Dinosaur Museum @ Thanksgiving Point

We got to visit Cory's brother in American Fork last Saturday and had a fun day with them and decided to go to the dinosaur museum. We spent hours there and the boys didn't want to leave. Then we decided to go to IKEA which is always a treat. It's fun to look at things and let the boys run wild.
Marley, Madison, Morgan, Spencer, and Parker

Standing in awe of the big T-rex

We got to see the dinosaur movie on the big screen with the 3-d glasses....very cool. I have to admit the glasses also look very cool.

"Let's get out of here!" Spencer was constantly roaring like a dinosaur, so it made it easy to keep track of him, just follow the sound of the dino boy.
Digging in the sand!

It's a......

GIRL!!!

Our Christmas...

We had the opportunity of going to South Dakota to celebrate Christmas with Cory's family, it was a lot of fun. Once we made sure that Santa knew where to bring our presents we were good to go. So I promised many family and friends that I would stop putting food on my blog, but I had to put this on here. Why might you ask? Because it was all made by my amazingly talented mother-in-law. At first I asked her if she bought all of it at Costco? When she told me she had made all of it I almost died. And the real kicker is she doesn't even eat the stuff. That is some self control if I've ever seen it! The chocolate peanut clusters were my favorite if you were wondering. Spencer had a delightful, dinosaur filled Christmas. He hoped that every present he opened contained a dinosaur. There were many dinos and he was in heaven.
Batman!
Spencer is cuddled up taking a nap with his new dino blanket that Grandma Jones made. This has become the new "blankie" for him. We accidently left his blanket at Melissa's house on New Year's Eve and decided to take a chance and leave it there for a couple of days and he eventually forgot about it....yeah! It was so ragged it was Parker's blanket for 2 years and then it got passed to Spencer so it's been being used for a good 5 years, you could see through the material it was so worn out. We are glad to have a nice warm replacement.
Grandma Vesely made him this apron. Parker loves to help in the kitchen so this was so perfect for him.
There's nothing like playing Wii bowling in a red cowboy hat.
This is Storybook Island. Cory and I got engaged here 7 years ago. I've got Ironman to keep me safe.
We had fun, but it was sure cold there. The best part was we went to the gift shop after and Grandpa bought the kids a toy. Parker picked out a snake and Spencer a dinosaur.....go figure!
New jammies made by Grandma.

A shopping snack....

So I dropped Parker off at school this morning and then me and Spencer headed out to do some power shopping. I've been a last minute shopper this year and it's crazy out there people. We had been to a couple of stores and I thought we needed a little pick-me-up at Maverick (soda). So I'm filling up my cup and I smell something delicious. I know it's hard to believe that you could smell something good in a convenient store, but I have the nose of a blood hound. It was the smell of jalapenos. I look all around trying to spot the good stuff and I found it. I have never in my life bought food like this from a convenient store, but it smelled so good. And it tasted delicious! My mouth was on fire by the time I finished it, but it was worth it in the end. I guess I better head off to the gym:)

Parker could not wait to give Santa his letter. He wrote this letter at school. We were driving there to see him last Saturday and Parker said, "Mom, I need you to write one more thing on here...put 'I love Santa so much!' Cory says, "Oh you are trying to butter him up." Parker replied, "Yep, I am."
Thanks a lot random kid in the background!
"I'm really not into this, can we please leave?"
Oh the humanity! Christmas 2006. Spencer has always been skeptical of the big bearded man. I have pictures every year of a crying Spencer on Santa's lap. Why do we do this to our kids?

You are probably wondering.....hmm what is that jug of Tabasco doing over there? Well it is there to signify my love of the spicy food in life. The little bottle just wasn't enough I had to go for the jug. I'm blaming it on the pregnancy. I'm into jalapeno, serrano, red, poblano any kind of pepper....bring it on! I can't get enough. I can only eat eggs with Tabasco and whenever I get a Subway sandwich I get it loaded with jalapenos. That's not normal people! And Emilee's cranberry salsa was so good and spicy with just enough jalapenos. I know some of you are counting how many times I've mentioned jalapenos already....bear with me it's become an obsession. So I want to take this moment to thank all the spicy foods of the world for being so darn delicious and spicy. My family was laughing at me over Thanksgiving, but I was in heaven with all the food. I told my mom if I'm not eating I'm thinking about eating. And if it's spicy....I start to do the Homer Simpson drool.

A great Thanksgiving......

This is an apple pie I made for Thanksgiving. It turned out so good and it tasted good too. I had never made the filling from scratch and I did this time and it was a crowd pleaser. I had made one the Monday before for Parker's "Thanksgiving Feast" for preschool so I had a practice one under my belt. I never got to taste it, but Parker said it was good and that was enough for me.
We love Grandma and Grandpa Blackwell's house. It is the best place for kids. They can play outside with no worries. It's nice to come here and relax.

The crazy, fun boys. Tommy, Spencer, Parker, Cooper, Campbell, Carter, and Beau. We are just missing little Luke. That's all the boys!

Lexi sure loves her Grandpa. She is the cutest, sweetest, most beautiful little girl in the world. I am so in love with her. I am so excited that I get to be her babysitter on Monday's starting in a couple of weeks. Every time I look at her my heart melts and I love those cheeks. Spencer always says, "So cute". You got that right little buddy.
We all bellied up to the table to make these little gingerbread houses. It was fun. The kids really likes squeezing out the glue, it got a little crazy, but thankfully it is easy to clean up. Grandma Blackwell knows how to do it up right! She's the best we love her.
My mom and dad are really amazing, they do so much for other people. They are so kind and they love their family and they let us all take over their house over Thanksgiving and while it is crazy and loud I know they love it. They went the day after Thanksgiving to St. George to work in the temple Friday night and then got up at 3:45 a.m. Saturday to be back ready to go at 5:30a.m. They are truly amazing. They are the best examples of living righteously and doing what the Lord asks of them no matter how hard and no matter the sacrifice. They always have and I don't know what I did to deserve them. I am so blessed!!