Thanksgiving with Parrish's

We spent a wonderful Thanksgiving up at the family cabin. It was bitterly cold! The first day we got there it got down to -24 degrees. Yikes. We had a great time hanging out with the whole family, letting the kids play together, and just relaxing and having fun. Thanksgiving dinner turned out delicious as usual we all the favorites. We even pulled a huge prank on Mat by telling him the Alyson (who was sick) had thrown up in the stuffing and that there wasn't any left for him. He believed it and we all got a good laugh out of the situation. Family pictures were also in order and we chose to do BSU themed attire. It was a fun time. We stayed up Wed, Thurs, Friday and then came home Saturday morning after a wonderful breakfast. We have so much to be thankful for! Family, friends, and some many blessings that the Lord has poured out on our small little family this year. We are also so very thankful to have the gospel in our lives. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. May you all have more blessings and things to be thankful for than you can count.

A Day in Our House

Here are just some fun shots taken over several days. There are lots of pictures because I think my kids are SO DARN CUTE!




















Here are just some fun shot taken over several days. There are lots of pictures because I think my kids are SO DARN CUTE!

The Pumpkin Man

For Coulson's field trip in October we got to go to a place called the Pumpkin Patch.Daddy even joined us for this one. I think I was more excited than Cole because I had never been to a pumpkin patch before to pick out my very own pumpkin. When we arrived the kids all gathered together around some pumpkin headed scarecrows laying on the some hay bales and then all of a sudden, one of the started to talk to us, and then STOOD UP! The owner had dressed up as a pumpkin scarecrow, with a real pumpkin on his head, for the kids enjoyment. It was awesome. We then were given a tour of the place, and the kids got to pick out their own little pumpkins and take pictures with the pumpkin man. It was such a fun experience.

Halloween 2010

Not much happened for Halloween this year except that my whole family (minus myself) had the stomach flu. Cole felt well enough to go do some quick trunk or treating with Aly but that took 30 minutes and we were all back at the house snuggled up and handing out candy. Aly went as Roo from Winnie the Pooh, Cole was Leonardo the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, and I was a last minute witch. Hope everyone else had a great Halloween.

Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque

The first week in October I got the amazing opportunity to take my little family to the balloon fiesta in Albuquerque for the very first time. We spent an entire week with my family and had so much fun. My sister Katy also came with her cute family and it was the first time I got to meet my adorable niece Audrey! We had fun going to the aquarium, the natural history museum, and a very early morning at the balloon fiesta (Bret went nuts with his camera and got some great shots). We had a big birthday celebration for Alyson, me and Bret. My parents were also sweet enough to keep our kids while Bret and I headed to Old Town for a couple of hours. We just had to much fun playing everyday and were sad to make the long drive home.




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