Christmas Tree

We decided to venture out and get a "real" tree this year. I hope that we don't regret it and that it lives until Chrismas. We hiked forever looking for the perfect one. When we found it we didn't realize that we had picked one that was 14 feet tall. Yeah...we are pretty goofy. We got it home and it took up the entire living room. All we could do was sit there and laugh about the monster of a tree we had cut down. Ryan was able to cut off a few feet and it actually looks pretty good. The kids did a great job decorating it. Jack keeps secretly pulling off the candy canes and eating them. He thinks that we won't notice the blue mess all over his face.

Thanksgiving Break

I always end up putting everything backwards... oh well. One of these days I will learn how to post correctly. We had a very eventful Thanksgiving Break. We first had a suprise 50th Birthday party for Grandma Suzie in Tooele.

From there we went to Idaho Falls to spend Thanksgiving with the Bunderson gang. We had so much fun. The kids were crazy as usual and spent the week tearing apart Grandpa Danny's house. We had our traditional Thanksgiving Play. I am the "official" author and director of the play so I was unable to take pictures. It turned out very cute and the kids did great. Heidi was able to put pictures of it all on her blog (the crane blog).

Heidi, Grandma Cindy, and I went early morning shopping the day after Thanksgiving. We were all a little tired, but we had a lot of fun and got some good deals.

On the way home we stopped in Salt Lake to see the lights at Temple Square. Suzie and her fiance Terry joined us. The kids enjoyed the lights, but didn't know if they enjoyed the cold. Jack is still getting used to wearing shoes and socks instead of flip flops.

We had a great time and I am very "Thankful" for our families. They are the best!!











Eli planned a suprise birthday party for Grandma Suzie. She was so excited she nearly fainted. We all had a lot of fun. The kids enjoyed staying in the hotel with the sitter. Jack and Peyton think that their cousin Ian is pretty funny.