Busy week!

This last week was soo busy. I haven't had that busy of a week in a long time. I have always loved Thanksgiving because you get to see family. I feel like that is the best part of Thanksgiving. It is a time to think about your blessings and we were blessed enough to spend Thanksgiving with our number one blessing, our family.

Last Saturday, my parents flew in for Charisse's wedding. We went to her endowment session on Saturday night. Here is a picture with Charisse, Kory and their nieces and nephews. If you will notice Adin is screaming. He was NOT a happy kid. I can honestly say that he has never cried like that before. He was hungry, tired, and cold. He was screaming his lungs out. He wanted no part of picture taking. We joked with Charisse and Kory about how soon they were planning to have kids. Thankfully, shortly after this picture Grandpa came to the rescue. He snuggled Adin up and he fell asleep in his arms about 2 minutes later. Adin hasn't fallen asleep while being held for months now.
This is a picture from their luncheon after Adin was a little more rested. He was still really ornery. Brian was busy with the video camera and Adin would not let me sit and eat.

The next day was Thanksgiving in Tooele. We had a lot of fun. We really treasure the Thanksgivings in Tooele. We might not be living here next year so we really tried to cherish the time this year. Here is Adin thoroughly enjoying Thanksgiving. It makes sense because he looooves to eat.

Here is a picture of everyone eating. Yummy as usual.

Here is a picture of three of the girls. You could tell they were all girls. Meg was pretty sassy. Not a single one of them wanted to have their picture taken and they were letting us know. It just ended up being funny. We have since reviewed this picture with her and discussed the sassy face.

The next day my mom and I hit some ater Thanksgiving day sales. That was fun and we left with some great deaks and stories to tell. I don't know what there is about shopping on that day. There is such an excitement in the air. I love it. Then it was on to Thanksgiving in Tremonton. This is another one of those treasured events. Here are our host and hostess being interrupted by Adin.

Brian and Michelle are so good with Meg. She just loves them.

Here is Adin walking the catwalk on Andy and Natalie's brand new tiled floor. My dad helped them tile it on Monday. It looked so nice. They just had to grout.

After Thanksgiving at Andy and Natalie's we drove up to American Falls, Idaho. It was about a two hour drive from Tremonton. This is a picture of the bouquet toss. Sarah caught it. We will hope that this means that she will be getting married in about 2 years. She has a missionary that we all love. In the background is the wedding cake, which I spent Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday working on. Charisse had fresh flowers for it which turned out beautiful. I love fresh flowers on cakes.

The bride and groom at the reception. Charisse was such a pretty bride. Here dress was amazing (made by my mom) and she picked stargazer lilies as her flower. It all just came together beautifully.

Here is my mom and dad with our kids. I miss them already. Last time they left it took about 2 weeks to get over the homesick feeling, then I start coping better.

On Saturday we went up to watch the BYU game at Brian's parents' house. It was a lot of fun. That was a really exciting game. We were all on an emotional roller coaster. On our way home we picked up our Christmas tree for the year. It is a perfect tree. We are sooo excited at our house for Christmas.

I can't believe he's one

Yesterday was Adin's 1st birthday. It was sooo much fun. I have more fun on my kid's birthdays than they do. I love watching how excited they are for new things. I love shopping for new things. I love decorating and making them a cake. It is all so fun. HOWEVER, overall this birthday was sad and sentimental for me. I can't believe he is one. I feel like it has flown by way too fast. I have felt really sentimental thinking about what it was like before we knew our little Adin and how much happiness he has brought to our family this past year. He is such a sweet boy. He is always giving me hugs. He cruises around the house destroying everything in his path. Brian calls him the master of disaster. While he has the sweetest disposition,he has a little bite to him too. He definately doesn't let Meg walk all over him. He looks out for himself. He knows that if Meg takes his toy he just has to squawk a little to tell me what she did and I will make her give it back. He is just so cute and brings me and Brian so much joy. We love to watch him and at least once a day one of us will say to the other how cute we think he is. We love to see him explore and discover new things. He is soooo peticular about how he plays with his toys. Everything has to be put in its precise spot and then shifted till it is perfect. A little perfectionism showing through already. Meg was never that way. We just love him so much and look forward to watching him this next year and treasuring every moment because they fly by.

On to pictures.

Family pictures with the birthday boy. One was my idea and one was Brian's. Can you guess which is which.

Adin got a ball popper. He loves it. At first, as you can see, he was a little overwhelmed, but he quickly got very into it.

Meg thought it was her job to show Adin how to work all of his toys. Nice excuse. Overall she was pretty good about the birthday. She really liked to decorate the house and help me make the cake. She was really into the preparations. It's a good thing that Adin is still a pretty good sharer or else the present situation would have been disaster. Next year may be scary.

Adin really likes to drag things behind them. This toy was no exception.

This was the grand finale present. This was the main present that Brian and I got for Adin. He loves to bounce one this. His feet don't quite reach yet so Brian and I have to do it for him. He can shake it around pretty good though. Overall all of his presents went over better than planned. He was just excited and overwhelmed. I haven't ever seen him that excited. He just walked around looking at everything. You could tell his mind was working so fast trying to figure out what to play with first. He just kept playing with one toy for a few seconds and then going to another and back again. It was pretty cute.

Meg and I made his cake for him. She pretty much just licked the beaters and tried to snitch the whole time. That is pretty normal though.

Thanks to Sarah, we pretty much have a play by play of him eating his cake. He really didn't disappoint. I didn't think he would. He is a food freak. He didn't know it was food at first so he just played in it. As soon as I took a little frosting and put it in his mouth, he was all over it (literally).

