A Little Bit Of Christmas Cheer

I have to admit I have been a bit of a GRINCH this year! I had a bit of a Christmas melt down , it all started with the Tree. I tipped over my tree and broke the stand..... I was not in the mood for anything to do with Christmas decorations, music, presents, and basically anything to do with Christmas! It is so out of character for me, I am usually the first one to put up my tree and turn on the Christmas music. I have gotten over it and I am trying to focus on the true meaning of Christmas and not the stressful part. We decided to make sugar cookies and take them to some neighbors, I thought if I did a bit of service I would feel better. NO MORE GRINCH HERE.......

Happy Halloween

Halloween this year was a bit different! The girls all had parties to go to, Sam and I watched scary movies and got take out...
We were both not feeling well so it was okay. I usually make soup and rolls and hot cider, not this year.......weird

Family Night

For family night we carved pumpkins, I waited until Monday afternoon to get pumpkins thinking there would still be a large variety of pumpkins left. We went to Wal mart and they were ALL gone. I couldn't believe it, I was just there that morning grocery shopping and there were a ton left. I wanted the girls to be able to pick out their own special one. We ended up at Smiths and there were only HUGE ones left. I loaded them up in my shopping cart and couldn't even push it. I made Pumpkin waffles and hot apple cider. It makes me laugh to think how much my kids still count on our family traditions every year. Even though they are getting older they still want me to do all the same things I have been doing since they were little. We have a family halloween party with my family every year and some how it didn't get planned, I thought my kids would be glad. They were so disappointed! I feel bad, my parents were also very disappointed.

Sunday Drive

We went on a drive Sunday afternoon with Mandy and Shad! We started off thinking we would go on the Alpine loop but, Mandy got car sick and started acting like she was going to throw up . We decided to go to Cascade springs and get out of the car and walk around. It was beautiful, if you haven't gone to see the leaves you definitely should. It was well worth it!

Fall

I love fall, the leaves are changing and the weather is getting cooler. We went up AF canyon a few weeks ago and the leaves were amazing! I forgot my camera, I am hoping to get up there again and get some pictures. The colors against the snow filled mountains are breathtaking. It is fall break and Samantha and Courtney went to St. George with the Peterson girls, so it is very quiet around here.

CNA Classes

This is what I have been up to lately! I am taking a class to become a CNA. I have been slightly overwhelmed with homework and sitting in classes ALL day. I have been driving to Salt Lake to take the classes, I know it will be good in the long run. I feel like I am trying to absorb a ton of information and it is not sinking in. I never knew nurses had to do remember so much. WOW! Pray that I will make it thru the next couple of weeks.

Homecoming

Samantha went to homecoming and had a great time. It is so funny how different the dating experience has been with her compared with Mandy. Mandy had to be PERFECT in every way. The dress, nails done, toes done, jewelry etc.. Samantha is so laid back, she wouldn't get her nails done or wear jewelry and the best part was that her dress was thirty bucks. It is a nice change, Very low drama!!! She was home at 12:00am. on the dot, that would have never happened with Mandy. I love Mandy but, I don't miss her high school drama.

Samantha's surprise disco party

Samantha's friends surprised her with a disco party at Classic skating for her 17th birthday!!

September 11 & Birthday girl

Samantha was born on Sept. 11, what a day to have a birthday. She is 17 years old, it is hard to believe. I really just don't want her to grow up, she is just my little samoomps!!! She was asking me, "why does everyone remember my b-day?" I told her it must be because of the horrible terrorist attacks on that day(HELLO). Thank goodness we have something happy on that day, Samantha Hattie Knight was born that day. She had a Great day! Breakfast in bed, her favorite blueberry waffels (because blueberries are filled with antioxidants you know!) , Los hermanos with Chance and the family, CONFETTI ALL OVER HER ROOM THANKS TO HER FRIENDS! & SKOR CAKE!! It took Sam and I hours to clean up the confetti. It is a good thing I love her cute friends because I wanted to kill them. Sat. night her friends surprised her with a trip to DI to find the perfect disco outfit and disco night at Classic Skating (she had no idea). They invited tons of people from the High School, she had a blast. It was a good birthday even though it was Sept. 11

Mandy is all grown up

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Mandy is 20! It seems like yesterday she was a little girl, now she is all grown up. I can't believe I have a twenty year old. Mandy loves her birthday, she looks forward to it all year long. Her friends at hair school took her to lunch. Shad her new "friend" brought her 2 dozen roses to school, all the girls thought he was "Hot". It made her day!!! I can't believe it is only a matter of time and she will be on her own. It makes me sad to see my kids grow up.....