Festival of the Trees

http://www.festivaloftreesutah.org/index.asp

Who wants to go? It is one of the best events surrounding Christmas in my opinion. It is all about the true meaning of Christmas. All items have been donated and all sales are 100% donated to Primary Childrens Hospital. My dream is to someday be able to go and purchase my tree at Festival of the Trees, because they all seem to be gorgeous and have a great reason or story for their donation.

I think I am going to go Friday if anyone wants to go let me know.

Blog Stocking. It's always SO fun!

Do I do it? HECK YES! I love it. I learn so much about others and get to catch up on some friends and family of friends along the way. Just tonight (while up from drinking a diet coke too late) I was looking at one of my friends blogs and clicked on one of her friends blogs only to find out it was one of my friends blogs (do you have all that so far?). Anyhow, she has us on her friends list. I just added her to mine. Oh and she has the cutest fonts on her blog. I need to go in and take those 27 steps to put the cute font on mine too. I LOVE it.

Please let me know if you have my on "your list" so I can add you to mine. I need to make sure I stay caught up on everyones life in case I run into you in the store, haha! I [HEART] blogging.

Time to go to bed... Goodnight!

hAlLOwEeN 2009!

Carlee was a "MEAN, GOOD" witch! She was SO happy about her costume and makeup.

Check out those shoes. You really can buy ANYTHING on ebay.

Trunk or Treating with Dannie Wilson (aka Gpa FRANKENSTEIN Dannie).

Carson and I at the Trunk or Treat.

On the way to Grandmas Halloween party. She was pooped from casting so many spells...

SO tired, in fact, she couldn't even hold her head up. CUTE little witch with a HAT!

Guitar Hero anyone?

She was rockin' the house!

OK Mom, I am ready to go to the store...

Check out those shoes and purse. She is going to be the next host for "What NOT to wear!" She almost broke her ankle walking into the store, but it was so worth it once she got all the comments on how cute she looked (even if she had just gotten out of the bathtub and her hair was not done).

ALL GIRL!!!

Texas Road House, baby!

My little sister Colette has a side job at the Texas Roadhouse in Bountiful. (Go and see her if you are ever in the area...leave her a BIG tip!) Anyhow, we decided one day to go and see her at work on the way to something (I can't remember what). However, I have to post the photos. Carlee CRACKS me up!!! She might be my kid after all... [SORRY these photos were taken with my phone.]

Oh I forgot to mention we took TWO of her tables with all of us.

This is Colette taking an order at my Mom and Lindsey's table.

Large STEAK or else?!?

Dancing in the booth as much as she can. I was glad that plant was glued to the wall behind her.

I love this photo of US. She is such a little poser whenever a picture is being taken. Maybe someday she will make us our first million...

Lovin on new little baby Lexi. Again, Carlee had to pose. :)

Dancing and singing. Pretty sure Colette will not invite us to come again (at least not and claim us as family).

Just when you think it can't get better...

She pulls out the saddle and let's her go to town!

At this point Carlee might have been stealing all the attention. What do you think?

One last photo before she decided to hop off and walk herself into the bar and make herself a drink.

Good thing I love her so much!!!

Lagoon, it's what fun is!

I don't know about you other bloggers out there, but my posts have gotten easier to do. I can see the photos to put comments underneath and there is not weird coding, etc. SO with that said.. I am feeling motivated to post some photos and blog posts. Enjoy!

These are from this past summer when my Mom was brave enough to take us all to Lagoon. Thanks Mom! It was TONS of fun.

This ride got a little slow for her after the first round. She was trying to stick her hand down in the water for the coins...

On this ride she was cracking me and my Mom up. She would not just push the bar forward or hold it back she was doing it both fast. She was giving us whiplash just watching her. You gotta love it!

This is her and her cousin, Paige (Lindseys daughter) that is at least 5 years older than her practicing for the BIG 16.

Cold and wet from Rattlesnake Rapids, but not too cold for bubble gum ice cream in Pioneer Village!

My mom and all the kids that went that day.

From left to right: Jake, Alexia (being held by my Mom), Paige, Madeline, Tyson and Carlee.

Giveaway Time. Prizes galore!!!

