Sunday, November 29, 2009

Build a House!

I love my sister Jodi. I don't see or talk to her near enough. Every year she has this awesome tradition of making tons of ginger bread and building houses for everyone that wants to decorate one. I think it is a labor of love! They are so much fun, it is really one of my favorite traditions, and it makes my kitchen smell so yummy!! Thanks Jodi!

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Black Friday

I think it is really appropriate that they call the day after Thanksgiving "Black Friday" because I think it really will be the death of me! Every year it is tradition that we go shopping Friday morning, a few years ago we decided to make it an all nighter. We start the evening out with a movie, this year we saw Blindside and Loved it! I think we all cried our makeup off. Then we headed to Walmart. I have yet to make it, every year I go "sleep" in the car. It's not really sleeping because it is so cold and there are so many people around, and you almost get too tired to sleep! After Walmart we went to Burlington Coat factory, they had great deals on boots if you could find a right/left combo in the same size. Sounds easy, but the store was ripped up! People were hoarding certain shoes until they found a mate. Some were in the wrong boxes and they were all over the store. We went to Roberts who had unreal lines. They took so long! Then Target and the mall. We finished the day with Olive Garden which was delicious and well worth the wait! It was fun to have Jenn come along, it was her first time with us! I don't know if she will come again. Last year we didn't have Kortni, C'aira, and Jennifer, so it was so much fun to have them there. It just wasn't the same without them last year. But we got some good deals and no fist fights!

ThanksGiving!

We had such a great Thanksgiving! It was the Lowder's turn this year. We ate at Lyndsey's and it was so fun to have almost the whole family there. We were still missing Alyssa and Madeline:( We had quite the feast! Patrick literally had to walk away from the table because he was so full. He didn't even eat any dessert!

After dinner we stopped by my Mom and Dad's house real quick. It was crazy there! Those kids really don't see each other enough! They were having such a good time. It was fun to see GK just watching them. Everyone was there too except for Tom & Yadi. Hopefully we will see them soon though. Happy Thanksgiving!

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Thursday, November 26, 2009

Boise

My brother Dave is interviewing for his residency, he's been traveling all over the country to find the right place, GK and I went with him to Boise. I've never been a huge fan of Idaho so I thought I needed to give it a try. We headed out Monday early afternoon and got there in time to see the sunset. It was beautiful, I wish the capitol would have been open for tours but it is being cleaned, Dave said it looks like a baked potato because it is brownish! We went for a quick run along the Greenbelt, which is a lot like the Jordan Walkway. It was so pretty, there were a lot of birds and it was such a pretty night. GK didn't last very long so we walked back carrying him (He's really heavy!)

That night we went to a mongolian bbq place that was really good. I put too much spice on mine so GK didn't love it. I think he's gonna be a "gringo" like his Daddy!
On Tuesday Dave had his interview. It went from 8:00 to 3:30. Talk about an interview. The president of Family Medicine really liked him though (can you blame him!!), and I think Dave really liked their program too. It would sure be nice if he lived closer!
GK and I had some time to spare so we went swimming at the hotel then to the Old Boise State Penitentiary. It was so cool built in 1870. It was really old but they stopped using it in 1973! Most of the building didn't have indoor plumbing (inmates have it pretty easy now!) 10 people were executed by hanging and you got to see the gallows, the drop room, solitary confinement, and all the cells.
Inside some of the rooms they had extra displays about electricity and how it has evolved for Idaho. There was a really cool exhibit on Tattoos, how they use to tattoo inmates then how they tattooed themselves. They tattooed about EVERYTHING!! There was another exhibit on transportation. The coolest one was all about guns and how they have evolved. It was really neat and warm in that building. In the picture below GK is standing in front of a dryer that was used only for drying socks. During the war the inmates made shirts for the soldiers fighting.


Gk and I did some shopping. We went and got Dave and did a little more looking around down town.
We went to a dinner at some one of the residents houses. It was fun to meet all the doctors. Dave totally fit right in. They were super nice and really liked him. GK was SO tired and I hope he didn't cause too much trouble. We didn't leave until about 10:30 which is way past his bed-time but I think he had a lot of fun. We missed Patrick and it was nice to get home. Thanks for the fun trip Dave!

Jenn's Birthday!


Jenn's Big Day was on Sunday!! Wahoo! I just LoVe Birthdays. We celebrated on Saturday by playing with Jenn's new Cricut! They are SO fun! Then we went shopping up in Park City, there wasn't a whole ton. I think the stores are waiting until black Friday to have the killer sales. Jenn did get a really cute shirt at Banana Republic. We then headed to Alberto's which Jenn always talks about. She loves this place and I totally see why. They are downtown, really clean, yummy mexican food. In Jenn's hand in the picture she is holding pepper spray! After we went to our house to watch Star Trek, which Jenn, GK, and I all slept through but the guys really liked it. Thanks for letting us share in your birthday bash Jenn! I still think we should have gone to Vegas though!

