Thanksgiving

What a lovely holiday weekend! We had a great feast at my Aunt and Uncle's house and really enjoyed hanging out with family and eating yummy, yummy food. I am not lying when I say I think I ate more that one day then I have been able to eat in a very long time. Thanks to my wonderful family and extended family for just being so gosh darn wonderful.

Just a few quick pics of the day, of some of my most favorite things. I am most definitely thankful for...

these 2 gorgeous faces. I don't think I could live without seeing them everyday. Man I love my kids.

And my parents do so much for me and help me and my kids so much. I am so glad they are my parents and my friends.

And I know I have said it before but I really do have the best Grandma in the whole wide world.

I am SO BLESSED!!!

First Hockey Game

If you know me at all, I am a HUGE hockey fan. It started in Junior High and just got way worse all through High School and I am pretty darn sure it will always be my favorite sport. My kids know that the PENGUINS are the best hockey team and they cheered loudly with me as we watched them win the Stanley Cup Championship this year! :)

The Grizzlies were having a PACK THE HOUSE night where every seat in the house was $5. I figured this would be a great cheap date for me and my kids and bravely decided to try and take them to the game. I wasn't sure how well they would do, but figured it was worth a try.

Kylee cracks me up! I told her to smile, she said cheese, and then this was how the picture turned out. What a stinker. She actually was LOVING the game, as you can see in the next picture below.

Little stink pot.
Our seats were AWESOME as we were on the 5th row.
Grizzlies put on a great show and won 4-0 including an awesome penalty shot! My kids loved the loud horn sound (although the very first time it went off they both looked at me a little worried but then started cheering since everyone else was).

And Kylee loved watching the "BONI."
Cannon the whole night just cheered and clapped and said HOCKEY and GO GO GO when they would skate by.
I was seriously SO proud.

I hope we get to go to many more games in the future.

So Hungry!

I really hate making dinner. Not because I don't like to cook, but because I never know what to make, or usually end up making a nice meal and then the kids eat a few bites and are done, and I feel like it was all for nothing. It's a little frustrating. So yes we end up having a lot of really easy and quick meals since it's just me and my kidos. Tonight's dinner of choice was Mac and Cheese. I mixed it together and then ran upstairs to help Kylee finish a project while it cooled for the kids. When I came back down, this is what I found.

Cannon had pushed the empty laundry basket up to the stove and decided to help himself.

I guess he was pretty darn hungry and just couldn't wait.
I laughed and laughed. He is too cute.
And he didn't spill a single noodle on the floor.
What a smart little stink!

We've got Spirit, Yes We Do!

I know people think that it's too early to already be listening to Christmas music, but I love it so much that I feel like a month just isn't enough...so we usually start listening after Halloween. It gets me in the holiday spirit and makes me excited for Thanksgiving and the Holiday season.

One of Kylee's favorite songs all year long is Jingle Bells by the Bare Naked Ladies. I had forgot how much she loved it until it started playing. She immediately went and got her toy piano and started playing along. I grabbed my phone and captured this cute video of Kylee and Cannon catching the holiday spirit. Make sure you pause the music on the side so you can hear the video.

(Sorry, my phone isn't the best picture quality and will only record a minute of video)

Disney on Ice

Kylee and I recently had

THE BEST GIRL'S NIGHT EVER

with Aunt Em and Brittney. We went to

DISNEY PRINCESSES ON ICE!!!

Kylee was so excited, although she really had no idea what we were going to (she had never been to any event like this before). She sat in her seat so good and was so cute through the whole show. It was so much fun!

She cracks me up. I told her she could pick out one thing from the "souvenir/rip off" stand. She thought for a really long time. They had all these fun little toys that made noise and lit up and such, and purses and crowns and it was a hard decision, but she finally said "toys just brake mom, I want a doll because dolls can last forever."
She was asleep before we even got on the freeway for the drive home, and is STILL talking about how much fun she had and when we can go again. Little does she know we are actually going to Sesame Street Live at the E Center next month. I won't be telling her that though until the day of the show or maybe even the way down there...because with Disney on Ice, once she knew we were going she would ask me all day every day if we could go yet. This video was just ONE of the MANY conversations we had.

