Bias

I know I am bias, but I think I have the cutest kids! Here are some pictures and videos as proof!

State Fair/BYU game

In mid October our good friends the Williams came up from San Antonio for a weekend. We went to the State Fair and the BYU vs TCU football game. We love the Williams. Matt and Dani got married only a few months before us, and have 2 kids about the same age as Lucy and Grant. We knew them back in college, and Dani and I are related some type of cousin or something. Anyway, it is always fun to spend time with them. The kiddos are getting old enough that they can play with each other instead of fighting over who gets to watch Dora. We also managed to get a babysitter so that just the adults could go to the football game. It was so fun to go out to eat and get some space from all the kids. The football game was fun, we lost, (boo!) but it was still fun.

The state fair was full of food! I don't even know all that we ate, but here is what I remember:

fried cookie dough
corny dog
pretzel
homemade root beer
brisket tacos
fried s'mores
fried frito pie

Needless to say it was good, but I felt sick by the time we got home!

I think the highlight for the adults was the food, but the kids loved the petting zoo. The feed the animals and all of them kept reaching for the baby pigs, but couldn't get them. I guess pigs are a big hit with kids!

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving this year was awesome! It was so fun having family come to town. Marilyn drove in from Rexburg. Steve drove the semi from Denver, to Lewisville (the next town over) and we picked him up. Evan and Lauren flew in from Ogden. I love family. I love it when they visit. I don't care that I go insane before and after the visit cleaning, its worth it every time. Lucy loved the attention and cried every time someone left. Everyone stayed a couple of days. Thanksgiving day was fun. Marilyn and I did the cooking. The food was great. I officially like sweet potatoes. I used to hated them, but the sweet potato souffle won me over. Marilyn made her amazing caramels. Sad to say, but we have already eaten them all. They are so good! Marilyn stayed longer than everyone else, which gave her a chance to play with the kids, and gave me a chance to escape from the kids for a hour or two at a time. That was heaven! Talk about an early Christmas gift! Thanks everyone for making the trip!

Silly us, we forgot to take pictures, we have only the one of the dinner table all setup from Thanksgiving day and one of Lucy when she stole one of the carrots I was cutting up to cook.

Pumpkin Patch

Back in October, yes these are old videos and pictures, we went to a pumpkin patch. They had games setup for the kids, lots and lots of pumpkins, and a maze of hay. It was basically across the street to so we just walked over. Grant slept through everything in the stroller, but Lucy had a blast playing the games and running through the maze. She wanted to eat all of the pumpkins. I don't know why but she just loves them to pieces.

David Crest, CPA

Dave is a CPA and we have the certificate to prove it! The ceremony was down in Austin, which we have never been, so we decided to make a little trip out of it. Austin is a cool place! Dave's mom was still in town from Thanksgiving so we left the kids with her. We stayed at a hotel, a night without the kids was wonderful. We went to the ceremony, which started at 10:00 am, (there goes sleeping in) and listened to the speakers. It was a great experience. The number one CPA, meaning the person who passed with the highest scores the first time around was a BYU grad! He was someone Dave knew. James Palmer. It turns out he used to work for Deliotte where Dave now works. Now James works at Highland Capital, where Dave used to work. They basically took each other's positions. Funny huh? His speech was great it was all about finding balance with your family and your work. Family comes first. At the ceremony they also paid tribute to the 50 year CPAs. Really cool! Dave noticed, that most of them were in the military at one point, interesting little tidbit. After the ceremony we went to BJ's Restuarant for lunch (best root beer ever!) Then drove home. It was a quick trip but it was fantastic. Thanks Marilyn for watching the kiddo's and making it possible!

Life is Crazy!

So life with two kids is crazy! I feel like I don't have time for anything anymore, thus no blog entries for a month and even then that one barely counts. So while Grant is napping and Lucy is for the moment occupied with Clifford, I will make as many entries as possible. So stay tuned the entries will automatically post every couple of days. Happy Holidays! We love you all, especially those wiling to still look at the blog!

Here is our Christmas Picture if you did not get a card this year. I tried to cover everyone that doesn't see us on a regular basis.