Zoo Lights!

Last week, we went to Zoo Lights with Jason's sister and her family.  It was a rather enjoyable beginning to the Christmas Season!  Cool, but not cold, Arizona weather, Christmas music playing throughout the park, and of course, lots of Christmas lights!  

November Arizona Day at the Park

It is amazing how fast weather changes! Today the weather is cold, but just last week we had the most beautiful day at our neighborhood park! You've gotta love Arizona. The middle of November and we are still at the park in the beautiful sunshine! I put Katie in the stroller and Abby pushed her baby in her stroller next to me. It was adorable! Abby loves the park and we got some great snapshots!

Katie is cruising!

Check her out! She is everywhere! It sure doesn't take them long!

Gilbert Days Parade

This morning the girls and I met up with my sister, Tracy, and her youngest, Maddie, at the Gilbert Days Parade. We had a great time! All different kinds of valley organizations and local officials paraded down downtown Gilbert. We saw lots of horses, dance groups, marching bands, girls, boys, cubs, and any other kind of scouts you can think of, about a dozen different rodeo queens and "miss somethings", charity groups, mayor, city council, Sherriff Joe, and local businesses (just to name a few). From our curbside seats, we got lots of little treats passed to us; including flowers, beads, candy, flyers, church invites, and coupons! Most of all, we just had fun chatting, waving, and cheering people on. Abby cried when we left and with the saddest frown said, "Gooo Baaack!" He He! I couldn't help but chuckle!
Abby loved all of the horses!

She was a good little waver!

This was a really cool train thingy that had a great band on the back!

Lots of marching bands!

They had several of these great old and restored army vehicles! They were really cool!

Abby, smell the flowers!


Katie liked the flowers too! Then she tried to eat them!

Ooooh, free stuff!

Abby's version of "Say Cheese!"

Us all together enjoying the festivities!

Is that the fire alarm I hear!

Yes, it is true, I set off the fire alarm in our house last night. You see, I have this love-hate relationship with our newly purchased wok! I love using it, I love the food, it is cheap, easy to clean up, and veggies taste great in it. But, it spits at me and burns my arms, and, when I cook the meat, smoke comes up like crazy! It is actually a humbling experience because, this tends to happen much more for me with the wok than for Jason! So last night, I am trying a new recipe, I cover the steak in cornstarch, put a little oil in the wok, toss the meat in, and smoke filled the kitchen and the family room and the fire alarm begins to roar! I don't know, it baffles me, any thoughts? Please, feel free to send me any thoughts! Well, here is a picture of one of my fav meals in the wok! Yes, it is quite yummy, but is it worth it?

There are most men, then there are the men in my life!

There are so many times that I sit back and am so thankful for the men in my life. This happened again last Tuesday night for our date night. My dad is one of a kind, such a treasure! I certainly could not start a list of all the reasons that I am thankful for him because it would be to hard to bring it to a close! My dad is so generous and loves to serve, especially his family. He gives, and gives, and gives of himself. He used to babysit Abby all the time. Then when we had Katie, I made sure to always ask my mom for babysitting because, what guy wants to babysit 2 little kids. Well, he finally convinced me that he really did want to watch the girls, even when mom wasn't available. He just wanted to spend time with his granddaughters! So, the past two date nights, he has come over by himself, watched the girls, and put them to bed. This past Tuesday night, he had Suns tickets, gave them to us, and stayed home with the girls! Then when we got home, he talked about how much fun he had! Oh, what a great Papa they have!
Here is Papa playing dress up with Abby!

And then, there is my love! My greatest gift short of salvation! To another man so unlike most men of this world, I love you!
Here is us cheering the Suns on to victory!

Dance Party!

In our house, we love to have dance parties! There are many times when, in order to break up the day here at home, we will crank up the music and have a dance party! We jump around and act all crazy! It is such a great girly thing to do! The other night when Daddy was home, we all joined in on the fun.




Daddy and Katie joining in on the fun!

Our attempt at a family photo!