TAGGED

Hi everyone! We recently got tagged by Jeff. This means that you have to list 6 facts or little tidbits about yourself then you tag 6 other people to do the same. Jeff tagged both me and Brian individually. So, I am posting my 6 and Brian will post later. I am super excited because this will be Brian's first post (thanks Jeff) and he agreed to do it without even complaining.

1) I talk in my sleep. According to Brian, once I talked about being a mermaid and another time it was crucial that I get a prescription for Greg…the stories can go on and on but really have no rhyme or reason.

2) I have to have a project (i.e. sewing Meg’s costume, painting a dresser, decorating a room). I go crazy if I have nothing going on. If nothing is going on I get bored and depressed.

3) I love to bargain shop. I get so proud of my latest deal. Brian is always teasing me about how excited I get over a deal. My newest adventure in bargain shopping is clipping coupons. I keep adding up how much I have saved with coupons so that mentally I can justify the purchase of the paper subscription to get the coupons :o).

4) My favorite date with Brian would be staying home and watching a movie after the kids are in bed. Brian makes these SUPER delicious Oreo shakes that probably complete my calorie count for the week (but sooo worth it) and we pop a bag of popcorn. I probably love it so much because I am most comfortable in my own home, it doesn’t cost too much money, and I don’t have to worry about a babysitter.

5) I am a total people watcher. I could just sit in a mall and watch everyone around me for a long time before I would get bored. Our new place is in the perfect position in the cul-de-sac to be able to see everything that is going on with all the neighbors. I peek out the window all the time to see what is going on out there. Now that I think about it maybe you call is snoopy…hmmm something to think about.

6) I absolutely hate to do laundry. If I could choose, I would clean 20 bathrooms before I would do a load of laundry. It just takes soooo long. First, you have to check everything for stains and spot treat, then, you have to pay attention to when the laundry is done in the washer and remember to move it to the dryer. Then, once its done in the dryer you have to fold it which takes the longest of all. Then, you would think that it was done, but no, you still have to put it all away. A little dramatic, yes, but true. For the last year, Brian (my dear sweet Brian) knowing how much I hate the laundry has taken on doing the laundry. I am trying to take it over again because he is so busy and stressed at work, but so far he won’t allow it.

There you have it. Brian and I will post seperately but we are going to tag the next six people together since we don't know 12 people to tag. We are tagging Andy, Natalie, Bro. Brian, Michelle, Charisse, Kory, and Sarah (now I realize that is seven and not all of you have blogs, but this is a great reason to start just go to blogspot.com and post away). The last time we did something similar to this in email it was a ton of fun to read people's responses so I look forward to hearing what you put.

Fall Days

We LOVE Fall! There are so many fun things going on and so many fun memories are made. I wanted to post some of our fall pictures from this year. There are quite a few, so enjoy. It always goes by so fast and I am sad that it is over. Christmas...here we come. Oh, and also I added a "Meg Sayings" part to our blog. Jeff and Amy have one on their blog and it is one of my favorite parts. Sorry I am copying. ;)

At the first of the month we took the kids to the local corn maze. They had a lot of other fun things for the kids ( a lot like Thanksgiving Point). They had a sandbox full of dried corn. Adin loves eating corn so he thought he was in heaven. I was fighting to keep it out of his mouth, but as you can see if you look closely, I didn't do such a great job.

This was a huge slide. Brian and I both bet that there was no way Meg would go down. Brian went up with her the first time and she told him that she wanted to go alone and pushed herself off. It was a fun slide.

The corn maze was crazy. Ater being in for about 20 minutes, both the kids were going crazy. Adin was crying. I was regretting the decision. Brian, by some miracle, found a spot where he could see the ginormous printout of a map of the cornmaze that they gave us. He studied it for about 3 minutes and then led us right out. I was so impressed.

This was a Sunday afternoon drive up a canyon in Ogden. All of us but Adin were wearing our pajamas. We missed this trip by a weekend because most of the leaves were just yellow. It was still prety though. We were lucky to return from this trip. I have never drove in a more dangerous canyon. It was so tight and windy. On the way down the sun was glaring so bad in our eyes that there were literally moments when we were coming around curves where we lost all visibility.

The annual Droubay Halloween party/pumpkin carving was a lot of fun. This is a picture of Meg smelling her pumpkin. Brian helped her carve a pumpkin and she was so proud of it.

We went to trick or treat at Brian's work the day before Halloween. We came back with way way too much candy. Both kids filled their pumpkins to the brim.

We went trick or treating in Brigham City. We didn't know which neighborhoods were okay in Ogden. Meg had so much fun because Chris and Jeni were there with their kids. Meg got to go with her "best friend" Gabi. They had fun going together. At first they were cute and said trick or treat. Then they started saying "Gimme Gimme" and grabbing handfuls of candy out of peoples dishes. Then they started complaining that they didn't want to go to anymore houses. It was pretty cute. We had lots of fun. Meg was obsessed with her flashlight. She didn't even want to carry her treat bucket.

These are just a few random pictures of the kids. I love getting really cute Halloween pictures of them. They think it is torture. Adin will not hold still for pictures. Our recent trip to get professional pictures done was a waste. There is not a single picture of him looking at the camera. In every picture we have he is crawling one direction or the other.

That is it for our fall pictures. We are sad that Halloween is over. November should be a lot of fun though too. Adin will be turning one on the 16th. That is sad for me. It has gone by way way too fast. I do love the birthday celebration though. Charisse will be getting married on the 21st...I better get working on her cake plans. Then there is Thanksgiving and day after Thanksgiving sales. We'll keep the blog updated as we go along.