Christmas Parade

This evening was the Christmas Parade in beautiful downtown Kaysville. I really wish I had a better camera that took great night photos, so sorry about the quality. Who doesn't love a good Christmas parade, especially when the weather is perfect and they have hot chocolate with ice cream? PS: My tree isn't up yet. It's a long story for another post.

Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving. We went to Ryan's aunt, Andrea's house in Salt Lake. The food was great, the company was even better. We played games, talked and laughed. Probably the greatest excitement was that Andrea has a new puppy, a 9-month old black lab named Lucy. Braxton had so much fun playing with her in the back yard. I brought my camera, but didn't take one picture. I guess I must have been having too much fun or I was too tired and full after dinner to even think about my camera. It's probably the latter. I lost almost 10 pounds this month because of the flu, but I think I gained it all back and then some yesterday. But isn't that what Thanksgiving is all about? Thank you Aunt Andrea for being the hostess with the mostess. Now let the Christmas decorating begin!!!!

Open Rebellion

We went to the mall yesterday and I was surprised, but very excited, to see Santa there. Ryan thinks me taking Braxton to talk to Santa before Thanksgiving is open rebellion. Oh, Ryan is not the Grinch, he just loves Thanksgiving and thinks that I would rather skip Thanksgiving and start celebrating Christmas on November 1st. This is sort of true. I like Thanksgiving too, but I think in Canada we do it right. We celebrate it in October and then can concentrate on Christmas right after Halloween. So, every year Ryan makes me promise that we will not listen to Christmas music until the day after Thanksgiving. Of course when he is not home Christmas music is blasting through my speakers. My wonderful mother-in-law gave me her satellite radio, there are 6 stations that play nothing but Christmas music!!! I guess I will humor Ryan for a few more days and only speak of my excitement for eating lots of turkey and watching football this coming Thursday.

Pre-Thanksgiving Lunch Date

Today was the big Thanks- giving lunch at Braxton's school, so parents were invited to come and partake in the school lunch goodness. Let's just say the potatoes were okay and the banana that I got from the "sides" cart was good. Braxton has been talking about this for about a week and telling me how excited he was that I was coming to have lunch. Anyway, it seems the most important thing about lunch for Braxton and his friends is to eat it as fast as they can so that they can go out for recess. So, my little lunch date was cut short when my son looked up at me and said, "Mom, is it okay if I go and play with my friends now?" Who would say no to such a thing? So, I sat there and finished my lunch with the other moms who were also left by their sons. Did you know that girls actually look like they enjoy having lunch with their moms and don't seems to care about recess?!?! What a strange concept.

Happy Birthday, Ryan

It's been about 2 weeks since Ryan brought "The Beast" into our home. This mutant flu virus that has knocked us both on our butts. Not only has my blog been neglected, but you should see my laundry pile. I am sure Braxton is wondering if mom cooks anymore too. Hopefully, this week will be a better one. At least I am walking around without feeling dizzy now. Anyway, Ryan's birthday was Friday, so I just wanted to acknowledge my wonderful husband. He felt well enough to take Braxton to a movie on Friday night, so it was a successful birthday. Happy Belated Birthday to the love of my life who I can honestly say that I love in sickness and in health. Braxton made this card for Ryan. It's Ryan with a big slice of pizza.

HALLOWEEN

We had a great Halloween. Braxton was a clone soldier from Star Wars, The Clone Wars. He got soooo much candy and of course, we have a lot left over from our trick or treater candy because we didn't have very much traffic at our house. I was careful not to buy my favorite candy, so if there was leftovers, I wouldn't sit home all day and eat it.