Too Cute!

The other morning Russell was on the floor playing with his fish toy and Janey was sitting in the chair reading a book. All of the sudden she says "a hold you". I thought she wanted me to hold Russell but she informed me that she wanted to do that. I picked Russell up and put him next to her on the chair and she instantly put her arm around him and started reading him her book! I think it is one of the cutest things I have ever seen! She is such a good little mommy and Russell even had fun looking at the book with her. She would turn the page and say and then sign everything she knew to Russell. This went on for a good 5 minutes, and I had fun taking pictures and recording every minute of it! :)

As for Thanksgiving we had a fun time staying at home with just our little family. It was nice and relaxing. We ate dinner around 1:00 and then put the kids down for a nap. We even got to take a nap....it was so nice! When we got up we made dessert and then decorated for Christmas. I thought I would be a little sad being away from family but it was kind of nice starting our own traditions. I was very proud of myself for making a full Thanksgiving meal all by myself. (very small scale I might add) I was going to post on Thanksgiving some things I am thankful for, but since I never got around to it I will do it now. These will be in no particular order...just as they come to mind.

1. My family

2. The Gospel

3. This time of year

4. Two wonderful little kids

5. How Kevin makes me smile everyday

6. Holiday comfort foods

7. Clean house

8. Beautiful sunny days

9. nap time/bed time

10. Date night

There is so much more I am thankful for but I will not bore you any longer. I hope everyone is enjoying this time of year as much as I am!

Seriously....This Stinks!!

About a week ago Kevin and I sent our laptop into dell to get the left mouse button fixed before our warranty expired. So since then I have been left at home with no computer and nothing to do:) I could have got on to use our desktop but that thing takes like an hour to move from one thing to the next...and that is just more anoying than anything! So yesterday when I heard the doorbell ring and saw the fedex man standing there with the laptop, lets just say I was very excited. I called Kevin and he explained to me how to install the hard drive so I could use the computer. I was very impressed with my skills at installing the hard drive, and as I am waiting anxiously for the computer to start up...the dreaded screen of something is wrong pops up....media error...nothing found!! A few hours later when Kevin got home we realized that somehow in the process of the hard drive just sitting on the desk while the computer was being fixed it mysteriously got ruined!! (no it had nothing to do with my installing it) We now have a computer with a left mouse button that works but no hard drive! We lost all the pictures from halloween and Janey's 2nd birthday. Luckily we had just done a backup of all the rest...but still it makes me sick to think we lost just those. Luckily we had the small hardrive that was sent with the computer when we bought it so I am at least able to use the internet. On the bright side of things...I was able to accomplish alot around the house while the computer was gone. I reorganized all my kitchen cupboards yesterday, that is something that has needed to be done forever! It felt really good to use my time wisely:) I just realized as well that I have been tagged by a couple different people. That will be my next post, I just need more time to decide on the quirks.

Janey is 2!!!

I can't believe that our little girl is already two. It seems like she was just born! Her birthday was Saturday and we had such a fun day... she sure got spoiled. We went to the Childrens museum with some family and then came home, had cake and ice cream and played! Since Janey is OBSESSED with Elmo we had an elmo theme going on. I must say we are pretty proud of the Elmo cake that we made for her. I can't believe how smart she is...I think she says 5 new words a day. It's so fun to watch her grow and learn. Happy Birthday Janey!!

The Elmo cake we are so proud of!

Having fun with her new tea set

Blowing out candles

Carmel Apples and Photo Shoot

So the other day I decided to be all festive and make carmel apples. I have never made them before and it was actually really easy and really fun! I think this will be one of our new traditions from now on. Kevin doesn't have any complaints about that either
Below are a few pictures that we took on Sunday. We got home from church and decided that the kids looked so cute that we needed to take some pictures of them. I must say that for people who have pretty much no clue as to what they are doing, they turned out really cute! Getting Janey to cooperate was a whole other story until she realized that she got to hold Russell and was going to be the center of attention for awhile:)

Pumpkin Patch

A couple of weekends ago we went with my brother Michael and his family to a Pumpkin Patch down by Olympia. We went last year as well and it was so much fun! They have a little hay maze for the kids and a big slide for them to go down. Then we got on a little tractor ride to go out into the field to get our pumpkins. It made me feel very festive and ready for the fall! It was incredible seeing all of the pumpkins...very pretty.

Janey and I picking out a pumpkin

Janey being silly in the hay maze...she sure had fun this year!

More Pictures

T The Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island. This is where

Somewhere in Time was filmed.
Looking out of Fort Mackinac
Janey and her cousin Greta
Going out for ice cream...check out all those kids!
One of Russells first real smiles..too cute!!

This is where Kevin grew up, it was so beautiful.

Janey posing in front of the barn where Kevin lived

The Beach in Holland Michigan

Janey taking phone messages :)

Mackinac Island...such and amazing place