It was so cute to see her reaction each time characters would come out. She would say the funniest things. She LOVES GOOPY (Goofy) and was very happy to see him and Cinderella. They were her 2 favorite parts of the show.

When the princesses would dance with their prince Kylee turned to me and said "they are in love." SO CUTE!

I'm SO thankful we were able to tag along with Emilee and Brittney for such a fun girls night. I hope Kylee will remember it, but I know I will always cherish that time together.

So Rewarding

I think one of the most rewarding things as a mom is watching your kids play together. Having Kylee and Cannon so close together sometimes makes me crazy, but most of the time is such a joy because they are such great friends. I hope it always stays that way.

Fun Fall Day

The weather lately has been strangely PERFECT and we just had to take advantage of it this weekend and took a couple trips to the park and have been outside as much as possible. My kids have been so good and I wish they could do more fun things, but seem to be satisfied with just playing on the playground.

Such cute faces.
Kylee loves to pretend...she was making me hamburgers and french fries out of sand.Cannon is always such a happy kid.

And Kylee is so pretty!
And Cannon is so handsome and heart melting.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this picture.

I can't believe how lucky I am.

How I Love Thee

I know I've said it before, and I'm sure I'll say it again...but I don't know what I ever did to deserve such great kids. They are awesome and seriously the greatest blessing in my life. They teach me so much, lift me up when I'm down, and bring me hope, strength, and love I didn't know existed.

Cannon cracked me up when I saw him trying to walk around in a pair of Curtis's shoes. He looks so little in those big shoes.

I just love that little guy. I really can't believe how quickly he is growing and how fast time is flying by. He talks like crazy and is a total copy cat. Especially to Kylee. I keep reminding her that everything she does her little brother watches her so she has to teach him good things. He is so sweet and great at giving hugs and kisses and just saying "I wuv oo" just because. He makes my heart melt!Kylee liked the idea of wearing someone's shoes so she went and got some shoes on too.
They don't match, but who cares.

And of course she wouldn't be Kylee if she didn't made a funny face for the camera.

Silly Girl!

When Cannon is asleep it is mom's responsibility to keep Kylee entertained, although usually it is Kylee entertaining me. She cracks me up so many times a day. I really love being a mom!

Is it bad that I am so jealous of how gorgeous my daughter is?

When I get done doing her hair everyday I just sigh with admiration at her beauty.

I really, really love my kids!!!

Happy Halloween

Halloween this year was a little sad. It was a bad week for our family and we were all very emotionally and physically tired. And to make things worse our favorite little dog (Em's dog) Axel was in the hospital and that made us all very sad. But we dressed up and had as good of a time as we could.

Cannon was the cutest Elmo I've ever seen.

And Kylee was the prettiest Abby Cadabby I've ever seen.
When Kylee came down the stairs dressed in her costume Cannon exclaimed "ABBY!"
It was so cute! In fact, every time I had put Cannon in his Elmo costume he freaked out and wanted it off, until he saw Kylee in her costume, then he was happy to be Elmo.

This isn't the best picture but it really does show just how our Halloween went.
I'm grateful for such great family who took my kids trick-or-treating and made it a good day for us.

Carving Pumpkins

For family night a few weeks ago we carved pumpkins. It was the first time the kids have ever got to carve pumpkins and they thought it was pretty neat. Cannon LOVED cleaning out the pumpkin, and kept eating the insides. I figured it was just pumpkin and it wouldn't hurt him too bad.

Kylee on the other hand didn't think the insides were very cool.

In fact, she would say "Gross" every time she pulled some out.
Kylee picked out a face and really loved helping me carve it out.

Cannon loved taking the top of the pumpkin on and off.

Such cute little pumpkins I have. :)

Cannon "carving."

I told you he liked to eat the pumpkin.

This kid puts EVERYTHING in his mouth.

Kylee insisted her pumpkin say boo. Sadly mom is not an artist, so this was the best we did, but she was very happy with it.

Cannon's pumpkin.

It was a fun family night.