Thanksgiving

It's been about 10 years since we've had Thanksgiving with my family!! In North Carolina we never made it out west for the holidays, and when we were in Utah for 7 years, we spent Thanksgiving with my cousins. We had so much fun leaving our husbands and babies sleeping while we did our black Friday shopping at 4am in the FREEZING COLD!! It was a fun tradition and I will never forget those memories. This year we had about a dozen people over for dinner and then decided to sleep in on black Friday. We figured if there was something still there when we got there, then it was meant to be :) I was experimenting with my timer on my camera so there are several of the same area (almost looks like time lapse photography-but not really). Oh, it was so funny - Gabriela was SO excited for turkey! My dad cut the ham first and she almost died waiting. Emalyn got her first bite of turkey and LOVED it!

My mom got the kids this gingerbread house kit to do Thanksgiving morning while we were all cooking and they had so much fun decorating it. Gabriela had a hard time though, trying not to eat one of each variety of candy!

I am so thankful for my family and I love this time of year that's dedicated to it! I love having my kids home from school and everyone getting together for birthdays, holidays, events, etc. I'm so grateful to be back home. Hope you all enjoy this season as well.

Marhsa, Marsha, Marsha!

My wonderful Aunt Marsha was diagnosed with breast cancer a couple of months ago and so I wanted to make her a quilt to keep her warm through her treatments and to let her know how much we love her and pray for her. She is the ultimate example to me of selfless service. I am so happy with how the quilt turned out; it's my favorite one so far!

"Ginger"

Events

Gabriela was taking a bath last week and I ran the water and left to go get Emalyn. I was at the other end of the house and TOTALLY forgot about the bath. After several minutes Cristina said Gabriela was calling for me. I listened and heard a "mama?" I then remembered the bath... "aaahhh! the water's still going!!" Cris leapt up and ran to the bathroom and turned it off as she was stepping in puddles. Instead of checking in on her, I got my camera first :) I figured Cris was in there, so she was safe. It had just started to pour over, so we caught it at a good time. Poor Gabriela was a little nervous once it started going over, but otherwise loved the water!
Emalyn is getting close to standing on her own. She keeps crawling funny, with one foot planted on the ground and the other leg on her knee in regular crawling position. Last week I caught her with both feet planted, she raised her bum in the air, pushed up, and let go of the sidewalk for a second! I ran back in to get the camera and of course she wouldn't get up all the way again, but got close.

Cristina & Lissa had their winter formal and they looked gorgeous! Stephanie came over to do their hair and makeup and it turned out great. Cris went w/a date - Richard, and Liss went w/a couple of her friends. Isa & Gabriela were fascinated by the whole process and can't wait to be bigger and dress up! :)