My Little Turkey

The other night I helped Landry make this turkey hat and it cracked me up to see it on her. She is getting so excited for Thanksgiving. Mostly I think she just wants it to be over so she can start Christmas. My parents came to visit this weekend and they brought our Christmas gifts - yea doesn't that make you sick my Mom is so on the ball - anyway, it is killing Landry. She just keeps asking if she can just open one. She's never been a snoop before but I think this year might be a little more difficult!

I'm Thankful For.....

Tonight for Family Home Evening we talked about the first Thanksgiving and all the things we have to be thankful for. Afterward we made a Thankful Tree and on the leaves we wrote down things we are thankful for. (I totally stole this idea from Alison - thank you!) It was really fun and Landry loved it. It was a good lesson for me too. We had about 40 leaves and even after we had written on all of them I still had so many more things I wanted to write down. I am very fortunate and am grateful for all that I have been blessed with.

Halloween

I know Halloween has been over for 2 weeks now - I'm a little slow. Better late than never right? We had a fun Halloween this year. Since Thanksgiving last year, when we went to see the movie Enchanted, Landry has wanted to be Giselle for Halloween. She LOVES Giselle and the Enchanted movie. When people would ask her what she was going to be and she would say Giselle they would then look at me and say "Who?" One dear friend even thought she was talking about the super model! Anyway, by the time I got around to looking for the costume my only choices were the Disney web site which was selling it for $89 or ebay for $150. I love Landry dearly but I was not spending that much on a costume. So her very sweet and kind Grandma Hunter made her costume for her. It turned out so great and she just loved it. I didn't even dare try - she would have looked like an orphan if I had tried to put it together.

Landry got to Trick or Treat twice - once during the day with her friends Maizy and Tommi at the mall and then that night with Carson and Nicholas around the neighborhood. That night after they were done we had a few friends/neighbors over for soup. It was so fun to have everyone here. All in all it was a fun holiday.

I was tagged...

I was tagged by Jayme, things in eights....
My Favorite Foods:
1. Brownies
2. Pasta and Chicken
3. Tiny Spicy Chicken
4. My Mom's Turtles
5. Trout/Salmon
6. Parmesan Chicken
7. Almost all Mexican
8. Grandma Ralphs' Stuffing

Favorite Restaurants:
1. Chili's
2. Cafe Rio
3. Texas Roadhouse
4. El Sol
5. Red Lobster
6. Training Table
7. Applebees
8. Sir Scotts Oasis

Things I Did Yesterday:
1. Went to work
2. Organized my pantry
3. Did Laundry
4. Read my book
5. Took Landry and Carson to McDonald's
6. Made a Halloween package for Bubba (Bought candy and put it in a box)
7. Cleaned my kitchen sink
8. Sleep

My Favorite Stores
1. Target
2. Kohls
3. Tai Pan
4. Sugar n' Spice
5. Hobby Lobby
6. Terry's Village (Online)
7. Mervyns
8. Wal-Mart - Just Kidding, although I do spend too much time there!

Things I Look Forward Too
1. Christmas
2. Winter being over - Seriously, can't wait and it just started getting cold!
3. Planting flowers
4. Planting a garden
5. Marshal coming home from his mission
6. Landry learning to tie her own shoes
7. Being with family over the holidays
8. Naps on Sundays!

Now I tag
Dixie
Christine
Mindy
Rachel
Andrea

Best Buddies

Landry and Carson have been friends from the very beginning. Carson is about a month older than her. I told her once that they probably knew each other in Heaven and she said, 'Mom, we were probably Best Friends in Heaven just like we are now.' Last week Landry came and asked if she could invite Carson over for lunch. Since it was about 45 minutes before school I told her we would go this week and we could go to McDonald's. (ick) She was thrilled, she bugged me for the next 24 hours straight to go over to Carson's house so she could ask him. They are both currently only children and it has been considered that we should just raise them together as brother and sister but then that would be weird when they decide to get married! :o) He is so protective of Landry - He always says 'I'm just lookin' out for Lan.' It cracks me up. I also love listening to their conversations - they are so funny and come up with the craziest things. For example, one of their favorite things to do at my house it play Rock Star....
Carson: Landry stop singing that song - I'm sick of it.
Landry: No
Carson: If you don't stop singing it I won't play the guitar anymore
Landry: Fine - Then I quit the band (as she throws down her microphone and walks off, it was very Guns-N-Roses!)
2 minutes later they are back to rocking out - that's the great thing about kids, they never stay mad.
My other favorite was a while back and we were in a grocery store and they were sitting in the cart together while Jayme and I contemplated our 72 hour kit purchases...
Carson: So Landry are you going to marry me or what?
Landry: Ummm... YES!
Carson: What about that other boy?
Landry: Well, I decided that I'll marry you.
We love Cars and are so glad they were best friends in Heaven and still are!

80's Party

We went to an 80's party this weekend, it was so fun to see everyone and their costumes. The guys were the best - 4 of them had mullets. What does that say about the 80's? We put a side ponytail in Landry's hair and she thought that was hilarious. I was worried about my own hair. I wasn't sure I would remember how to get it that big and puffy but as it turns out it's just like riding a bike - you never forget. Although I had to wash it that night just to get all the product out - I can't beleive I used to put that much junk in my hair! Jeff was rockin' his Bon Jovi muscle shirt. Sadly he's the proud owner of it - we didn't get it at a thrift store or anything. It's an original!

Pilgrims

I just had to put a picture of my Pilgrims on here. I love when I have time to do a craft and last year I made a set of these. Ashley and I are doing a couple of craft fairs in November and I thought these would sell great there. Jayme's dad cut them out for me and then I painted them. I did 10 sets - I think they turned out so cute. Even though Landry informed me that the boy pilgrim's hair was too long! The picture doesn't do them justice because you can't see enough detail - you'll just have to trust me that they are too cute.