Let it Snow!!!

The first snow of the season here in Oregon started tonight!!!! Emma got excited and with in a few minutes she ran outside. She hurried back inside and got her gloves and coat so she could go out and make a snowball(which is shown below). And right this very minute, she is making a little snowman! Hope is mad because she doesn't want to miss school, but everyone else is excited because maybe school will be canceled.

George's Birthday

Yesterday was George's Birthday, it was a busy day and I feel bad because we didn't get a chance to celebrate. George always says he doesn't care about his birthday but I know everyone likes to at least hear the ones they love tell them Happy Birthday, and we definitely did that. Over pizza, we sang and had a little party. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! I love you!!

Teenage driver AHHHHHHHH

Hope got her drivers permit over the weekend, so we have been driving around alot. She is doing very well. I thought it was funny that very few kids get their license as soon as they are 16 here, but I think all of the blind corners and crazy roads might have something to do with it.

So soon we will send Hope on all of those boring erands that I really hate to do and then before long she will find driving as exciting as I do :) So all you people out there look out there is another teenager on the road.

Thanksgiving 2007

This year I feel very Martha Stewarty, we actually made our pie crusts and the filling except the pumpkin, if I ever bake a pumpkin and scrap all the pumpkin off the shell and make a pie that way I will be as shocked as the rest of you. For now though this was a huge accomplishment for us and so I need to post. Jackie is the crust lady, culinary is teaching her more than she will get from her dear ole' Mom.

We did our first ever George and Lora family Thanksgiving, every thing was wonderful. We did Ham and twice baked potatoes, stuffing, jello yummy potato rolls (no I didn't make the rolls either, that will be another shocker :)), and salad and all of that stuff. Then of course we gorged ourselves on the pumpkin, apple, banana cream pie and pecan cheesecake YUMMY!! It was a great day and we had a lot of fun playing games and spending time together.

Tagged

Kelli just tagged me so here it goes. Six of my habits are................

1) I love to read books, I could read all day long if it is a good book, like the Twilight series.

2) I am a clean freak, so my kids say. I do hate messes though :)

3) I love to eat, anything gooey and full of really bad for you calories and fat.

4) I love sitting somewhere pretty and quiet and just feeling peace (temple, outdoors........)

5) I have to have at least 8 hours of sleep or you just might not like me :)

6) I really enjoy walking and haven't done it enough lately and really miss it.

And now I tag, G and G Young, Tina, Trudy, Stephanie and Stacey. Can't wait to see what you say :)

A Very Late Blog...

Well, I have been slacking off a lot, and I forgot to post these pictures of Emma at Halloween. As you can see, she was a devil and a very cute one! She was the only one out of my kids who went trick-or-treating this year :0(. I couldn't believe that Tayler didn't want to go, but he is getting older. He kept on changing his mind but in the end he didn't go, so here is Emma.