Decorating the Tree

Jake was feeling a little under the weather so he just watched from the sidelines.
Alex was a great help!
The finished product!
This was a random picture from Thanksgiving weekend. I was getting Jake dressed and his tie was sitting there on the floor from the day before and he refused to not have it on for half the day. I thought he did a pretty good job at accessorizing his wardrobe :).

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was special this year. My moms whole side of the family got together at my mom and dad's house. We started out the weekend with helping my mom and Grandma put up the Christmas tree, with the help of the kids. It was also my moms birthday while we were there, so we had a big party for her. The boys played football everyday and it was pretty funny watching the "older" boys think they were hot shots and then when the game was over come in the house limping like they were 90 years old. It was also quite hilarious to see them get up out of bed in the morning. Thanksgiving Day was a blast! Me and Cam started off the morning with a run so that we didn't feel quite as bad about eating all day, and we did the ENTIRE day!! We watched alot of movies and ate lot of pie and all in all it was a great Thanksgiving!

Had to happen sometime.....

I have been tagged. I knew it would come sometime and I would have to dig REAL deep and find some interesting things about me. Thanks Corina. 7 things about me?

1. When I was a little girl I would get Koolaid from the cupboard and dye my barbies hair different colors, then I would cut their hair into what ended up being a really scary purple, orange, blue or red bob. I hope after schooling I have gotten better :).

2. I sometimes wish I could go back to BYU and be really poor and newly married and enjoy some of those careless, good times we had with friends at the hole in the wall Mexican restaraunts and coming up with really creative things to do.

3. I really enjoy running. I ran in trackmeets before I was in Junior High, but never ran in High School or anything. I don't know why, I guess soccer always came first. Now I have picked it up again thanks to what I think is hereditary craziness and love to run all the built-up worries and frustrations away.

4. To go along with number 3, I have always secretly wanted to run the Boston Marathon. Who knows what the future holds, but not anytime soon.

5. Once in high school me and a friend raced her car with another car around the newly surfaced high school track. I still get all hot in the face thinking about that. I was soooooo stupid when I was younger.

6. To those of you that don't already know, when I was about 8 or something I won the Rupert Rodeo Mutton Bustin riding contest. To those that don't know what that is, first of all COME ON! Mutton Bustin!!?? It's when you ride a sheep in the rodeo arena and try to stay on there for 90 seconds. Yeah, I totally killed my sisters and cousins! I still have the trophy and it still stands tall in our office room. Cam has wanted to get rid of it a couple of times but it's not going to happen, I'm still way to proud of it.

7. I want to one day go to Europe with Cameron, and have always wanted to get together with my mom, sisters, aunts, and cousins and go to New York City. Do all the fun shopping, sight seeing, the things that Katie and mom did but I didn't get invited to :).

Here are the rules:
1. Link to your tagger on your blog
2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.
4. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

You have been tagged (if you want to be):
Katie: kbswenson.blogspot.com
Niki: brianandniki.blogspot.com
Jess: boldervisions.net/gabygroup/
Emily: mattandemilysmith.blogspot.com
Erin: aewilkes.blogspot.com
Merm: curtisdyerfamily.blogspot.com

I KNOW IT!!

I know that all of you out there are thinking what is SHE thinking, its not even Thanksgiving! BUT I just couldn't wait, I actually can't believe I have waited this long! I LOVE Christmas! Not that Thanksgiving isn't a special Holiday, because it totally is. It just doesn't seem like its getting any where close to Christmas here in AZ, so I had to bring the Christmas to me. We are still wearing shorts and t-shirts and sweating at the hottest part of the day. I know pretty lame huh? The truth really is though that I probably couldn't last in a Utah or Idaho winter. We are going to Idaho for Thanksgiving and I'm a little nervous. The kids have a limited supply of longsleeve and pants, and mine and Cams winter wardrobe is SO out of style :). No, I'm excited to go home for the sake of Alex maybe, possibly getting to see snow and make that snow angel she has been practicing on the tile floor at home for the last month. She is pretty bummed out that we had to explain to her that Phoenix doesn't get snow and that Santa Clause has to come through the door. THAT is a whole story in itself, so all of ya'll have a wonderful Thanksgiving and remember you can never eat too much turkey and pie!!

Peanut Butter

Everyday I ask what the kids want for lunch and this particular day Jake wanted a peanut butter sandwich. I went upstairs to put some laundry in and came back down to find that he had cleaned his bread of all the peanut butter in sight and this is what was left. I should have taken a picture of the bread because it was pretty impressive.

Trick or Treating!!

Trick or Treating was a lot of fun this year. Both kids were really into it. Thanks to "Grape" Grandma they had cool lanterns, and were ready to go at 7:00 that morning. Alex was like speed racer through the neighorhood. We didn't even make it to the end of the street last year and she was already begging to go home, but this year she was whining because she wanted to do more. Jake, he was quite the character. Me and Cam both thought for sure he wouldn't do much but sit in the stroller because every time we went to a store with Halloween decorations he would hide in our shoulders. BUT I guess he got over it because he was running all over the place and would NOT let anyone touch his candy. He was too cute, he said "ank ooo" (thank you) to everyone after they would give him candy. What a polite little boy (yeah right.) By about house ten he gave up and sat in the stroller, but he was quite the trooper. It was a great way to end our Halloween festivities this year and we can't wait until the next.

Carving Pumpkins

Carving pumpkins here in AZ is a little interesting. If you do it too early, in a few days the pumpkin is nothing but mush. So, the day before is always best if you want it lit and only half deformed from the heat on Halloween night!

Alex found a marker and started decorating before we started to carve!
Jake kept tasting the pumpkin!
Cam thought it would be funny to give the pumpkin a una-brow! Overall it was a success!

Random Halloween pics...

We were trying on Halloween costumes and obviously this is how Jake felt about it!

Alex made this cookie at preschool and when we got home she demanded we take a picture of its coolness!

Back in time........

I remember when we would all get together as a family in the Harman household and sit and watch this movie around Halloween time. So, when I saw that it was coming out this year I hurried to the closest Wal-mart and bought it for the kids. I was so excited to have the kids watch it, I made popcorn and set out a blanket for us to watch it together. Needless to say the kids were NOT as excited as their child for mother. BUT, I keep putting it on and Jake is really getting into it! Anyway, I just wanted to say to all of you kids at heart give into those childlike tendencies! Totally worth it!

Bumpas glasses......

One morning in Idaho we were just finishing breakfast and I went to go find Jake for a his bath and I found him in front of the TV with Grandpas reading glasses watching the Backyardigans, upside down even. It was too funny, I had to take a picture.