I have a new FAVORITE blog that Tara, my awesome Digital Scrapbooking friend and teacher introduced me to. Go HERE and enter Kevin & Amanda's Blog. You won't regret it. They have TONS of adorable stuff. My favorite thing about their site so far are their fonts. I use them for EVERYTHING now that I have downloaded them all with one click of a button. I also love all of her recipes. The cards are cute, but the recipes on them all look delicious. I won't have to wonder what to cook for at least another year or two. THANKS SO MUCH AMANDA!!! You're amazing.

Oh I was so excited I forgot to mention they are giving away PRIZES GALORE. Go and enter and DON'T FORGET TO TELL THEM I SENT YOU (that is just one of the many contests going).

http://www.kevinandamanda.com

Mothers Without Borders 4th Annual CHARITY Boutique!!!

Mothers Without Borders 4th Annual CHARITY Boutique is THIS WEEKEND!!!

Please attend and spread the word for others to do the same. I would LOVE if you would post this same flyer on your own blogs and/or send it to all your friends and family via: email, facebook, twitter, etc. Thanks so much! This is for a GREAT cause.

A day at the ZOO!

One last trip to the Zoo for the year, while the weather was still nice. We took our nephew, Baby Ethan. It was LOTS of fun and Carlee has been SO excited to see the baby elephant ever since she found out it had been born. She went to the Zoo with Grandma Becky when the baby was still in the Mommy's tummy and has been waiting patiently for the big arrival. We made the mistake of telling/showing her on the news one night it was born. She had asked and asked to go and see it. We gave in!

The posing elephant. You have to wait your turn to get a photo... Too funny!

Carson and Baby Ethan. He loved the train, and didn't want to look at the camera. Carson helped him a little...

One last thing to check out before we left. A great way to wash your hands off too...

We only lost that Binky one or two times... Cute little E!

See those groundhogs?

I love this photo! Isn't she so dang cute!!! Whose kid is that anyway?

Whose kid you ask? HER DAD'S! Check out that tongue...

"Mom look! I am a turtle."

Taking a rest by one of the animals. Can't remember which one, sorry. Look close. Maybe you can tell.

BTW: she doesn't wear this outfit everyday, it just looks like it from these last few photos. It was a Gymboree deal outfit and she loves that the shirts has sparkles on it and says, "SWEET AS CAKE!" She really is so dang cute and sweet too. I love her more everyday!!!

Attacking Ducks!

Carlee loves to go to McDonalds for Family Home Evening and then go across the street and feed the ducks her leftovers. This particular night there was a large amount of ducks. I think she got attacked, or almost attacked, a few times. Not sure that will be a favorite thing to do on Monday nights anymore...

ORANGE DAY!

Carlee was in charge of snacks at preschool... a pretty cool thing you know. It just happened to also be ORANGE day, so I took advantage of the opportunity! I took Carlee down the isle at the grocery store and had her help me pick out orange items (which is not hard at Halloween time). Then we turn the corner and they have the perfect tray for $3.59.It must have been FATE!

In her ORANGE clothes with her ORANGE snacks.

A close-up of the snacks! Yes those are slices of cheese in the middle cut into pumpkin shapes with a cookie cutter. SO easy...

This is right before she almost dropped the artwork. Whew, close call!

Beauty and the Beast, a MUST see!

An adorable friend of mine and her husband are staring in Beauty and the Beast. The best part...Annie is Beauty and Shelby is the Beast. It is like a real life LOVE story. I went with Carlee to see it and she was in HEAVEN! I was worried if she would sit still and enjoy it, but she was SO good I may take her to see it again. She has not stopped talking about it.

The play is AMAZING! The cast has the most beautiful voices. I feel like I ripped them off only paying $10.00 for a ticket. I did take Carlee to the kid party beforehand where she got to make a frame for her photo with Belle, play lots of games, meet other characters, etc. She even had to wear her Belle dress and had me do her hair like Belle (hey, I tried!).

YOU NEED TO GO!!! Honestly, I am not just saying this to get them business. They are doing fine with advertising on their own. As a matter of fact they have done so well and sold out so many shows they have added one more night on November 14th. If you live near Ogden it is at the Terrace Plaza Playhouse. You won't regret it.

Here are a few photos from the best night of Carlee's life...

Carlee jumping off of her chair from making her frame to greet Belle.

Speechless!

One of the many characters she got to meet...he has the PERFECT accent!

Playing a game with the kids and another character...

Sorry. I took this with my camera phone. CHEESE!

(Isn't Annie BEAUTIFUL! I had to convince my Mom that she does in fact have children. A few of them just as cute as her.)