Black Friday Madness

I have actually never been shopping on black Friday until this year. I have never enjoyed crowds and I don't remember wanting something so badly that I had to wake up at 5:00 am to get it. But for some reason this year I decided to go! I looked through the ads and couldn't find anything on our Christmas lists but there were some great deals on clothes! I got up, grabbed some hot chocolate and headed out for a morning of shopping. It was actually quite fun and the stores that I went to weren't that crowded. It was so nice to be out without the kids doing something that I love to do, shopping for clothes! After I got home we decided to take the kids to see Santa! We headed out to the University Mall where Santa arrived by helicopter. When Brigham saw the helicopter he was so excited that he was shaking! As a mom it was wonderful to see him so happy and excited. We had such a good time and to our surprise Brigham didn't even cry when Santa waved to him! Of course after seeing Santa we had to head into the mall to see if we missed any good deals =) We ended our day with a trip to Thanksgiving Point to see the Christmas lights.

Waiting for Santa to arrive!

Just trying to stay warm

Look! There he is!

Arriving in style

Over here Santa!

Thanksgiving Point lights

If you've seen one you've seen them all!

Reindeer or "Reinbeer" as Brigham calls them

Happy First Birthday Mckell!

This year has totally flown by and I can't believe that my baby girl turned one! Wow, where does the time go? Mckell is a doll and we love her so much. It is so fun to watch her grow and see her personality (and attitude). Mckell is VERY girly which is so fun and she can change moods in an instant (which is not so fun!). She knows exactly what she wants and she is very determined. She is absolutely gorgeous and we love her beautiful red hair. Mckell can walk across the room and she loves to give hugs and open mouth kisses. She knows some sign language and she likes to make up her own signs as well. Mckell loves her big brother and they like to laugh A LOT! Thanks to her brother she is a very tough girl and can hold her own in battle. I love being her mom!
Happy Birthday Baby Girl!

Mckell in her birthday hat

Yummy cake! Her brother helped her eat it.

She loves her cousins!

For her birthday she got a stroller for her baby doll

We also took her out for ice cream

Just Keepin Occupied

Now that winter is here we have had to entertain ourselves in different ways. The kids got a good laugh when they saw their beautiful hair do's that mom did for them! Most people who know me know that I DO NOT like the winter, but I will say that we have had fun this last week trying to keep ourselves entertained. You've got to be really creative to keep a one year old and a two year old happy!

Brigham actually smiled for this one! I think it's his first time!

Halloween

Happy Halloween everybody! I have to say that this was the best Halloween ever! The weather was perfect, we spent the day with friends and family and the kids both put on (and kept on) their costumes. Brigham even went the whole day with out any accidents. SUCCESS! We started off the day with a party at Jessica L's house. She is amazing and it was fun for us moms to get together and the kids had fun making haunted houses and decorating cookies. Later Jess S and I took the kids to trick or treat street in Provo. It was a lot of fun and I would definitely recommend it to anyone. We ran home, washed the candy out of Mckell's fur and then went to Glen and Connies for pizza and more trick or treating. Brigham had such a good time and we are so proud of our little shy guy for having enough courage this year to say "Trick or Treat".

Brigham is quite fond of "Snow White"

Sorry Jess I had to post it! I wonder how long it will take you to call and make me take it off!