Thanksgiving!

So, we had a great time over the break! We had three Thanksgiving dinners and lots of fun hanging out with family. Wednesday we had dinner at my parents house because my brother had to work on Thursday. It was a nice quiet event. :) Thursday we had dinner with Chad's family. His oldest brother (Dustin #1) and family came down from Portland and oh my, the kids loved playing with cousins! It was great to see them. Chad's youngest brother (Brandon #6) drove up from Utah and hung out too. Ty (Chad's other brother #3) ad his wife, Jenny hung out on Friday and Saturday. Every year on the Saturday after Thanksgiving Chad's extended family gets together for a dinner and games and fun. So it was a busy and fun break. We are so grateful for our wonderful, loving families!

Just so you know there are SIX boys in Chad's family and Chad is number 5. All are married except Brandon #6.

Food Challenge Week 3

This week all the recipes look really good. I'm excited to try them out!

Here they are:
Taco Soup
Cheesy Chili Dip
White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake Bars

Enjoy!

BBQ Chicken Chopped Salad

So, I made this tonight and we like it. It's a keeper! I like it more than Chad does because it's light and easy. Chad could do without the lettuce and just have the meat. :) I like that you can add any veggies you want to it and that it is quick.

Snow Snow Go Away....

So, today it snowed and it is sticking. :( I have Super Saturday in the morning and am hoping the roads won't be too bad because I hate driving on slippery roads. I guess it's not that early for Pullman to be getting snow, but I was hoping it would hold off for a little while longer. Oh well!

Food Challenge Week 2

So this week the three new recipes are....

Triple Chocolate Pumpkin Pie
BBQ Chicken Chopped Salad
Sizzling Shrimp Quesadillas

I already know I won't be using shrimp in the quesadillas. They all look really good. Remember, if you are interested in joining the food challenge go here. Let me know if any of you have joined the Food Challenge and how your food is turning out.

Maple- Walnut Chicken

So, I made the Maple-Walnut Chicken Recipe on Friday and we really like it. I don't have any pictures....sorry. Chad was a little nervous because it calls for apple-cider vinegar and made the house smell really bad. I left out the walnuts. I'm not a big nut fan, but this one is a keeper. Yay! I am getting more recipes to rotate through. I haven't made the cake yet, but really want too. I will probably make it when lots of family is around because we won't eat it all.

Potty Training

So the past week I have been potty training Ellie and it has gone REALLY well. She goes poop and pee in the potty no problem. She is just still leaning to tell me BEFORE she starts peeing. She has had only two night accidents and still has several during the day, but I can't complain. She thinks it's fun running to the potty and sitting on the big toilet. They love to play with her big girl undies and with the toilet. I'm excited to start going places again as she gets better.

Halloween

Well...our Halloween didn't turn out like we had planned, but it was still fun. Hayden woke up with a fever and wasn't his normal sweet and happy self, so we didn't do much. We had a ward party that we were planning on going to, but Chad stayed home with Hayden, so that I could get out of the house and take Ellie Trick 'or' Treating. Ellie was a cheerleader this year and Hayden was going to be Tom Cruise from Risky Business. I was really looking forward to Hayden dressing up. I will just have to dress him up later and post some pictures. Ellie had a blast playing with her friends, eating candy, and playing games. There were a lot of cute costumes too.

November Food Challenge

I am going to be participating in a food challenge for the month of November. I am really excited about it. I love to cook and try new recipes, so this will be fun. You can read all about it here, if you would like to join. You basically try the recipes she posts and blog about how it went. How easy is that?!

Week One Recipes:

Green Salad with Apples and Toasted Walnuts
Banana-Sour Cream Cake
Maple-Walnut Chicken

I'll let you know how it goes!

Modbe Swim Blowout!!

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Handbag Heaven Contest

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Modbe Denim Sale!!

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Modbe New Arrivals!!

Modbe has new tops!! They have a very limited quantity because they are having new ones every week!! If you like something let me know before it's gone.

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Cannon Beach

I think this will be the last post of our trip. Here are some pictures of us on the beach. It was pretty windy and a bit chilly, but still a beautiful day.

Tram and Astoria

I know there are a lot of posts. Please, bear with me. Here are some pictures of the Tram in downtown Portland and Astoria's column. I thought both of these were scarier than the helicopter ride.

Helicopter Ride!

So, as I mentioned in the previous post we got to ride in a helicopter and tour the beach and city. It was actually really fun, even though I was freaking out until we got in it.

We will definitely do it again if we get the chance. We just saw a sign on the side of the road and though "why not" and went.

Weekend Trip

Chad and I ran away for the weekend. We went to Portland and it was so nice to relax and sleep in and see the sights. We went to the rose and Japanese gardens, road the tram, went to Cannon Beach, Seaside and Astoria. The most exciting part of the trip was our helicopter tour of cannon beach and seaside. It was crazy, but worth it!

Swimming!

So, Ellie loves playing in blow up swimming pools, but she doesn't like actual pools that has other people. She is so cute in her swimming suit!

Utah Fun!!

We stayed a few days in Utah and visited some friends. The kids saw horses, baby turkeys, and some big rocks. We had lots of fun hanging out with Kristen, Devin, and Reggie. Ellie loves them. She says so everyday.

Summer Fun!!

We have had a stressful and crazy summer. We are glad to be home and getting back into our routine. Here are some pictures of the scenery on the way home from Texas to Utah.

Mmmm....Marker

So, Ellie is getting too big. She can reach everything now and will get into it if you don't watch her. We were at Rex and Cheryl's house and the kids were playing in the toy room by themselves and when we went to check on them Ellie had reached the markers which are up on a high shelf. She then shared with Hayden.

Texas

So, we went to Texas for two weeks (a month ago) and had lots of fun. We really loved it down there, but Chad's job wasn't working out so we came back. Here are some pictures from our trip. I went and saw the Alamo with Katherine. She flew down with me, so I didn't have to fly with the kids by myself. I'm soooo glad she came with me. It is really green down there, which surprised me. I thought it would be dry like Arizona, but San Marcos is really lush.