Woody's Drive-In

My cousin Emily & Brandon gave us a gift card for Christmas to try this little place out! It's on about 6100 South & 1300 East. Delicious food, onion rings, & shakes. My favorite was the old juke box that played classic oldies while you eat your food. The sign said they've been famous since 1989 and the place sure looked that old!

Thanks Emily & Brandon!

Merry Christmas to all.. and to all a goodnight!

Above- Spencer holding what I gave him! (Shirt, Beanie, Gift Card to Cabelas, heat resistant spatula, & headphones)

Spencer gave me a date to a Chinese restaurant (our favorite) w/ money to go shopping! He says I'm hard to shop for but he likes to go shopping with me. He's so creative!

Christmas Eve at my parents house- 2011 Happenings Book & PJ's!

Corbyn teasing Parker! I picked out their PJ's. They're so cute.

I did the worst job at taking pictures this Christmas but at least I got a few! We were super busy! Thanks everyone for the wonderful gifts!

Sophie

Sorry but we love our dog! I had to post about her because I want to remember the funny things she does. Spencer and I love just sitting on the couch while watching her play because she always makes us laugh. She does this pouncing thing where she'll rear up on her two back legs and pounce on whatever it is in front of her with her two front paws, it's hilarious. She is SO smart. Sometimes I tell Spencer that I wonder when she's going to start talking because she learns really fast and always observes whatever you're doing, just like a kid would. She gives us this certain look with her head tilted to the side when you talk to her. I swear she understands you! Last night I said to her "go to bed" and she went straight to her bed. She's not always obedient on the first command because she's VERY stubborn. She LOVES stuffed animals. One day during the Summer we were outside and the neighbors had their sliding door open (mind you, I don't even know these neighbors because they live a few houses down) and she just decided to walk right in and came running right back out with a stuffed animal in her mouth! I about died I was so embarrassed. Whoever was in there probably about pooped their pants and she swiped one of their stuffed animals while she was at it! Luckily, my neighbor Caleb who is 6 kindly rang their doorbell and gave back their stuffed animal. Haha Sophie is just one of a kind!

Merry Christmas!

Girls Trip to St. George

On the weekend of Dec. 4th, 2010 we had a girls trip to St. George for the weekend and it was a lot of fun! Mostly filled with shopping, eating and relaxing. It was just what I needed. My sisters brought their kids and I had a lot of fun hanging out with my niece and nephews. They are so stinkin' cute. Most of all I had fun spending time with my family.

Left to Right - Lindsey, Me, Christine, & Tracy

Embree- 15 months

I couldn't get enough of this cute outfit!

Corbyn - Almost 3

Loves playing with cars! He even had them in the picture :)

I'm sad I didn't get a picture of my other nephew Parker, who is 4 months old.

Happy Birthday Spencer! 23 Years Old

Sorry I am a little bit late posting this but it was Spencer's birthday on November 17th. We have been so busy with school and work that we didn't really get to celebrate much and by the time we got home we only had time for dessert! Spencer loves ice cream and cookies so we made Pizookies! They were pretty good. HAPPY BIRTHDAY SPENCER!

Raking Leaves

This past Saturday Spencer and I had nothing to do so we decided to make a stop over at the Frandsen's. We started out throwing the football and kicking the soccerball and then decided to rake leaves! Ready.... set.... jump!

This is pure joy right here......

I love these girls!
Michelle trying to get her girls to clean it up. If you can't tell, Madelyn (far right) was so unhappy about having to clean up leaves! She really wanted to watch Camp Rock on Disney instead... Oh and Spencer and Jeff were trying to do some home repairs and I didn't get a picture of them! Oops!

Ode to my Mother

This post is for my Mom. Since this is the month of giving "Thanks" I wanted to thank my mom for always being there for me! My mom is the kind of person that when you say you're doing "ok", knows that you really aren't ok. She is very talented & works at Pine Needles in Gardner Village. She absolutely LOVES to quilt. She is very loving and forgiving. She is always the first to apologize and ask forgiveness because she knows that having a relationship with her daughter is important. She is always willing to help financially, like helping with groceries, taking me out to dinner, etc. even if she gets in trouble by my Dad! She is very loving and understanding of me. I know she is concerned for me & my happiness. I can't believe I don't have a picture of me & my mom but you get to see my Dad too. I love you Mommy! and yes, I still call her Mommy!

Stuffed Pizza Rolls

Can I just say that I love ourbestbites.com? They have some of the yummiest recipes and this one was so easy and simple!

Halloween

This year Spencer and I babysat our step sister-in-laws over Halloween weekend so I thought it would be fun to throw a small party! I only got two pictures because we were late for the trunk or treat and it was POURING rain so I left my camera and then for some reason it got forgotten the rest of the night. We ended up playing games and eating lots of candy! We also watched one of my favorite Halloween movies called "Hocus Pocus." Thanks Spencer for getting that movie for me!

I made my all-time favorite Halloween dessert.... dirt cups! (above) Thanks Megan for helping me write on the cookies! (Below) Rootbeer in a bubbling cauldron

Summer turns 12

I can't believe Summer is 12 already.... off to Young Women's she goes! Michelle made us dinner, we opened presents and then all 10 of us went to Trafalga to play Laser Tag. WAY fun! I hadn't played since high school!

Jeff & Michelle
Summer & Mackenzie
Eating cake & ice cream
Ali was in heaven... she loves horses!
Madelyn
Kayla, Ali, & Me
Here we are just waiting for the kids to finish cashing in their tickets!

Pumpkin Carving

I love the Fall! The trees are gorgeous and there are so many fun festivities going on. I held a pumpkin carving party with the cousins at my house and took a lot of pictures. I did fail to get one of Spencer and I but we had a yummy BBQ and had a fun time hanging out.

Let the carving begin!
Treven & Brittany
Eboni & Date (Forgot the name) Please forgive me.. this was already almost 3 weeks ago!
Christine & Baby Parker
The boys that didn't feel like carving... here they are watching How to Train Your Dragon

Britney & Joe
Brandon & Emily
And here we are playing Halloween BINGO! I think this was my favorite part of the night, we all got laughing so hard just cracking jokes and eating stale peanuts. (I couldn't find any game pieces so we broke out the year old peanuts) and the boys weren't too thrilled about the prizes either! I don't blame them.. who wants to win stale Good & Plenty's? Courtesy of my Mother's pantry...
I was so happy with the way these turned out... so fun!