Thanksgiving Pics

I have been getting some questions, mostly from my family, about where the Thanksgiving pictures are.  Instead of having to hunt for them, I decided to put them on my own site.  Enjoy.

Favorite Things

Adam's favorite gift was his huge bionicle that I don't remember the name.
Elli brought out everything she could for her favorite.  She really wanted a rolling backpack, but loved the camera and watch and legos she got, too.
Amy can't put down this crazy doll, Annabelle.  You can feed it and it will cry real tears.  After it eats, it yawns and takes a nap.  She loves it!

Me

Elli got a camera from Elise and was taking pictures all day, so Amy wanted to take some too.  Here's a quick one of me.  

Christmas Breakfast

This little breakfast has a few little stories behind it....  First, we had a nice waffle maker that got lost in one of the moves.  Every Sunday we have breakfast for dinner and haven't been able to have waffles for a few years.  Riley got me a Williams Sonoma waffle maker for Christmas, but I ruined the surprise and figured it out a while ago, still very excited to get it and use it nonetheless.   So I was very happy to make a special waffle breakfast.  The waffle maker worked great, the waffle mix was yummy and didn't need the last 3 eggs I had that I needed for the yummy pumpkin dessert I wanted to make, so I could still make the dessert, and we had plenty of syrup.  Sometimes we run low and Riley gets nervous.  But.....
..as we were eating, Elli pulled several glass chunks out of her mouth from her waffle.  I had given her the last waffle from the iron, trying to be nice by giving her a fresh, crispy waffle.  Well, as we were moving about 2 weeks ago, I was making trips back and forth from house to house and heard some glass fall on the floor as I was moving the kitchen stuff.  I have my glass, pyrex mixing bowls stacked together and I guess one chipped and the glass fell in the biggest bowl.  As I scraped the batter from the bowl for the last waffle, I must have scraped up the glass.  Hopefully she didn't eat any chunks.  Oopps!  We did have the leftover waffles the next morning and no one has had any glass in theirs.  

Christmas Eve

After the kids opened their Christmas pajamas, they picked out where they wanted to put their stockings.  Adam wanted a hint what his present was and I told him it had to do with a video game.  He was so excited to get to open it on Christmas Eve, so of course was disappointed to find Mario and Luigi on his pajamas.  He was sure it was a new Wii game.  
Riley has been asking for oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, so that is what Santa got too.  Elli thought he would like 4.
Amy wanted to check out how Santa would come in.  She was worried he would fall on the little rack that's for wood and get poked.

Elli and Katie

Elise was watching Horton Hears a Who and thought that the little fluffy thing looks just like Elli.  They kind of act the same too.  Elli is always off in her own world singing and talking to herself and saying funny stuff.  I'll try to put up the clip Elise found for us too.

Gingerbread House

The kids have been asking and asking to put this thing together.  Once they mentioned it to their friends, it was over.  Breanne and Adam did the frosting and everyone put the candy on.  I like it to sit out and look pretty for a couple days at least, but as soon as the last piece of candy was on they wanted to eat it.  Oh well.  

Walk on the Rocks

Amy and I were trying to take Flat Stanley out on the beach that we go to for some friends in Utah.  The tide was pretty low so we were able to go farther than normal.  It was pretty warm too.

Haircuts

Elli, Amy and I got our hair cut in the last couple of weeks.  Elli's has been much easier to comb.  Amy's is a little too short in the back to make it straighten out and I am still getting used to mine.  It's a change for sure!