Thanksgiving in......JANUARY

ahhhhh.......finally some time to sit down and blog. I'm a little behind in the blogging world these days so I'll make this short and sweet. Thanksgiving this year was held in Willard Utah with the Schofield clan (aka: the pie people). We split the trip into 2 days (5 hours driving each day) and arrived the day before Turkey Day. Kendra spent most of her time going up and down the stairs until she found a step latter which proved to be WAY more entertaining than the previous. We played games, baked, talked & then ate until we were sick. It went by way too fast but we really had a lot of fun!

During the BIG dinner Kendra used her HUNTING & GATHERING skills to find food for survival. Okay she mostly sniffed out the people with pie but she IS a Schofield!!

Dear Santa...

I cannot express in words how greatful I was for the wonderful gifts. I have to apologize for being so snappy when you awoke me from my slumber, for a minute there I thought it was my silly sister but when I realized it was you I was the one feeling silly. As we opened gift after gift I had to keep my head down. A lump in my throat was causing my eyes to water (I'm not sure what was going on) and my legs wanted to run me straight to the bathroom to cry like a little baby but I held it together. Thank goodness for my self control because I would have hated for you & your little helpers to see me like that. Anyway, please thank everyone at the North Pole. This is one Christmas we will never forget thanks to you!!

Sincerely, The Schofieldians

G is for.....

I thought that this might be fun to play. All you have to do is make a list of ten of your favorite things. But there is a little catch. Everything on the list has to start with a specific letter of the Alphabet. That letter is randomly assigned by the blogger who you are playing with! I was assigned the letter 'G' by my sister Melissa at Rowdy Robertsons.

MY TOP TEN IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER

10. Gordmans - I love this store! They have EVERYTHING & it's cheap!! If you ever get a chance to shop there, I highly recommend it.
9. Google - where else would I find pictures of my top ten?
8. Gum - Orbit Gum to be exact......mmmmm!

7. Grease - who doesn't love this movie?

6. Gloves - these come in handy when shoveling snow which I have been doing a lot of lately.5. Glow in the Dark - anything really.....glow paint, glow sticks, glow bracelets, etc. In my old bedroom there is still glow in the dark paint on the light fixture that says CRYSTAL LOVES NICK. My mom tried to get it off but TRUE LOVE never faileth right?

4. Grandparents - This is Grandpa Swede & Grandma Ann. They're pretty awesome.

3. Garanimals - these clothes from walmart are cheap cheap cheap (I'm all about saving a buck these days) and they're pretty cute too!

2. the word "Gosh" - I am from Utah ya know.
1. GOD - Giving & Gracious. Without HIM none of the above would really exist.

Home Sweet Home

I am so EXCITED to be home! We had Thanksgiving with the Schofields this year & my sister in law Josi was an awesome host (as always). I was going to send a thank you in the mail but since she's a blogger I'll just do it here - THANK YOU, THANK YOU ,THANK YOU!! We really had an awesome time and you always make us feel SO welcome. I took tons of pictures but sent the laptop back with Nick so I'll have to post them later. Anyway, Nick flew back to CO on Monday and I headed to Milfy. It's always a whirlwind around here with places to go & people to see so time flies by TOO fast. I went with my mom and Aunt Mary Jo (aka...Jillian) to work out and left Kendra with grandpa. On our way home, I called to check on them and Grandpa was changing a POOPY diaper.....way to go Dad! When we pulled into the driveway, there they were, all bundled up and on the riding lawn mower. She was grinning from ear to ear. What a fun babysitter!
We drove over to CC so I could sub for bunco and it was a blast. We had it at "Hotel Whittaker" and Lynette practically put on a BUFFET. It was D-LISH! Everyone won a prize, even ME, I won towels (are you excited Nick?). I miss my old bunco pals {tear}. We've stayed here for a few nights and Kendra has about 6 bruises on her face and head now. She's fell of the couch, into the granite fireplace and had a ceramic snowman fall on her head. I guess I should have brought a helmet. Now we're headed to town for the StoryBook Parade and to see Santa Clause. Gotta run!

and mother of the year goes to..........

The other day while I was cleaning (must have been really into it) this is what I came across, all except Kendra who was sitting on the floor admiring her handiwork- SCARY! She was having herself a good old time and even handling them all by their handles. What a good girl I have. Take a breath Grandma's, she's still alive!
We also have to give a big shout out to Aunt Melissa for this adorable turkey bow. It's our favorite and instead of matching the bows to her outfits like usual, we find ourselves trying to find things that will match this one. I LOVE BOWS, as if all of you didn't know this already. One day I'll post a picture of our collection, it's quite impressive!