Josh's Birthday & Thanksgiving

It's a quiet Saturday afternoon. It's been a very nice, relaxing Thanksgiving break. Today Courtney and Brittney went on FrontRunner out to the Gateway with a few of Courtney's friends. Josh and Sean went to watch the BYU/Utah game with Dennis. Lexi is sleeping. I'm listening to Christmas music and trying to fix the Christmas tree ornaments after the kiddos decorated it last night. One day I'll have a really pretty tree, but for now I like having a tree full of elementary school created ornaments, who-cares-if-they-break-it ornaments, all placed in clusters and clumps. Trying to keep that perspective that the kids will be grown and not want to decorate the tree anymore pretty soon. My collection of Christmas decorations really needs an overhaul. It's pretty sorry. Someday.

So Josh's birthday was last weekend. He had a pretty good day. I can't believe my baby boy is six!







I bought this stuff for $1 and seriously we've all played with it. I don't know exactly why it's so funny, but it really is. Especially when you hear from the other room, "Josh, it's bedtime." "Not yet, I've got to do a really good fart."


I guess Brittney was excited about the Transformer Josh got.


Two weekends ago Courtney went to the Sadie's dance with her boyfriend and a group of friends. She didn't take any pictures. Bummer. I should have thought to do it for her. They took over my house for lunch, dinner, and then came over after the dance to watch a movie. It was a lot of work for her, but she had fun so it was good.

Thanksgiving was a great feast. There was so much good food! It was fun to hang out with everyone. We had some good, deep conversation. Courtney's friend Skyler came with us. They've been friends since junior high. I love this picture of the two of them from a few summers ago. It's fun to watch these kids grow up.



Now, it's on to Christmas. The lights are up, the decorations are up, the shopping has commenced. I don't do Black Friday, but I'm all ready for Cyber Monday. Sean's mom and sisters bought us some Black Friday deals, so that was super nice of them. I don't even know what we had them buy. Sean saw some stuff he wanted and asked his mom to get it. We went and saw a Christmas light display last night. I'm ready for some snow. I'm in the spirit this year. Bring it on.