Sunday, November 30, 2008

Week in Review

Our Thanksgiving was awesome and the fun only continued throughout the weekend. On Thanksgiving we had a delicious meal and our yummy pies we made. We played Thanksgiving BINGO, Dominoes and seriously rocked out on RockBand.




On Friday, we did some serious shopping at IKEA and I got Sadie her big girl bed for Christmas. I am so excited to redo her room. I am going to attempt to make the bedding for her bed.
That night we went to the lights at Temple Square. The lights are amazing and it really helped kick off the Christmas season.





Today, my new little niece Lucy was blessed. We are so grateful they decided to bless her up here in Utah so we could all be a part of it. My mom made her blessing dress and it was beautiful. Our family has so much to be thankful for. We are truly blessed.



Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Baking Day

Today was the official Thanksgiving Baking Day!!! The girls in my family get together on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and do all the pie baking. It has been a tradition of ours for many years and it is one of my favorites. This year was extra special because Sadie really got to be a part of it. I love that we will always have this special time together each year. The girls consist of my mom, my two sisters and the four little grandkids. I thought today how awesome it was to have three generations of women in our family together, helping one another. I am truly blessed to be surrounded my these wonderful women.


It took Sadie a few minutes to grasp the idea of rolling out the dough.





Leah and Sadie together = TROUBLE!!!
Happy Turkey Day!!!

Monday, November 24, 2008

Sneak Peek


We had our pictures taken a couple of weeks ago for Christmas. We love, love, love how they turned out. We are using the pictures for a number of different Christmas projects, so I am only posting a few of my favorites.





I found the photographer through a good friend of mine. Her name is Amy Simkins. Her photography blog is http://www.expressivephotography.blogspot.com/. She was amazing!

Thursday, November 20, 2008

May I Have Your Attention Please...

I would like to invite all my bloggin' buddies to check out all my new vinyl things. I have been working for the past week for a GNORMOUS Holiday boutique this weekend and have really come up with a lot of new stuff. Please check it out....just click on the box labeled "vinyl" to your right or check things out at http://time-to-sign-wall-lettering.com/.

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Night of Magic

We have been waiting for this night for quite some time and it turned out to be worth the wait! We went to Disney on Ice: 100 Years of Magic. It was a fabulous show and we had the best seats in the house, front and center. We were right by the ice and we were able to interact with all the characters. Sadie was in heaven. We got her an overpriced yet adorable Minnie doll which she has not let go of since getting home. The show was amazing and the character costumes were fantastic. I now have a strong urge to go to Disneyland...maybe I could work something out.

Disney on Ice


Look closer, Sadie isnt picking her nose.




















Grand Finale



Until next time.......

Tiered Fondant Cake

My final cake in this course.



Saturday, November 1, 2008

Hell-O-Ween!!!

In true Mary fashion, yesterday was the day from absolute hell! Around noon yesterday, I was sitting at home getting ready for all of the Halloween festivities when I heard Charlie pull into the driveway. He wasnt supposed to be home until after four and I thought that maybe he got off early for Halloween. He ran into the house and announced that his mom was in the hospital. She had been found outside unconscious and was rushed to the hospital in Logan. She was completely unaware of who she was and who any of her family members were. We flew into action, we called my mom to see if she could watch Sadie, we grabbed her Halloween costume and were off. My mom was so nice to watch Sadie for us and take her to a trunk or treat. She took a bunch of pictures for us and we are so glad! My mom actually surprised Sadie and I last Sunday with a amazing Snow White costume she had made for Sadie to wear on Halloween. Sadie wasnt the biggest fan of the Indian costume, so my mom whipped out this awesome princess dress for her. She looked adorable in it.



No thats not my sister, its my cute mom!
When we got to the hospital, Connie had been moved to the ICU. We went in to see her and she didnt know who we were. She didnt know what year it was or who the President of the United States was (I could let this one slide because I think he should be forgotten). They thought she may have had a mild stroke. As the day progressed, she did a little bit better and the doctors continued to find out what was going on. They did tons of bloodwork and also did an MRI. Yesterday evening, her doctor told us we should all go home and get some rest and that they would take good care of her.
We left the hospital and headed over to Joey's (Charlie's brother) apartment. We decided that we would take his two little kids home with us so he could be with his mom. We got the kids and headed back towards Clearfield to pick up Sadie. It took us longer than usual to get out of the canyon due to the construction and rain. We were both so tired and just wanted to get Sadie and get home. We were about one mile from my mom's house resting at a red light when out of nowhere there was this horrible crash and we went flying. Some bone head teenager had ran full speed into the back of us. Arghhh! The kids were ok, thank goodness and Charlie and I got some nice whiplash. Our van on the other hand has seen better days.






We finally made it to my moms around midnight. We rested there for a bit and then headed home with three very tired toddlers. We got home after one and quickly got the kids in bed. Surprisingly, all three kids sleep through the night! Yippee! We are home today resting, Charlie and I are sore and stiff, but otherwise okay.
Connie is being transferred to McKay Dee later this afternoon where she will be seeing a neurologist. Hopefully, she will start doing better and make a full recovery.
We hope your holiday was much better than ours!