Thanksgiving Break

We made the drive up to Idaho for Thanksgiving. This year we were with my side of the family and it was so much fun. Everyone was there except for my little brother Kevin, who is on a mission in Argentina. Kylee had way too much fun with all of her cousins. We are very happy that my brother's family is moving from Nebraska to Boise so we will be seeing a lot more of them! Now, Randy and I are the odd ones out because we don't live that close (4 hours still isn't bad). Randy and I really like Boise so it will be fun to visit them.

 My brother's new puppy was a huge hit with Kylee. She followed Wilk around everywhere!

Getting together with family is always so nice but my mom spoiled us with too much good food! I thought I was getting in really good shape but I went to the gym yesterday to my usual class and I definitely had way too much pumpkin pie because I could hardly keep up. I brought stuff home to exercise every day but I never even touched my running shoes (sleep and food sounded so much better at the time).  I better start making trips to the gym twice a day before our next trip to Idaho in a couple of weeks! 

Randy and I know that we have a lot to be grateful for but a few blessings that stand out to us this year are:

Family- we are very lucky in that department.

Kylee- Even though Kylee is a very wild child we love her to pieces.Every night Randy and I find that our conversations revolve around Kylee and the funny things she did that day. We love our little girl.

Friends-  both old and new. We have made some lifelong friends since we moved here and I am very grateful for that. Our friends are amazing!

Opportunities in Education- Randy has an amazing professor/boss who has provided Randy with some really amazing opportunities. Randy is just finishing his first semester in graduate school and has already been offered opportunities in Rhode Island, Albuquerque, NM, Ogden, UT and Phoenix, AZ.

Happy Thanksgiving...a few day's late.

* I was very lazy and only got my camera out one day. Enjoy.

Kylee picked this apple off the tree for Wilk. Too cute. 

Kylee's best friend (cousin) Ty watching Polar Express

We love Wilk

Real girls play with Star Wars toys. 

Matching Jammies- Kylee is confused. 

All three William's granddaughter's pretty in purple

I had to steal him away

I get crafty sometimes...

This summer my Mother-in-law let me take one of these old windows that she had. I was way excited about it. At first I sanded it down, painted it blue, and mod-podged some scrapbook paper to it. I added the lettering but didn't know what to put in the two outside windows. Pictures didn't look that great. Then I repainted it AGAIN. This time I painted it black and added some animal print to it. I grew out of my animal print phase so I decided to start over AGAIN. So, I knocked out the windows, sanded it down AGAIN, primed, and repainted the window an antique white. I then took it into a local glass store and they put the mirrors in for $4 a mirror! Side note- it was going to cost over $30 just for mirrors alone at a craft store. Always use the local  glass stores for these kinds of projects!  For the finishing touch I purchased some oil rubbed bronze spray paint to coat the original hardware. This was so much cheaper than buying new bronzed hardware and it turned out so great- plus I wanted to keep the original hardware on. Definitely worth the $7.

I don't have a picture of what the original window looked like or the animal print phase. I spent a lot of hours sanding this sucker- three different times!

Before ( I liked this but didn't know what to do with left and right windows)

After. I LOVE THE MIRRORS. I need to sand around the edges a little more but I need a break from sandpaper!

I was peer pressured...

So my family has a private blog that all of my siblings and parents have used since 2006 but after constantly being asked, "Do you have a blog?", I decided to make one just for Randy, myself, and Kylee. Plus, I love the idea of making my blog into a book. My sister-in-law does this for my parents each year of our private blog and it is seriously so cute and nice to have! Hopefully I can make blogging a little more fun because right now it just seems like another chore. I will do my best to keep ya'll updated on our crazy (but lovely) life!

p.s. Kylee's face will be dominating this blog. Cutest little chicken.