Scaredyclause

I think she'll change her mind on Xmas morning of how she feels about Santa....We're going through some major stranger danger right now!

Classic though. Had to do it.

Day of Thanks

I took zero pictures of our Thanksgiving dinner. It was delicious and fabulous with our great friends. It was a beautiful day...high 60's actually so we were in heaven being able to walk off all our turkey and full tummies by enjoying the great weather! Jane was more in heaven than all of us....all her days of banging on the door to get out and she FINALLY got out to roam around. Boy was she roaming! She was loving it!

Wow, I am loving this girl so much lately. She is so adorable and fun right now.This made my whole Thanksgiving. I'm so grateful for these two loves of my life. Every Thanksgiving night here in downtown Omaha, they turn the Xmas lights on at 6pm. Don't let me fool you, it's no Temple Square, but it's so fun to see them turn on and really makes it feel like Christmas. We've gone down every year we've been here and last night was so fun because it was so warm! We've always bundled up hard core and been somewhat miserable, gulping down our hot chocolate....but this year we were in heaven with the weather. We hung out forever just listening to all the fun little bands on every street corner playing Christmas songs and letting the kids roam around. I really do love Omaha, it's been such a great place to live.

-Counting down the days till we go to Utah. It's hard having a toddler when it's freezing outside. So grateful for the Children's Museum and Target....our escapes.

-Made Scott's new favorite dinner the other night. It was yummo.

-I really want some of these for Xmas, and this, and these, and this hair.

-I've made a million of these lately. Fun for gifts and they're cute for Jane's out of control hair. Onto a new "first time" craft project.

-Can't decide what to do for neighbor gifts this year....everyone gives out delicious crap and I swear I always gain 10 pounds. Should I switch it up? Can't decide.

-Scott's in the process of doing a root canal on me. It's awful, I hate it, but I love looking up at his handsome face for 4 hours.

-In the process of switching Jane over to one nap. Everyone said when I go to 1 nap they will be super long. Not the case with Jane. She's only doing an hour and it used to be two 2-hour naps. I'm sort of missing those days but she's so stinking fun and hilarious right now I'm okay with it.

-And last but not least....I'm counting down the days to a blue bird ski day....with some serious powder would be nice. Serious cravings are taking place, gotta get up there while we're visiting.

November Ramblings

Halloween was classic. Jane was great. She got a sucker at her 1st house and it was all she wanted the rest of the night. Chelsea gave her the core of a caramel apple from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory with the stick and she held that puppy till she went to bed. She just wandered around in her little monkey suit looking at everyone in their costumes. -It's funny how when a holiday is over I'm so ready to move on by the very next day. After Halloween I took down all my decorations, threw out all my candy corns and candy and pumpkins in the trash. I love Thanksgiving. I'm excited for the month to focus on gratitude.

-I made these the other night, they were yummy. Also, these. Scott and I made these pretzel bites for confrence too last month and they were delish. Besides eating up a lot of my time, pinterest is good for my baking skills lately! So many fun things to try.

-Scott's been begging me to make caramel apples since our neighbors brought us one last year. Ali and I finally ate up the challenge. They were delicious, and quite beautiful too! Oreo, butterfinger, peanuts, almonds, cinnamon sugar, yum! Scott was thrilled. -Scott and I just finished what feels like an era to our night life...Friday Night Lights. Yep, we're just that cool. After 76 episodes (it's disgusting to think of all the hours we spent watching!) it has come to an end. We are still trying to adjust and find a new night time hobby.

-I love the mormon.org campaign. This past month they've started playing these awesome videos as commercials on tv here. It catches me off gaurd when I see them while watching Ellen or Rachael Ray. They're fabulous. My recent favorite is this one. I had no idea the lead singer of the Killers was a Mormon. He's darling (yes, I already told Scott how adorable he is). It's exciting to have this happen and to spread the word about what makes me so happy in my life.

-Graduation is coming up so fast. Scott and I have been talking so much about our future and where we want to end up...what our options are. It's such a huge decision and we're really wanting to do the right thing. There's part of us that wants to go back to Utah, there's another part that doesn't. I saw a quote the other day that said, "Have you prayed about it as much as you've talked about it?" Nope, definitely not. What a wonderful reminder. Here we are wanting to find somewhere that will be a great place to raise our family, somewhere Scott can make decent money to pay off our loans and make a comfortable living, somewhere skiing is closely accessible, that has a temple nearby, good schools, good people, etc. Such high expectations and so many options. Time to start praying more.

-I just read the most wonderful book. "All But My Life" by Gerda Weissman Klein. She survived the holocaust and she is so inspiring. I want to name my next little Gerda! I couldn't stop reading, I looked forward to getting on the elliptical each morning so I could read! I highly, highly recommend it.

-My dear friend Chelsea (who I'm going to die when she's not 100 yards away from me anymore) is having twins! I am so excited but in denial that I am moving away from her 6 weeks after these sweet babies are born. Let's just say that this gal has been through a lot and she deserves these little kiddos more than anyone I know.

-Loving the Biggest Loser this season. It's different than ever but I like the contestants, they all seem to get along so well and to just have fun! I love watching it while I work out! I just pretend they're yelling at me and it gets my butt in gear! haha you're laughing but it works!

-Can I just say that the older Jane gets, the more fun she is? I love this girl. She looks so big in this picture. She's not a baby anymore.