Shakespear Shuffle

Happy Thanksgiving!

I was loving our 4-day weekend together! Here we all are on Thanksgiving morning making food & listening to Christmas music (oops :) ) We had dinner with our friends the Peine's, the food was delicious & we're so grateful for friends to share the holiday with.

We went to the Branson Landing again this weekend on a sunny, warmish day. We went out for lunch, some Orange Leaf & let the kids run & play. We saw a family with a Dad, 4 sons & a daughter & they were all playing stringed instruments & singing-they were so cool! So our new favorite ice cream combo thanks to Andy's custard that we then recreated at Orange Leaf & will recreate at home is as follows:

Vanilla Ice cream or custard or frozen yogurt

Heath Bar crunched up

Almonds

Strawberries

so, so, so, so, so good! I promise, you should really try this.

So we did a little shopping on Black Friday. Knowing how much I love shopping, Jeremy actually went at 6am to a couple of stores for me-isn't he the best??? Then we all went together to Home Depot to pick out a, sniff sniff, fake Christmas tree. I can't believe I finally did it, I was never going to buy a fake tree. I don't mind the pine needles, I don't mind watering it, I love going out & cutting one down together as a family, I love the smell & I love that it's REAL. But, financially it just doesn't make sense. So we bought a tree for a 100 bucks & it's pre-lit & looks great :) And my friend is going to pick me up a nice pine smelling candle so hopefully that will help with the adjustment :) I wanted to put it in the living room but because our living room is now a nursery/play pen for the babies we thought it would be safer in the dining room.

We also bought a new vacuum that actually vacuums stuff off the floor! What an idea! Now I don't have to spend an hour after vacuuming picking up hair & fuzz off the carpet...Merry Christmas to me!

I'm so, so, so etc. thankful for my family!

I'm thankful for how well these two crazies get along (most of the time!) Even though they're already into boy scout humor, one of my favorite noises is these two belly laughing together, even if they are laughing about diapers, burping, or garbage flavored jelly beans!

I'm thankful for my Bug who is into this 'Love' stage, he loves everything, he's always telling me he loves all the food we're eating & movies & toys & friends, this, that & everything. One of my favorites was when they asked what was in this chicken goolash for dinner.

Me: There's chicken, rice, sour cream, mushrooms, onions...

Hunter: Onions? I love onions!

He was pretty enthusiastic about those onions.

I'm thankful for how much Hyrum is into drawing, letters, numbers etc. He loves to learn & he loves to be creative & draw/build/make things. It's so fun to see him developing like this!

I am so thankful for my babies! I'm thankful we get to be a lucky family with twins. I know I've mentioned it before but I just can't believe how blessed we are to have both of them at the same time! They are such sweet little people & make our home so much more complete. And I'm never lacking someone to snuggle with either.