Thanksgiving 2010

Happy Thanksgiving. I am most grateful that the daily alphabet gratitude posts on Facebook have ended. What a long month. We have so much to be grateful for. We are blessed to have our health, great family and jobs that keep us alive and well. I have so many more fun pix to come. The food was great, Ray and I were in charge of the potatoes, which turned out okay. Moms dressing was to die for and it was so nice to see so many cousins this holiday season.

Dangers of microwaving food.

I stole this.
The microwave has been an integral part of our kitchen for as long as I can remember. But I started reading more and more data talking about why it was harmful. It changes the chemical structure of our food, most often turning it into carcinogen filled byproducts of its former nutritious self. And each food category changes in different ways. This disturbed me and motivated me to stop using ours. This video presents some of that data but in a very brief way. I have also included links where you can read more yourself if this video is not enough for you.



Read Terri's post here:thirning.blogspot.com/2010/11/dangers-of-microwaving-food.html


Here is an article from Dr. Mercola.

Dinner murder mystery evening

Happy Halloween! We had such a blast with this murder mystery game. We got to meet some really fun couples from the ward and had a chance to dress up and eat some great food. The theme was their has been a murder by the grill. So we stuck with the game theme and had a BBQ. The burgers were turkey and were so yummy and we had all the trimmings. Christa Moak was a great game leader and the couple all walked away with one of the yummy caramel apples. Brad and I love to host parties and are so glad to meet new people in the ward.

Farm day with the babes

Brookes and maddi are sure little cow girls. They are so lucky to get to feed the horses and sit on them whenever they want!. Miss Avery was able to come and play with us for the morning. She loves horses but they were a little to real for her to want to sit on them. Miss Avery and I got to feed the horses carrots, we went to the mall and saw the puppies, rode the carousel, ate lunch and then went and saw Toy Story 3. Sometimes it is really hard to see so many mommy's that get to go and play all the time with their kids. People assume that Avery is mine but the truth is I have no idea how things work when it comes to moms and the mall. The mall every week sponsors a kids club for babies we showed up this week at the end of it. Hundreds of kids are dressed in their Halloween costumes and it looked like they were having a blast. I really felt left out, and even more felt sad that I was in a way renting a child for the day. I am blessed to have such fun girls to watch and hang with, but I could only imagine how fun it would be with my own.

Happy Halloween.

I recently just came to realize that the traditions that we do every year is what makes the holidays so great. The holiday itself has always been a bit lame, but the pix and memories and getting to share our talents is what makes the holiday so great. We carved our pumpkins and had pizza, and had our annual caramel apple party. They are the best apples. ever.

Date night with the babies.

Mom and Dad needed a night to hang out without the babies so Brad and I took them on a date. We have to show them how dating is done so they know what is up in a few years! We went to Macayo's for dinner. It was really yummy and the girls really are perfect angles. We got to see the balloon guy make some fun balloon animals for them to play with. After we hit Bass pro shop to look at all the animals. Both of the girls loved the fish and the ducks. All I can say is bravo to the people that thought of putting a TV into cars. The girls just were happy as can be. After feeding them a whole bag of gummy worms and chocolate covered pretzels they were ready to go home!.

Play day at the park!

The cutest nieces ever! We had fun feeding the ducks, getting eaten alive by mosquitoes and having fun in the sun on a beautiful fall day. We have to live it up before baby #3 comes and Rays life ends as we know it. A boy is coming quickly and is going to rock all of our worlds! Playdays with Ray keep me alive.

Happy 30th Birthday Brad

Happy Birthday to an amazing man who treats me so great. Really, all that you deal with you always are so happy and at peace. Thank you for always supporting me and for working so hard. We have such a great life because of you. Brad you are my best friend and I look forward to many more fun years ahead. I wish you the best 30th year until the 31st b-day comes! You still make me laugh just like you promised you would when we met!

Vegas 2010- Bowles

Our story begins with getting trapped into signing up for a free trip to Vegas with those time share dealio's. We went and had a great time... be proud of me for being able to say NO with the huge pressure they put on us! We took off Thursday late and played all day Friday and Saturday. The Bowles went with us and we did an introduction to Vegas for them. They haven't been to Vegas in years. Brad turned 30 this weekend so we went for his party to celebrate the big 30! We, who were not preggo's rode the roller coaster, we walked the strip, hit an amazing 5 star buffet at Caesars palace, did some people watching, walked some more, hit the pool, walked some more. The favorite for Ray was watching the Bellagio fountains go off, with 4 shows under our belt we got our water show fills. Saturday we hit the temple for a session. Im going to be honest. It was a nightmare of a session. Ray barfed all over herself, we didn't get to sit together in the sealing, I met up with a former awkward H.S.who was still awkward, My dress didn't fit me. We got yelled at twice, and last my finger was cut and bleeding everywhere. We should have just gambled instead. The resort that we stayed at is called Blue Green. It was a fantastic 2 room suite with a great view of the airport runway. We watched Brad eat the 50 peice chx nugget meal from Mc'd's and had a bunch of laughs! Thanks for the great trip away. Brad was so spoiled, he got a yard toy, a bunch of cash, and some gift cards. The next day he was struck by the flu and then a cold hit him the weekend after that. Poor guy doesn't really like being 30!

Vegas 2010

Vegas 2010

Vegas 2010