Wednesday, November 30, 2011

T"HANKSGIVING DAY

It was my mom's year for Thanksgiving this year, but since we are a growing family we decided to have it at my house. We really missed my brother Daron and his family and Alecia and Andrea, and all of Ange's kids, so actually it was rather a quaint group of us. Jennifer had her in-laws in town so they decided to join us for the festivities. After dinner and playing "The Price is Right" on the Wii, me and Ange braved the insane crowds at Walmart for Black Friday shopping. And let me just say, I'm glad we did because I got exactly what I wanted and saved a whole $150.00, SOOO worth it, plus it's fun to see all the crazy people:)

How funny is this?? Mya insisted on wearing her bike helmet all morning long, so this is a pic of her in her jammies and bike helmet helping Ange set up the tables:)




Wils was pretty excited about the "fancy" plates and wanted to sit at the table with his cereal!


Somebody is BUSTED eating all the olives, so funny!


Grandma and Dally Goo


Taylor's artistic view of our Thanksgiving table, he has a pretty good eye on the camera for some funky shots!


Thought this pic was pretty cool that Tay took, I love that just Dallin's face is in focus!


I made this last year, kind of cute!!


The boys playing around!!


How precious is this??


It was so great to have my 94 year old Grandma with us for Thanksgiving this year!!


Jakey carving the turkey!


Dad the gravy maker.......he always makes the BEST gravy ever!!


My momma and my sista's!


This is the line that is behind Old Navy, completely wrapped around the building for Target, holy cow!!


There's Ange in the middle of all the madness, and this isn't even the half of the people, it was CRAZY!!! Grocery carts ramming into heels, a lady whacking Ange on the back to get some DVD's, and loud masses of roars as the time approached for everyone to grab their items, oh my gosh it's hilarious!!

Monday, November 28, 2011

It's a FAVORITES birthday party!


Happy Birthday my sweet, amazing, awesome, sensitive, adorable, handsome, genuine little Tay!! Taylor turned 10 this year, double digits, we can't even believe it! Makes me feel so old, and even Tay said he feels old, ha ha!

This year for Taylor's theme, we did his "FAVORITES"! So his cake is all the name brands that he LOVES like Hurley, Famous, Neff, Volcom, DC, Monster, and Head, the loot bags had "Halo" guys, treats, and soda in them that he LOVES, and we played "Minute to Win It" games that he LOVES. We had a great friend party, and an even better family party filled with his favorite dinner of "Fettuccine Alfredo" (I have to say my recipe is pretty darn good) Thanks to everyone for always supporting our many family events, we sure are so grateful!!

I'm 10 (we know it's backwards, should have taken it the other way, oops!)


Awwww......Mya giving Tay loves for his BIRTHDAY!!




Tay by his "Name Brand" cupcakes and the treat bags!


The kids all get to go home with some loot!




Tay's AWESOME cake, thanks Jenny!! WE LOVE LOVE LOVE it!




Love this pic of Tay and his sweet cousins!

The first Minute to Win It Game we played was to stack the cups and back down, and the one who does it the fastest win a prize!

Look at Tay.....he stacked them all!


Triston's turn!


Bridger's turn!


Quinci's turn!!


Taelyn's turn!


My beautiful baby girl!!!

Next game is Don't blow the Joker! You have to blow a full deck of cards off the candlestick but leave just one (the joker) left in less than a minute!

Dallins turn!




Jaden and Toby versing each other!



This game we put as many marbles into the long "noodle" and tried to aim as many into a cup in one minute, the person with the most marbles wins!






This game you try and roll a ping pong ball on a measuring tape and land it into a cup starting at 4ft, then 5ft, then 6ft, all within a minute!

Dallin's turn!


Tay's turn at the ping pong game!

Here the kids are playing this hilarious tennis ball game that's in a nylon and you try to knock down as many cups you can in a minute!

Tay's turn!


Levi's turn!


Toby's turn!


Here's a group shot of everyone (minus a few friends)!
Back row: Taelyn, Taylor, Bridger, Jaden, Levi
Front row: Quinci, Toby, Mya, Triston, and Dallin


I love how Tay and Bridger are so involved in their conversation:)


A new Halo guy, yay!


Tay blowing out his candle!


Quinci was a rock star, she won 3 of the 6 games, woo hoo!!

It's time for the FAMILY PARTY:

The fam by the AMAZING cake!!




Aunt Jennifer, Grandpa Tom, and Meema waiting for the festivities to begin!


Dinner Time


Atti and Mya eating dinner

Then we played our Minute to Win It Games!

Jaden's turn doing the ping pong ball game!!


Jamin, Dallin, and Chipper


Mya's turn, I LOVE how Jamin is watching the ball so close:)


Triston's turn


Chipper taking a try at the tennis ball game!


Mya's turn, we were laughing so hard at her, it was hilarious!!!

Tay opening his family presents!







The last picture of the weekend, the birthday boy with all his LOOT!!! Tay says he's saving up for a LONG board!! I think this should just about cover it!