Happy Thanksgiving

We had the BEST Thanksgiving!! Thanks to my sweet Grandpa, my mom, dad, and sister Chelsey came to visit us and it was so much fun! Sorry Natalie that I stole them away for a bit, but thanks for the little piece of heaven. We did lots of fun things (in little Ruby)! On Thanksgiving, we went to the Iowa River Power Restaurant for dinner and it was amazing! We played lots of cards, went out to eat lots and just hung out. My favorite day was Black Friday. My dad was the shoeffer and took us to the outlet malls at midnight and then onto all the other sales. We shopped for 12 hours straight and hit all the sales. I was like a little kid. I was pumped full of my caffeine and shopping adrenaline. Not to mention my favorite shopping partner, my mom (sorry Chels, you know your a weenie when it comes to shopping long!). That was my favorite day ever! I love shopping! Anyways, we had so much fun. Thanks mom, dad and Chels for coming! We loved it. Hallie is constantly saying, "maama, papa, and Cho" anytime she sees your pictures. She's a little sad it's just me here now. Can't wait to see you guys soon. We love you!

I am so thankful for Hallie. I swear kids know and can just tell when their mommies need some love. Yesterday I was having a hard day and today Hallie just made me forget about everything. What a great day we had together. This morning I got her out of bed and she went straight to the rocking chair and wanted me to read to her. She cuddled with me forever while we read and sang songs. It was the best!! Then we went and played outside since it was such a great day! We went to see the ducks and play at the playground. And of course, I took my camera! Look at that cutie! Tonight she was being so funny too. She had been in bed for awhile and I heard her just sorta whining. I went to peek at her and she blew me and kiss and then waved bye to me like saying, "get out now. Just wanted to blow you a kiss." What a silly girl. I am so lucky to have her. Children have such a sweetness about them. I am so blessed to be able to have her in my life.

Tagged...again....

So my friend's Jessica and Lindsay both tagged me. I'm horrible at these things but I'll try my best. (I've done this once before so I'll try to not repeat myself).

6 things you may or may not know about me...

1. I love playing cards. I could play them FOREVER! When Aaron and I get a free sec, we are playing our latest game Hand and Foot. I remember my sisters and I would judge our dates off of if they liked playing cards. Aaron and John were pretty bad but we kept them :)) My sisters know that I'm the best. ha ha.
2. I honestly think shopping is my #1 hobby. (I have other one's too :))
3. I love photography. Someday..faraway...I'd love to be a photographer (still have lots to learn).
4. I take 2 HOT showers everyday. Every morning and every night. Aaron says I'm burning myself everytime I shower. I LOVE showers. I have the hardest time getting out of the water.
5. I LOVE music. I don't know how people lived without it. I hate silence in my house.
6. I am SOOO ticklish. Even the thought of Aaron tickling my feet tickles. I can't stand it.

K, so those were pretty lame, but I'm tired and I'm not that interesting. Now I get to tag people. I will tag...Sarah Sparks, Jen, Chelise, Carly and whoever wants to. Get to it girls! I'll be checking up. J/K.

Hallie and her many thrones

I had to post these two pics to give just a small glimpse of how Hallie thinks anything she wants can be her own personal chair. She loves to turn anything into her sitting throne. She wheeled her doll stroller into the bedroom, threw her doll across the room and tried forever to get into the stroller to watch "melmo" (Elmo). She was so proud of herself when she got in it. It was hilarious. She also has been opening the dishwasher, crawling up onto the door just to sit for a bit. She's been so funny lately. Maybe it's because we've been little hermits in our house. Hallie has had a double ear infection so we've been chilling at the home. Hey, I got lots of organizing and cleaning done though!

Halloween Festivities

We had a fun Halloween with lots of festivities. Yes, I realize I have lots of pictures. I got a little carried away (mainly for my family because they don't get to see Hallie). We had some pumpkin carving, a ward Halloween Party, a neighborhood party, and Hallie's first trick-or-treating. Hallie enjoyed it. She LOVED trick-or-treating and figured out the concept quite fast by watching her friends Abby, Tucker and Tilly. She was so fun to watch. She wanted to do it all by herself and if I even tried to touch her Elmo bucket full of candy, she'd flip out. It was fun to see Hallie as a cute little ladybug!