddo Creek. Afterwards the robbers retired to an old house, where they divided and quarrelled over the spoils. One robber was shot and killed. It is a tradition that part or all of the booty was hidden for a time in or about the house. People soon began to say that the ghost of the murdered bandit walked about the place trying to find where the money was hidden and for many years nobody was willing to live there.

However, about seven years ago, a family named Lynch moved into the deserted building. One afternoon, in the summer, Mrs. Lynch left her two oldest children at home and crossed the fields to visit some neighbors. An hour later, she heard her children screaming and ran out with her friends to learn the cause. Almost in hysterics, the youngsters came flying along shouting that someone was tearing the kitchen to pieces and that the tea-kettle was laughing and singing. Mrs. Lynch and others went to investigate. They found the tea-kettle steaming in the middle of the kitchen floor. A fire was burning in the cook stove, though none had been burning in it when Mrs. Lynch left home. The mystification of the onlookers was changed to horror when they observed that drops of blood were sprinkled about. The next day, the Lynches moved out and no family has lived in the building since . . . .

Ellis Perkins, who lives in the vicinity, had the latest known experience in the old dwelling. One afternoon, about four years ago, he was caught in a heavy rain storm while hunting. The only shelter . . . was offered by the old house, so he and his bull dog ran into it to get out of the rain. He walked upstairs and looked around the second floor, but there was no sign of recent occupancy. He shut the door at the top of the stairway and descended. As his foot left the lowest step, his dog sprang around and looked toward the top, his hair bristling; then began to bark as though he scented the presence of a stranger. Mr. Perkins said that he also looked back toward the top of the stairs. Under his gaze the door knob turned. The door opened, as though to permit someone to pass on to the stairway, and closed noiselessly. The hunter waited for nothing more. Followed by his yelping dog, he sprang to the front door and rushed out into the downpour. The wind must have blown the door open, friends tell him, but his invariable retort is, How could the wind have turned the door knob?

-- From the New York Times Reprinted in a textbook, Basic Writing
By Harold Y. Moffett and Willoughby H. Johnson
Harper & Brothers, New York, 1937

The Panda Bear & the Octopus

Becca wanted to dress up today, but we decided to change things up, and put on the Octopus costume instead of a pretty dress (little does she know that she gets to be a princess for Halloween this year)! Anywho here are the results of our little backyard photo shoot! Cutest Panda Bear & Octopus I've ever seen.