Go Cougars!

BYU wins this years rivalry in overtime (15) BYU 26, (19) Utah 23. Thankfully my superfan husband got to watch this one and I know he'll be home in a few minutes on some sort of natural football high. I really think the best gift I could get him this year would be a new tv and the college sports package on satellite. Too bad that's not what he's getting for christmas, but I'm definitely going to keep it in mind for the near future.....

Black Friday

We've only tried shopping the Black Friday deals once a few years ago and decided it wasn't worth it. But today Lily woke up at 5:30 am, so off she and I went to Kohls. It was awesome! I found everything I was looking for-including the truck I wanted for Nathan that I thought was sold out that I later found discarded in the women's sleepwear section. Since I had store credit I ended up spending nothing, got two dollars back, and left with more Kohls cash. Oh, and I even got a really good parking space. Today completes my christmas shopping, and I can look forward to the next month without buying worries. I've never been done this early...yeah!

2 year old funny stuff

Nathan is by far our funniest kid right now. Most everything he does and says is pretty cute. We spent yesterday painting our master bedroom, so we slept on an air mattress in the family room. We put the kids to bed tonight and an hour later when we went to check on them we found Nathan asleep not in his room, but on the air mattress that is still out. Funny kid-your bed is definitely more comfortable than a sinking air mattress!

Sitting Up

Almost missed posting this milestone. A week and a half ago Lily figured out how to sit up on her own. She was pretty happy about it. Now she loves to sit and thinks tummy time is only for sleeping. That attitude won't help her learn to crawl, but that's ok. She just can't get into much trouble yet.

Sister Help

Annelise is great at helping Lily. She loves to try and entertain her. Today she wanted to help Lily by giving her toys, so she dumped the entire baby toy bin out on her.

Car Room

Nathan's car themed bedroom is finally done! This was our first project in a long time and it feels great to have one finished. The kids are having a fun time driving their cars on the walls. Thanks to Brian for helping me paint at night while the kids slept and putting the bed together last night by himself. For anyone who loves before and after pics, there wasn't much to to show before we painted. His room was empty and had a mattress on the floor. See before picture here.

Happy Halloween

This year we had a cheerleader, a tiger, and a pumpkin. Annelise and Nathan had a great time trick or treating in the neighborhood and battling over who got to ring or knock on the door first. Since Nathan can't walk as fast, he was constantly saying, "No 'E' (Annelise) my turn!"