Thanksgiving

(Ok, I'm really not one for New Year's Resolutions. Why should I be better just because it's a new year? President Hinckley always said, "Be a little better", so that's what I try to do... all the time. HOWEVER, after going through my lame, no-good group of pictures from Thanksgiving, I vow to be better at taking pictures this year...)

Just the usual Thanksgiving with friends this year. The only new thing was that I was in charge of the turkey! I've never done a turkey before, so it was a learning experience.

Jaden thought it was the coolest thing ever that we had to gut the turkey! It was dad's idea to use gloves, otherwise I'm sure he would have just dug in! I don't like touching raw meat, so it was gloves for me no matter what.


We got the turkey gutted, cleaned, the neck on the back of the neighbor's car, (Ha ha, just kidding!) and ready to marinate! Lucky for me I have older sisters and a mom who have done lots of turkeys, and I made lots of phone calls to them. They got their hot little hands on the Emeril Lagasse recipe for a turkey marinade, so that's what I did. I had a 23lb turkey, so it required a 5-gallon bucket from Home Depot, and removing a shelf in the fridge. I had 2 sleepless nights over this thing. The first night I was worried it wasn't going to be defrosted in time to put it in the marinade. Then the next night I was afraid it was going to break the shelves in the fridge! It was heavy!



But, everything went well. I'm glad I had a good little helper with the turkey. If a 6yr old can handle a raw turkey, then so can I! I'm not going to lie, the turkey turned out fabulous! Very moist, very flavorful. :)

Random blog-worthy stuff

So, I mentioned that KynnLee got a big bed. Well, she no longer sleeps in the closet or foot of the bed. No, she moved on to BIGGER things... like BIG messes! Yes, my cute little innocent girl (who's halo sometimes grows horns) destroys her bedroom before she falls asleep. I'm talkin' completely empties any bin, drawer, or shelf. She even climbs on top of her dresser and gets the stuff on the top of the hutch! I was tired of her wasting wipes, so I stashed the wipes box way on top... oh no, that didn't stop her! Sometimes she even pulls down all the clothes off the bottom rack in her closet. Oh my word, what am I going to do with her????



My friend Lacey had a birthday a while ago, so we thought it was the perfect excuse for a girl's spa night and movie! Lacey, Cindy, Lindsey and I had a nice relaxing night while pampering our feet and watching Eclipse. Trevor had a softball game, so he took Jaden with him and I put KynnLee to bed... but of course she found out what we were doing and just HAD to get in on the action!

KynnLee knew she could talk Lindsey into painting her piggies. :)

You all know how I am with pictures, I got lots of good feet pics, but that's about it! :)
Can you tell who is who's? We all have pretty cute feet!


I let Jaden and KynnLee have a "slumber party" in the living room. I couldn't resist taking pics of them while they looked so innocent...

KynnLee has always slept like that! I LOVE it! She sticks her little bum in the air and crosses her feet. This is when her halo returns to it's original shape, but it just starts all over again in the morning. :) I love that I can cuddle and smooch on Jaden when he's asleep and he doesn't wake up. I usually resist any kind of disturbance with KynnLee.

Jaden-boy got invited to a super fun birthday party for his friend Gunnar! It was Halloween themed and he got to wear his Jango Fett costume. It was funny when we got there and saw a few other boys in Star Wars costumes too! They immediately started a battle and played their characters well!!

I like the little men sitting around the table drinking their root beer! It was too cute!

Of course Jaden was first in line to dip a pretzel in chocolate, I've never met a boy who likes chocolate more than this one!