EYE Think We're Funny {12.23.11}

Sometimes we get a little crazy with our camera and just click away.  It was one of those fun afternoons where we as a family just hung out.  It started out with, "Guess Those Eyes"

Which turned into CrAzY FaCeS!

Which lead to wrestling.

Sometimes Kaylee wrestles too rough for my sweet Allie.

And we finished with jumping off the couch. (Kaylee was and still is completely terrified to do this herself.  I'm not sure why--the height, the fear of falling, or what?  So we practice facing our fears at our house.  Ha ha ha.)

Happy Birthday B-Rizzle! {12.21.11}

Brennen turned the big 2-8 this year!  I decided that this year we definitely feel old.  Ha ha ha...I mean we are almost 30!  /gasp  But I digress.  We celebrated Brennen's big day THREE times.  Once on Sunday with a big Fuller birthday bash.  Complete with a donut cake.

Then on Tuesday we had my family over for some Cafe Rio, cake and ice cream.  We finished the evening up with a mean game of bowling.  And then we topped it off on Wednesday (his actual birthday) at the BEHS basketball game.  Phew!  We were partied out but had a lot of fun.

Dance party!

Kaylee was nervous it was going to be too noisy.

Me and my girl.

Dance party round two!

Austin Collie came and bowled too!

I'm a pretty luck girl.  He's pretty wonderful and amazing and works so hard so we are able to have and do the things we have.  I kinda like him a lot.

David Archuleta Concert {12.19.11}

It was a sold out crowd!

We (Cami, Brian, Brennen, and I) went to the David Archuleta concert, "My Kind of Christmas" at Abravenal Hall in Salt Lake.  It. Was. AMAZING!  I loved every minute.  We weren't sure what to expect.  We didn't know if he would only sing Christmas music.   Or if it would be a low-key thing as the concert was at Abravenal Hall.  Or if it would be longer than an hour.  We had no idea but we were all pleasantly surprised.  Sure, we were there with a lot of screaming girls but Cami and I gave a scream or two as well so...whatev!  He did sing a lot of Christmas music but in the middle of his concert he sang some new songs as well as tracks from his previous albums.  It was a lot of fun seeing him groove on the stage and just be his quirky yet endearing self.  His biggest surprise came during the encore when he made a special announcement--he's serving a full-time mission!  The audience erupted with screaming and applause and of course a standing O.  Only in Utah...but I loved it.  It brought him to tears and it was really sweet to be there and witness the whole thing.  I smile thinking about it.  :)  He's so talented and so good live.  I would LOVE to see him in concert again.  The concert was 2.5 hours long but it felt like an hour.  I hope to see him again...after his mission of course.  I just can't say enough about how much fun I had.  Loved it and love me some Archuleta!

I was so wrapped up in Archuleta fever that I did things a bit out of order and forgot to mention all the pre-concert fun we had with the Jacoways.  We started the evening off at the Training Table for yummy burgers.  Then we hopped in the car and drove down the road to Nielsen's Frozen Custard.  Umm...delicious!  I've NEVER been and I can't believe I've been missing out on it's awesomeness.  Who knew custard was so silky smooth?  Then we headed off to the concert which, as mentioned previously, was AMAZING!

/sigh  It was one of those perfect days.

Our partners in crime--The Jacoways

And then my camera died....sad face. :(

Thanksgiving 2011 {11.24.11}

Bright and early that morning, 7:00am, my brother and I played basketball for a couple of hours with some of my friends.  It was a lot of fun and nice to get some good exercise in before a wonderful feast later that day.  When I got home Brennen went and played flag football with some buddies.  Afterwards we headed to JeuneElle's house for our annual Thanksgiving scavenger hunt.  This year JeuneElle mixed it up a bit and it was a photo scavenger hunt.  We had to find the clues in order, each clue had to be at least 100 yards away from the previous clue, and each participant had to be in at least one clue.  My team was Cooper and Tyler (Brennen was home with a post flag football migraine) and we totally rocked our clues out.

Real Estate sign

Santa Claus (though it looks as if I need a restroom)

Lawn chairs (in my parents' garage)

We unfortunately didn't win but were a close second.  Better luck next year.

From the scavenger hunt we rushed home, quite literally as I squealed the tires around the corner--I had yam balls to bake, cleaned up and went to my parents' house for lunch.  As usual it was delicious and the house was filled with family.  Perfect in every sense of the way.  Suzanne brought costumes and the first Thanksgiving story for the kids to reenact.  It was super cute and Kaylee LOVED dressing up, despite the picture below.

Pilgrims rockin' the house!

Rian

Sweetest indian--Ellie

Most of the crew

Allie was a big fan of my yam balls

After lunch and letting our stomachs digest the delicious food we went back to JeuneElle's house for pie and a Amber's and Tyler's birthday party.  By the end of the night we were all exhausted and Kaylee and Allie fell asleep within 2 minutes of driving home.

Me and my buddy being silly:

She's so serious

Our facial expression was not planned--great minds think alike!

No Sled . . . No Problem! {11.12.11}

Kaylee (3) * Rian (3) * Ellie (2...just shy of 3)

We definitely took advantage of the first snowstorm this year.  I was watching my niece Rian as well as my friend's little girl Ellie for a couple hours on Saturday.  We built mini snowmen but the best part was sledding.  Across the street from our house is a tiny hill that I thought it would be perfect for the girls to sled on.  Unfortunately we didn't have a sled but who needs a sled when you have a cookie sheet laying around, right?!  It was perfect and the girls had a blast.  Even Allie enjoyed it until she hit a slight bump on the hill and face planted into the snow.  A little whitewash never hurt anyone right?

I doubt anyone else on earth could pull off this AMAZING snow outfit.  ;)
This girl knows how to work it.

Their snowmen family

Baby carrot noses and M&Ms for eyes.