Turkey Day!!

This year Brandon and I went to St. George for Thanksgiving. It was nice. Not nearly the crowd we are used to with the Bergeson's, but it was still fun! I think that it took us about 5 minutes to eat and we were done! :)
I just have to say that I am thankful for EVERYTHING. That is the simplest way to put it. I think one the the biggest things that I have realized this year is that I am so thankful to have food in our fridge and our pantry. It could have a lot to do with my job (dealing with people who don't have this on a daily basis) and having such a strict budget to live on, but I found myself staring at my pantry the other day and couldn't get over how blessed we have been. I know.. that is really lame, but it is true. I am extremely grateful for Brandon too of course, my family, and my testimony! Those are just a few to begin with.. I won't list the rest because they are endless! What a fun time of the year to remember and focus on the things we are thankful for!!


Grandpa Bergeson and TOM



The crowd eating.. YUM!!


Brandon's favorite part of Thanksgiving.. the football. He ususally has the remote in his hand though! Dad wasn't so excited to be watching!

hanging Grandpa's christmas lights.
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Cousins in the leaves

Draining the juice.. my cousin Brooklyn was so disgusted with the turkey and there was no way she was going to eat it!! She was really worried about what the turkey's family was going to do without their dad! :)

Kitchen chaos!!

Our walk after eating to burn those extra calories!!

more of the hangin lights.

NEW POSTS!!!!

Hey all..
I put on 3 new posts.. I posted with the dates that they should have been posted! I still have more to post, but don't have time tonight to do the rest, so keep watching.. there should be more to come!!

Sorry!

I know, I know.. I really need a new post.. I have been meaning to do one for awhile, but other things are taking priority! I worked longer hours so I didn't have to take as much time off on Friday. I had to catch up on things and get ready for our trip to St. George and watch all my shows! I am so mad about how the Bachelor turned out. What is his problem? Anyway.. I have some pictures from this weekend at our fun santa's workshop primary activity and our weekend with Tee and Trey that I want to post, but they might have to wait and be posted with the Thanksgiving pics! :) I promise I will get them on eventually!! Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving! Remember to be thankful for everything that you have! I know that I am!!

Primary activity-- santas workshop

On Saturday, just before the boys came, we had a primary activity. Yes.. I am still in the primary. I have spent most of my adult life in primary! :) I guess it is good for me and I am really grateful for that calling! Brandon came to help also. He comes in and teaches with me,although it is not his calling! It was a Santa's workshop theme. The kids were all asked to bring clothing items for children their same size for children at the Christmas box house. This is a shelter type place for children. When I did my internship at DCFS, we had a case that the children stayed here for a little bit untill their dad got out of jail and I was the one to take them back and forth to and from school. What an interesting experience! I felt so bad that they had to go here away from the things that they were so used to. Their house was very stinky and unclean and the father was not very well at parenting. The 12 year old pretty much took care of the father and the other kids, but I could tell that they all loved each other and they just wanted to have their dad back. They were not excited about going to the shelter at all. Their mom had just died and they had no other family close, so this was the only option. I saw that they still had that love, which made me feel a bit better, but it made me so much for grateful for my parents and the wonderful life that they have provided for me! I had so many experiences there that I will never forget to make me so grateful for what I have. I think I told my parents every day thanks for the life they provided me with! I was very grateful.
A girl from there came and talked to the children about what they do and told us some stories about the kids that are there. HOW SAD! It made me cry to think that some kids have to live in these circumstances, but so grateful for places like this to care so much about them!
We made toy cars and wrapped the clothing and other toys for the children that would be there on Christmas morning. It was a good feeling to be able to help put a smile on the kids faces on Christmas morning!

Our weekend with TEE and TREY!!

Trey was watching the 3-DSHREK!
I don't know what Tee is doing!
We watched the boys over the weekend while Lyss and Greg celebrated their anniversary. They kept us busy. They woke up in the night and Trey was out in the kitchen wandering. I don't think he quite knew where he was! Poor guy. I finally heard his little whimper cry and got up to get him and put him in the bed with us. Then Tee woke up and I knew it would never work with both of them in bed, so I laid on the floor with them till they fell asleep again. I had to keep waking up to make sure they were still breathing!! I know, I am idiot! :) They were so good and so much fun! Tee wanted to play Brandon's playstation games all night. It was hilarious to watch him. He isn't quite old enough to get how to do it, but it kept him entertained pretty well. Trey just sat and watched. Tee couldn't wait to put on his new Optimus Prime pajamas! :) We took them to church with us and totally underestimated our time in the morning! We left our house a disaster so we could make it somewhat on time!! :) Guess that is life with kids! They were so good at church! It was lots of fun. I didn't get a whole lot of pictures, because this is pretty much what they did all night! i hope that they had as much fun as we did! :) Glad that you can work up to having two kids at a time! :) We were so worn out, but worth it!

UTAH STATE AGGIES!!

I know this is really late, but I am posting anyways. I have a ton of pictures to update on. I am posting on the dates that they really happened.
We always have so much fun going to the Utah State basketball games. Their team is not the greatest right now, but pretty good considering they have 7 freshman and 4 returning--or somethin like that! This one they won by pretty high. We played SUU. Thanks to Kenny for getting us tickets! We went with my Dad and Darrin (Brandon's brother). We ate at Firehouse before.. this is our new favorite. We have to make sure there is enough time to stop and eat before the games!!

Happy Birthday to Dad!!

It was my Dad's birthday on Nov 7th. We decided to do a surprise thing for him. We all met in Layton at Olive Garden. He thought that he was just going to dinner with Matt and Cara, but we were all there when he got there. He was quite surprised!! It was fun to get together with everyone! Love you Dad!

"What are you guys doing here"?


"I love my Tom Tom and George Foreman grill"


mountain climber cake--made by Lyssa


The Braegger clan


Hadlee (loved the bread), Tee (loved the salad), and Trey (hates pictures-which is probably why he is not in this one)!


A stuffed group of people!!

Late Halloween

I know it is lame that I am just posting Halloween pictures, but our internet has been really slow, but we got it fixed, so here goes. We spent the night with Bart and Jen's family. We went trick or treating with the kids. It was so much fun to watch the kids. We only had to pick up spilled candy twice! :) One of their neighbors does homemade doughnuts and hot chocolate! YUM!! Spencer kept calling them cookies! :) Cara and Matt and Hadlee (zebra) came to see us there too. I didn't get any pictures and I didn't get to see Tee (jack sparrow) and Trey (lion) and the rest of Brandon's fam (nephews and nieces). I don't like not being able to see them all, but you can see hadlee, tee, and trey on their blogs!!

Brandon and me.. yes, we are lame and didn't dress up.


Tai and Joe


Bart (Tim McGraw), Jen (a mom), Nate (80's dude), Nick (baseball player), Lexi (princess), Zach (baseball player), Spencer (shark), Tyler (woody).