Temple Lights

We love to see the lights at the temple during Christmas time. We live pretty far away from one, so we were excited to go see the Oakland Temple lights. Beside the fact we were totally FREEZING, we all had fun. Michael and I actually went to the temple that day which made for a busy day.

This is from the top of the temple overlooking the grounds. So fun with all the lights!

Fenton's Ice Creamery...YUMMY

We finally made it to Fenton's with everybody! My mom and I always want to take everyone to the yummiest ice cream ever, but some of the boys are not as adventurous. We took the girls while we were living there a year and a half ago, and have wanted to go back ever since! It was definitely NOT easy. We did get a little lost, in Oakland, and the parking is insane...I MEAN INSANE!!!! So worth it though! We made a night out of it and went to see the lights at the Temple after...which ended up being another adventure lost in Oakland! Mallory got the December special, Peppermint and Chocolate! The homemade hot fudge is to die for!

Michael shared with Logan..actually, Logan shared with Michael. Logan loves ice cream, especially with candy canes. He was in heaven. (for a minute, then he had a tantrum and we had to leave)

They are SO BIG!!! None of us ate dinner though, so ice cream for dinner???

Me and Megan...her ice cream sundae was HUGE!! I got the sundae with the almond ice cream, which is the best ever!

Jillian's ice cream is SO Jillian (and me when I was little!!) Bubble gum with chocolate fudge! She loved sucking out all the balls of bubble gum.

Holiday Tea

For Christmas this year we decided to get out of this town and visit my family in California. After doing Thanksgiving while so sickly pregnant I wanted nothing to do with anymore holiday cooking! So, we made it through the super rainy trek that took us almost 13 hours instead of 10.

Our first item of business was tea. We haven't been to tea for the "Holiday Tea." All of the girls got to go, even Aunt Megan. We left all the guys home to watch football and eat salami. Tea was so cute and fun!
Jillian's "Princess" plate was adorable! She loved it all.

Mallory likes the "Queen" tea better, it's the one for adults. She loves all the little tea sandwiches it comes with.

Jillian started being a little bit naughty, so I took them to walk around. She was done acting like a princess and wanted to be crazy!

This was Aunt Megan's first time to tea. The girls were thrilled that she came. Megan is their favorite!

Nutcracker 2010

This is the 2nd year that Mallory has been in the Nutcracker here. She was a little Soldier this year. She was not happy about this at first but then came to like it. Her scene is in the fight scene which is pretty busy. We have been practicing since late September for this. It has consumed my life and for the last 3 weekends we have had performances. It has been CRAZY to say the least!!

Gramma even flew in to go to her performances...which is a big deal. No one likes to visit here from my family! Ha Ha Ha

After her last performance of last weekend we had a little party for her. She has been up super late the last 3 weeks with long dress rehearsals and performances. She did a super job! Now lets have Christmas!!!

Just a random cute picture of Mallory by her pink tree in her room! Too Cute!

Jillian's Birthday

Jillian finally had a birthday party with her friends. Her birthday gets sandwiched in with Michael and Mallory's birthday and then Thanksgiving. We took some of her friends to see Tangled, which is the cutest movie ever. Can't wait to buy it! Then we had dinner and cupcakes. She had a great day turning 6!!!

Silly Girls!

Gramma gave her the Rapunzel doll...she loved it!

She has wanted a purple caboodle forever. She was excited!

Thanksgiving

Oh did we have a super crazy Thanksgiving. I may never celebrate it again. The thought of it makes me sick!!! In fact we all got sick...all 26 of us who celebrated together! Michael's parents and some brothers came to our house this year. We were excited to have family come visit here...we don't get too many visitors in these parts. We had I think about 26 people for dinner! It was a bit crazy, but we did and it turned out alright. The next day Michael and his brothers left to go hunting. So, the girls and kids stayed behind to get...SO SICK!!! I have never heard of such an awful violent flu. There was 7 of us throwing up all the same night. It really was something!!! The boys ended up getting it also and had to cut their ever so precious hunting trip short. I was so glad. We needed help!
My sis and I made these turkey shirts while we were together.

3 big turkeys...oh, the site of that makes me nauseous!!!

We needed 2 turkeys so Michael experimented with his rotisserie hook on his grill. It tuned out really good.

California Fun

Over veterans Day we took a quick little trip up to my Sister's. We met them at Disneyland for the day and then stayed at their house and play for a few days. We went to American Girl so the girls could buy their Birthday presents. Mallory has been wanting Lanie all year and finally got her. Jillian bought Julie after much talking into. She really wanted Lanie but Mallory threw a fit, of course. I think at one point I had all three of my kids crying in the store. It really was awful. We won't be going back for awhile!

Here are a few Disney pictures.

We waited and waited to see Rapunzel.