Happy Thanksgiving Eve! ( by Stephan)

Happy turkey day eve to all! About a year ago I turned this blog over to Amanda, and she has ran with it! Just what I expected so I am pleased. Thus, I think I may have been a little neglectful in posting on this blog and I know Amanda may be getting tired of always posting so here it goes!

Just a quick note to say how much I am thankful for. Of course my family but maybe even more I am thankful for the relationship I have with my Heavenly Father. Now, I am not one to usually "post my religion" but I feel like it is appropriate for me now. I think back to life changing events in my life and reminisce about them. I can think back to the time period that really solidified my testimony into what it is today, my mission in southern California. Now, my 18 year old brother is preparing for his mission. I am hopeful and prayerful that his mission will do as much in making him a man of faith as it did to me.

Hope all is well and that everyone thinks about what they are Thankful for!

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A Spooktacutlar Birthday!!!!

This past Friday we threw Samantha a Halloween Costume Birthday Party. Oh boy was she excited!!!! She said she wanted it to be super scary and she was especially excited to scare her friends with her Pink Dragon Costume. Here are some pictures highlighting this most exciting event.
One of my favorite parts of the party was reading and looking at the cards that the kids had made for Sam. They were so cute! Sam of course loved opening her presants. The night before as she was going to sleep she said "So Mom?!?! Tomorrow is when I get a whole bunch of preasants right?"

This is all the kids playing Monster Mash Freeze Dance. It was super cute and they all took it so seriously. Thanks to my friend Sarah who helped me keep things rolling. She had some super SWEET moves :)

We also did a Haunted Mansion Art project with foam stickers. I played spooky music in the background. Sam's friend Winston came up to me and said "Where are all those cats I keep hearing." He was quite thrown off by the music in the background.

The "Cheesiest" of parties

This past September Stephan turned 31 and to celebrate it we through a small cheese party. I am really bummed because I did not take pictures of the huge spread of cheese and meat we had. But check out this awesome cake my friend Carolyn made for the occasion. It was super yummy and so cute. We had such a great time. There were so many different kinds cheese. Anyways I would highly recommend a cheese party to anyone that enjoys cheese. It was a great way to try alot of different cheese's and share in the cost! Thanks for being born Stephan so we could have such an awesome party :)

Thanks Alot!?!?! WHAT THE HECK?!?!?!

Ok I would just like to point out that even though I won.... and even though Sam is having her first Halloween Birthday Party... Stephan still refuses to dress up!!!!!!!!

Thanks a lot!! (by Stephan)

I would just like to say Booo to those you of you who voted against me on the Halloween poll!

Visit with the Winston's!!!!

We had a fun visit with my cousin Bryan and his family a couple of weekends ago and are looking forward to visiting them in Washington DC this weekend! It was great to see him and meet his wife Rachel and Little Boy Brayden. It made me feel old. You know like having a family and the cousin I grew up with having one as well. Just weird!!! It was great cause we all got along really well. This is a picture we took of ourselves with the timer on our camera. Not to shabby.
This is the only shot I had of Brayden and Hunter both kind of looking at the camera. Brayden made Hunter look like a Beast! Both were such cuties it was fun to watch them crawling around together. We tried to take a picture of them on the couch but Hunter was not cool with that and pushed Brayden off. Sorry Brayden!!!
Sam our little Mother was super excited to have Brayden there. It was like her own real baby doll. She just adored him and followed Rachel around wanting to help with him.
So...... This is quite the picture but I thought What the Heck!!! LOL Rachel and I had fun giving ourselves facials and pedicures. Goodtimes!!! I Luv Luv Luv stuff like that!
And here are the 3 little ones with Samantha in the middle to keep Brayden safe from our Little Monster Hunter. They sure were cute together! And to top it all off Brayden is the perfect size for all of Hunters handme downs which made me sooooooo happy! Thanks for visiting you guys!!! It was a blast!