Lazy day

Today seems to be a lazy day.
This morning we sent out a package to Josiah's sister. She is on a mission in Brazil! So far away. We were able to send a small package to her. You could fit 3 DVDs and a candy bar in there. Not very much room at all. We were able to fit some things that she wanted and that is too expensive to buy over there. I hope everything gets to her!
On the way to the post office we saw a new store on the Blvd. It looked kinda fun from the outside so when Josiah went in to mail the package I took the kids and walked down to the new store. It was good to get out and stretch my legs. The new store is just a continuation Urban Renewal. It was fun to go in there and lose myself just looking at everything. I got so many new ideas for crafts! There were some picture hanging things that looked like something I could make. Josiah found an accordion that looked fun. But it was wayyyy to much for us.
At the moment Caleb is sleeping, David is watching a show and Josiah is at work. I also has a load of laundry in! Time for a break!?! I think so.
I did a little craft project last night after the kids went to bed. I cut the letters J O Y out of an old cereal box and wrapped Christmas yarn colors around each one. Now to find the perfect spot to hang them. I won't be putting up the Christmas tree till after David's birthday later this month. It will need to be up off the floor so that Caleb doesn't get into it!
This Christmas I'm doing a count down with books for David to read. I've wrapped up 25 books. Some Christmas and some are his favorite ones to read. Each night before bed David gets to choose a present to unwrap and then we go read that book. So far he really likes it! I also have a felt Christmas tree that he gets to pick out a ornament and put that on the tree too, to help count down the day to Christmas.
I sure do love being a stay at home mom. I get to do all these fun crafts with David and some day Caleb too when he gets a bit older. I am so blessed that Josiah is able to work and let me stay at home with my wonderful boys.
So, today is a wonderful lazy day and I love it! :)

Thanksgiving

This year we had Thanksgiving at our home. It was so fun to have family over. My family was able to come on Wednesday and spend Thanksgiving with us. We started cooking, and putting together the food for tomorrow. It was good that I had help with dinner. I went to get something out of the pantry and a bottle of syrup dropped on my pinky toe! It is still bruised and hurts but doesn't look like it was broken.

Thanksgiving day was very busy but lots of fun. My mom and I started out making pies. We had 4 different types. Apple, cherry, pumpkin and banana cream. After the pies were almost done we started on everything else.

I did a fun project with David. We made pumpkin scented play dough. It is safe to eat and smells great. It was super easy to make.
We didn't do any of the black Friday sales, which was fine with me! We were able to sleep in on Friday and just enjoy the company we had. I did go to one store and got 4 toys for less then $20. So the boys will have something for Christmas. :)
Caleb is starting to rock back and forth on his knees and arms. David's favorite thing right now is Mickey Mouse Club House. It's fun to watch these boys grow up! I can't believe that almost 7 months ago Caleb was born. Crazy that the time has gone by so fast!

Festival of Trees

We went to the festival of trees on Saturday. I had never been before. It was so amazing to see all the different types of decorations that were put on trees. There was one tree that was decorated with legos. I think David liked that one the most. My favorite was one that was decorated to look like Paris. I'll have to post a picture when I get to the computer. It was so much fun. There are not just trees at this festival. They had all sizes of trees and people dancing on the stage and all kinds of fun things to look at. We went on a scavenger hunt for mice. They were hidden all over the festival. We found half of them.

After the festival on Saturday we went to hang out with Rico and Tessa Rosales. They live up north right now but came to St. George to celebrate Rico's birthday. We went and saw their cute little boy Ezra. He is only 11 weeks old and so very cute! I wish we would have taken a picture with them.
We had one more thing to go to after hanging out with the Rosales. We went to a baby shower for Melissa Sly from our ward. She is having twin boys in 2 months. I had such a fun time at her shower. If you brought some diapers you were entered for a chance to win a gift card to Olive Garden. Well, guess who won?!? I DID!!! I never win anything! I will be using that for a date night with my wonderful husband one of there days.

We are super excited to be hosting Thanksgiving dinner at our house this year. I'm still not sure how to cook everything and how to present it all, but it should work out great. My family from Cedar City will be coming down on Wednesday and stay till Friday. We are so excited to have them here.
Caleb is starting to army crawl/ real crawl. It is so cute. He props himself up on one elbow to look around and see if anyone is looking then starts crawling again. His little elbow is getting rug burn from doing that so much.
David is such a helper around the house and loves playing with his brother. He loves it when we run around and have Caleb chase him to his room, and jump on his bed.

Thankful

I am so thankful for all the wonderful things that I have. Today has been a really good day. I got to sleep in. When I finally got up Josiah told me that Caleb is starting to army crawl. It is so cute to watch him do that. It seems like Caleb is all over the place and into everything now! Of course he has a really good big brother David to help him with everything.
We were on our way out the door this morning and David brought Caleb's jacket and shoes to him! It was so cute. David is such a good helper. His favorite thing to do is bring Caleb toys. He still needs to work on the delivery. He throws the toy at Caleb. But he is getting better.
We had a surprise visit from Josiah tonight! I thought he wouldn't be home till 10-11 pm but he said he missed us and also needed a break from driving. He had to do a run up north about 6 hrs away. So it was fun to see him for a few. David kept giving Josiah hugs and didn't want to let him out the door again!
I sure do love my cute family!

New post!

This is the first post that will be done from my iPod! It was lost over a year and a half ago and my sweet little David found it yesterday! We had fun celebrating and giving high fives all night long. But the celebration was short lived.
I asked David what color he wanted his spaghetti and he pointed to red. As the unit on the stove was warming up to boil the water David touched the unit! OUCH!!! So now he has a burn that has blistered on his pointer finger. He never made it to eat his spaghetti till later that night. It was such a traumatic experience that David went to take a nap. While he was napping I was able to put Caleb down for his nap too. It was wonderful to have both the boys down for naps at the same time. That hardly ever happens! I figured it was time for me to eat too so I warmed up something in the microwave. When I went to get the zip lock bag out of the mic I opened it with out letting it cool off a little and burned my thumb from the nail bed to the first knuckle. It hurt so bad! Of course when you need pain pills there are none in the house... So I ended up soaking my thumb in cold water for the next hour. My friend read about this little accident on Facebook and brought over some lavender oils to help take away the pain. It was so thoughtful of her! We are all doing better today, thank goodness!
Let this be a lesson to everyone, let your food cool after it's been in the microwave and KEEP your children away from the stove at all times! Even if it is off.

I think I will be posting alot more since I don't have to sit at the computer to type. Have you ever noticed how uncomfortable computer chairs can be?