Twilight!

I always forget my camera.. Thank heavens Jenn had hers, so sorry if you are seeing the same pictures. Mandy my cousin who has the same birthday as me, got all of us Bunko girls some tickets for Twilight. My Mom was out of town so she didn't see it, but we had an extra ticket for Teena from E.W.S. and it was SO fun to have her there. We met up at Chili's for some yummy dinner and Twilight Trivia by Mandy! Some of the questions were really hard. I haven't dared to read the books again because I get too wrapped up in them and it isn't fair to Patrick. Then we headed over to The District and that place was CrAzY!! We saw some people dressed up like the Volturi and some of the main characters. We also saw a guy dressed up as the Joker, weird! I loved the movie. Jacob was totally hot but I am still an Edward girl!

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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

The Farm & The Hunt

It is now a tradition that every year we spend the first weekend in November up in Beautiful Lewiston. Jenn is from Lewiston, her parents are so gracious to let us crash there. They are so generous to share their home with us. They also feed us such good food. We are so spoiled! Brandon and Patrick get to hunt on some farms because of Jenn's Dad. So we really get the royal treatment.
On Friday night we had dinner and they boys had to run some errands (hunting license & making sure Brandon's workers had everything they needed) so Jenn, CeCille, and I got our craft on! We Mod Podge'd some wooden blocks for Christmas!

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I didn't wake up early enough to see the boys off before they went hunting. Jenn went to get her hair done and Cecille and I took G.K. to the farm. It was so much fun. G.K. and I loved it. The cows were so cute. I just love cows. I think we have a special bond because I don't eat them and they can sense that. Jenn's brother owns a dairy farm so there are cows that are babies, pregnant, and milking. Garrick was so sweet to answer all of my questions. I had a lot, my only experience with farming is on Farmville on Facebook.

These are some of the best behaved kids, and some of the smartest I've ever met. They taught me a lot about cows. I never knew what a heffer was, only you didn't want to be called one. They were so cute with G.K. showing him everything. I think a farm is a great place to grow up. They are really hard workers.
The cows were kind of scared of G.K. but the horses were really friendly. I was holding G.K. up to them and he was petting them and even put his head on the horses nose. It was so cute. He pointed to the horses eye and said Eye. Usually what he says is so random but he know what he was saying.
We went back and met up with the hunters who had seen a lot of bids but only shot one. CeCille made us a yummy lunch and Patrick and Brandon took Kyle out to go shooting. I think was as much a treat for Patrick and Brandon as it was for Kyle. They shot a few targets but Garrick (Jenn's bro that has the farm) needed some pidgin's "taken care of". So they had a blast! Boys love to shoot things. Jenn and I played with a marble game for at least an hour. It was really a lot of fun, I think I need to write to Santa for one.
On the way home we went to Firehouse Pizza. It was so yummy, and of course we all ate way too much.
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We had a great weekend! Thanks everyone for being so hospitable and welcoming us again!

Monday, November 2, 2009

Happy Halloween

We started Halloween out by going to my Mom & Dad's house. Patrick was working on the tile and needed us to not be in the way so it worked out perfect! I only got a couple pictures before my batteries died, so I got to use my Dad's really nice camera to take some more pictures but I don't have copies yet so this one will have to do. My Mom made us lunch then we headed home so GK could get a nap. Well he fell asleep on the ride home then he was done napping (a whole 25 min). But that was fine. We had a lot to do.

We went to the store and ran some errands then it was trick-or-treating time! We went with some friends, Nathan was a sweet heart and pushed GK almost the whole time. We ran into Will who was an adorable monkey! At Denise's house GK got a lollipop and it lasted it almost the entire time we were out.
When we got back Brandon and Jenn came over. They are such good sports for hanging out with us. GK just adores them. We had yummy soup in bread bowls and some nachos. I can't remember what else but there was a lot of food. All the while handing out candy to the kids. I am so happy we ran out of full size candy bars. Every year we have a bunch left over and I am stuck eating them all. Gk was so funny watching the kids come up to the door, he was quite the little helper.
We were going to watch Vacancy but it was too scary for Jenn and me. So we watched Friday's episode of Medium and The Soup. We were going to watch The Great Pumpkin Patch but it was getting really late! I love Halloween it just gets the ball rolling for all the fun holidays coming.
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