Thanksgiving Weekend

This year Steve and I had a 4 day weekend during Thanksgiving. I was thrilled to have so many days off with Steve. We usually don't have many days off in row together. Our celebration for Thanksgiving started on Wednesday night. Our cousin Havilah was in town from New York and decided to cook a turkey dinner for Steve's moms side of the family. I didn't get there until after 8pm so everyone was done eating. But I got to see the fam and hold my little niece. She smiled for the longest time but my camera was off and by the time I got it on and ready she quit smiling. Oh well! The funniest thing with Claire is that each time she eats, she gets the hiccups afterward. Rinda said even during her pregnancy she hiccupped. This is the first time Steve held Claire. It was so cute, atleast to me!!All bundled up and ready to go home. She didn't like it right after I took the picture. She started crying really hard.

The next day we went to my parents for dinner with my small family. It is so different from Steve's family. My brother's girlfriend is harder to get to know and I have a niece I hardly know. She barely knows that I am her aunt or that I am someone. We rarely see them. And Riley is so incredibly wild versus Grant. I pray that I get a child like Grant!!! Riley wouldn't take pictures, she kept hiding her face everytime. The pictures I got were me snapping them when she had no idea.

The best news we got on Thanksgiving was that my grandma wants to take the whole family to Hawaii. We are so excited to go! She wants to go in April or May for 7 nights. Can't wait for that time. Now if only I can get my butt on a treadmill....ha ha!

On Saturday we got out the Christmas lights and hung lights on the outside. Unfortunately Steve's favorite color is blue so now we have blue and white lights....byu...blah! We will add some red soon. I tried to take a picture but it didn't turn out so you will just have to drive by if you want to see them.

Oh yeah...one more thing

One more thing that bothered me about Twilight is Edwards car. The car shown on Stephenie Meyers website is a 4 door Volvo and the car in the movie is some stupid 2 door crap. The 4 door is way sexier!!!

Steve's Birthday

Happy Birthday, Steve!!! Today is Steve's 31st birthday but last night Matt, Emily, Steve and I went to Benihana for dinner. It was delicious and fun. Of course with Emily there she wanted Steve to tell them it's his birthday tomorrow. He is so adament about not celebrating any birthday or holiday, that there was no way he was going to let the server know it's his birthday.
Well Emily took control...she asked for a candle which led to icecream and a candle. However, she did tell them not to sing. At Benihana, they take your picture and print it out for you. So here we are. It was fun for the rest of us....Steve didn't like it still.

Twilight...the movie

Finally the movie is out and I've seen it. I was a little disappointed in the quality of the film. I know I know, I should have realized with the previews that it wasn't some high budget film. But I really do think it could have been much better. Maybe they should have borrowed Harry Potter's producers. 

The things I loved-

1. Bella and Edward are hot together!
2. Forks is beautiful.
3. Ballet room scene fight was pretty good.
4. The kissing was sexy, too bad there wasn't more.
   

Maybe with the next films they will get better with the special effects....running and jumping through trees. I think since I read the books before they showed the characters and some of the scenes, I just had it in my head how it would be.

Sweet Truck

We finally found Steve his dream truck....almost. It needs a few more things done to it to make it just right. We bought a Toyota Tacoma on Saturday morning after looking for over a month. We checked ksl classifieds at 8 in the morning and just happened to find this gem! Lucky for us nobody had come to see it or buy it yet. It had all the features Steve was looking for...4 doors (extra room for a baby eventually), supercharger on the engine, nice tires, low miles, and a decent price. The guy who owned it babied this thing, it is so clean and in tip top shape. Steve and I were pretty excited to bring our new Baby home. Now if anyone knows anyone looking for a Jeep Cherokee, let me know. It's got to go!

Happy Birthday Sue!!!

Yesterday was my mother in law Sue's birthday. We all went out to dinner for her birthday at Macaroni Grill. She is the best mother in law ever. She is so supportive of our decisions and doesn't butt in to our lives. After raising seven children you are bound to be a little nutty, and she is in the best way. Happy Birthday

More Baby Claire

I spent the day today with Robyn and Grant. We went on a hunt for a duvet cover for my new down comforter. We drove all the way south to IKEA and got our exercise just walking through the building. It's insane how large that store is and how they have maps just to help guide you. Unfortunately we didn't find anything that I liked or that I thought Steve would like.

Grant was such a trooper with all the stores we went to. There was a whole chain of stores across the street from IKEA that were for bedrooms and had sofas. He played on all the bunk beds and of course wanted one to share with baby Claire. All day he kept saying he wanted to see Baby Claire and that he wanted to hold her.

So in the afternoon we headed down to see Rinda and the baby. Grant was super excited to her. Grant just had to hold her first so he jumped up on the bed. Check out her position, it was pretty funny.

Rinda didn't have a bow on her again so I had to put one on. Robyn and I decided to put her in her Rockstar outfit with a pink bow. I think the bow is half the size of her head. It is so cute! I told Grant to give her a kiss and we will get pictures of it. He is so excited about being a big brother.

Baby Claire joins the Clan

My sister in law Rinda finally had her baby today. She was due last week sometime and chose to not be induced if she did go over her date. She went to her doctors this morning and she found out there that she dilated to a 5. The doctor was amazed that she hadn't felt contractions that were strong. Rinda has been having contractions but theres always alot of time in between. She delivered her this afternoon.

Jeff, Rinda and baby

I finally convinced Steve to go see the baby around 7:30. We finally got there and were able to see little Claire Taylor. She is weighing at a hefty weight of 6 pounds 6 ounces and is 18 1/2 inches tall. She is 3 ounces bigger than Grant was when he was born. She is a skinny little squirt and needs some fat on her.

Grant is such a proud big brother. He was telling everyone how to hold the baby and that you have to be gentle. He told me that the baby is staying with Momma (at the hospital) for a little while. Grant gets to go play with Aunt Robyn and make forts out of sheets so they can sleep in them.

I decided I would get Grant a little gift since he would probably start to feel left out over the excitement of the new baby. I bought him a Lite Bright. His card was for a big brother that came with a sticker.

Up above, she pulled her hat over her face in a frantic search for food!

I had to go buy bows tonight because I had completely forgotten about them. I can't believe Shirley didn't remind me! This is her first bow in her hair. It's so cute.

Aah how time flies....4 years!

I can't believe it's been 4 years already. I think of the day we got married and it really does seem like yesterday. I can even still smell the ocean and the flowers. I am so happy that I married Steve and he sure made the best decision ever too!!!

What I love about Steve-

He always smells good

He always makes me laugh each day

His beautiful eyes

He lets me spend money

His body

When he wants something, he doesn't stop til he has it

His hobby of Jeeping

How everyone enjoys being around him

The way he can jump into a conversation with someone he met 5 minutes ago

How smart he is....don't get into politics with him

And many many more

Happy Anniversary Steve!!! (too bad he doesn't read this blog)

Obama!!!!

This is such an incredible moment in history that we will all remember. I am so happy that Barack Obama has won the election. I believe that he will be a president that will go down in history not only because he is African American but because he will change this country. His speech was dedicated to the American people and to the world.