Christmas Time!

I am absolutely ECSTATIC that it is Christmas time. I absolutely love this time of year. I guess sometimes I like it a bit to much, which drives Cory absolutely bonkers. But he is more of a scrooge around Christmas time so I get to make up for both of us. (Although every year he always seems to get way cooler and MORE presents than I do) Although I think Araleigh will out do him this year! Anyways, so yesterday I put up my Christmas tree with my nephew, Trevan's help and Araleigh tried to help by pulling all the bulbs off as we put them up. Then I was so excited to see the RC WILLEY truck pull up to my driveway to deliver my present from Santa!! YAY FOR NEW FURNITURE!!! I love love love them!! Now my house is completely furnished. I have all my old ones downstairs, so now we officially have a living room and a family room. This means I will probably spend more time downstairs with my hubby. I LOVE CHRISTMAS. Here are some pics of my tree and my new present!! :)

Araleigh absolutely HATED the tree . . she hated to touch it. So she wasn't much help at all!

Trevan with Araleigh after we finished decorating it.

My new wonderful loveseat!!! LOVE IT!

Good Luck Bryce!!

So we just got back from Utah . . we took Bryce to the MTC. Overall it was a great experience. A little sad but a lot more happy for him. He pretty much ran out the missionary door when we went to say goodbye. He's was definitely ready and will be a great missionary! We are all definitely proud of his decisions! Here are a few pictures. Oh and just a heads up. Our group shot is absolutely terrible of me. I have Bells Palsy in my face so I can't smile. So I pretty much look like I was appalled to be there. But really I was extremely happy to be there and be apart of the experience and I was even a little emotional because of how strong the spirit was there. Incredible.

Araleigh driving for the first time from Bryce's farewell to Grandma/Grandpa's

Araleigh and Trenton on the way to Utah to see Bryce off

Darla pinning Bryce with his Mish Badge.

Group photo. . . ignore the ugly face PLEASE!!! I really was happy!

Thanksgiving!

So Thanksgiving was quite a hectic, family filled event! Although it was fun and it was wonderful seeing everyone, its always a relief to have the festivities over with. We spent this year with the Arnolds, because it was Bryce's last one for two years. CRAZY! Anyways, our wonderful friends (which whom are also cousins) came and spent Thanksgiving with us . . which is always fun to have them around! So this weekend was filled with Yummy food, lots of crying kids, too much shopping, lots of family . . and pretty much a good time! I didn't take many pictures which I should have .... but here are some.

Cory and Araleigh enjoying my yummy Banana pie!

Cory, Araleigh, and our nephew Preston (Lacey's little boy) just hanging out!

Once again, Araleigh and Preston sharing some kind of treat. Just a FYI if you ever wondered what Cory looked like when he was a little guy. Take a look at Preston. They are pretty much identical at this age. I have a picture to prove it! So everyone, this is what my future boys will probably look like. He's a cutie! So I am not worried!!

Cory, Araleigh, and Kate (Becca's little girl just hanging out)

HILARIOUS!

SO THIS IS SO FUNNY. IT IS TOTALLY CORY. CHECK OUT OUR SWEET VIDEO!!

Getting a little domestic

So yesterday, my sister and I decided to go take a gingerbread making class. . . just for something to do. It was actually really fun, and I got to be creative on something other than my daughter. Anyways, it was fun and here is my result. Now it just sits on my table not knowing where to put it!

Clean Kitchen. . Dirty Kitchen

So the other day I had cleaned my kitchen. Then Araleigh decided to wake up and instead of helping mommy clean the kitchen . . she decided to help out in another way. By taking out all of the pans and getting them dirty. Also by spreading out all of the food that was suppose to go downstairs in storage. Oh the joys of being little and not caring whats going on.

BEFORE

AFTER

My weekend Project.

So in our basement we have a bedroom that was completely covered with fluorescent yellow chair rail, bright pink and purple wall paper. . . and it was pretty much a childs room but like in the 80's. It was completely not my taste and so I finally got tired of looking at it and took on my weekend project of redoing it. I did take before pictures, and didnt check them on my camera. Turns out the memory card wasn't in . . so they didn't save. But I do have the after photos. I think it turned out pretty good. Too bad you can't see how much of a change it is!! Here ya go.

The work in progress

The final touch! (Carpet is ugly . . I KNOW)

Halloween!

So I think that Araleigh's official first Halloween was really fun. We got to spend it will all of her cousins on my side of the family. Which was really great for all of them! We went to the trunk or treats and to the carnival. . which she got to ride on the fun little rides . . which I couldn't get her off of unfortunately. But it was overall a good night . . and she didn't even try to rip off her costume which was EXCELLENT!

Our little Tulip Fairy.

All of the cousins: Araleigh, Trevan, Brynne, Logan, Morgan, Tierra

Grandpa the pumpkin and Araleigh the Tulip Fairy . . and Cory the muggle (lol)

Riding the ride at the carnival!

Pumpkin Carving!

So this was Araleigh's first pumpkin experience. She was too little last year to really even know what was going on. So this year I thought Alright she's gonna dive in . . just as I thought she would with the birthday cake. So much for that idea. She was very clean and didn't want to touch ANY of the goop inside. She did touch a seed or two once or twice . . . but she had fun once she found the spoon and realized she didn't have to touch anything with her hands!!









After the pumpkins we let them play. Which unfortunately because it was past both their bed times . . . we got a little too excited and had a big crash into each other. It was quite tragic. lol

Laundry Explosion!!!

So the other day I had all the laundry nicely folded and set in the hamper all neat ready to be put away. . . when DUN DUN DUN . . . Araleigh came speeding out from her morning nap and found her new spot of exploration. She realized that there was too much stuff in her new found territory . . in which she threw most of it out and so she could sit just how she wanted in the hamper. So much for my hard work of folding laundry all morning . . in which is my LEAST favorite thing to do. Now I just had the privilege of doing it all over AGAIN!!! I don't know why I even try to put forth the effort of doing the folding. . . I guess I can just use my little clothes bully as my excuse to getting out of yet another chore!!! Thanks Araleigh! By the way . . . if you have never seen how she looks in the morning . . here ya go. Hair crazy and all!

Araleigh's a big girl now!

We got Araleigh her new Big Girl car seat and she isn't quite sure how much she loves it. I think that she absolutely LOVES being able to see what in the world is going on now . . . but when it comes to sleeping . . .which she also loves to do. . The car seat isn't quite as snooze-friendly as the other one! Hopefully we can get the whole thing mastered! Here's a picture of our Angel growing up!