Thanksgiving '09

This year I hosted my first Thanksgiving ever! Which means...I also made my first turkey ever! Yes, it was a little stressful and very scary, the scariest part for me was the turkey. But, the turkey turned out great, if I do say so myself. So, we decided to have Thanksgiving at our house this year because Cameron's parents spent the holiday in Arizona. We had my brother, Dallas, and my cousin, Robby, visiting from Rexburg and Cameron's brother, Dave and his family, Lisa, Mason and Ellie over. It was a lot of fun and turned out great. Lisa split the sides, so no, thanks to her I didn't have to make all the food by myself.

Here is the finished product! It was yummy.

The table setting. By the time I went to the store to get a Thanksgiving table cloth they were all out, so I had to settle w/ a yellow party table cloth. Oh and we only have a small 4 seater table right now, so we put a card table next to it to add more space.

I told Cameron that it was the man's job to cut the turkey, so here he is!

All the yummy food: Turkey, gravy, rolls, scallop potatoes, mashed potatoes, stuffing, and a frozen fruit salad. Lisa brought the best homemade stuffing, green bean casserole, rolls and a pumpkin pie.

Thanks to Lisa and Dave we had a lot of gravy! I basted the turkey every 30 minutes w/ stuff I made the night before. So, by the time the turkey was done there were A LOT of dripping on the bottom of the pan. They used it all, and here it is! We split the left overs of the gravy, there was tons, but it was good!

My first ever apple pie, Cameron says he made it just b/c he mixed the apples and the sauce, I made, together. haha Oh, I also made 2 double stuffed pumpkin pies, kind of like a cheesecake pumpkin pie.

Lisa, Mason and Ellie.

Dallas, Robby, Cade and Connor.

Connor's First "Meal"

October 20th was the first time I fed Connor baby cereal. With Cade I couldn't wait to feed him so I actually fed him the day before his 4th month birthday but, with Connor I put it off a bit longer due to the move and everything being so hectic. Here's a video to show you how it all went down. Enjoy!

And yes you saw correctly, Cade was begging for Connor's food! Lately he finishes it all off for him because Connor still hates it! He will not eat it, he still eats it just like this video, what do I do? Actually now that I've watched it again, Connor's eating worse now. He acts like he's going to throw up each time I put a spoonful in his mouth. Cade was a great eater from the beginning!

Connor kept trying to grab my hand the whole time, he's such a silly little boy. This last video was actually three days later. I have no idea why I kept putting more in his mouth when he had it all over his chin. (I tried to combine all 3 but it would upload to blogger, sorry)

The Big Launching

I promised my father-in-law, Steve, I would make a blog entry about his big accomplishment of refinishing this fishing boat. He bought it November 2008, so it took about a year to finish it. We celebrated by having this big boat launching party on October 19th of this year. I don't actually have a before picture of his boat, but trust me, it looked nothing like the finished product. Steve gave a speech about his journey and then told us what he decided to name the boat. He decided on "Sea Biscuit," after one of his favorite books. The theme, or should I say moral, of the story is, "just because a life is a little broken up, doesn't mean you have to throw that life away." Good thing he thought there was potential in this boat, anyone else really would have thrown it away! It's pretty amazing how good it looks now! It looks brand new.

These are all the people who came for the big event. Many friends of Nancy and Steve's and Geoff (Cam's brother), his wife Erin and us.

Putting it in the lake, "is is going to float?!" was the big question that evening. And yes, it did.

I was brave and trusting enough to be one of the 1st to get in.

Cade sitting in the boat, he was a little scared.

Cam's turn!

Geoff decided he wanted to take Cade out for a spin. Connor watching everybody.

Papa Steve and Cade, he loves Papa!

Bonny's Visit Oct. 7-13, 2009

So Bonny's visit was over two months ago, but I'm going to blog about it anyways. I still have a lot of catching up to do! I had been wanting Bonny to come visit since having Connor, then especially after I moved. I figured having her come to help me decorate my new home would be the perfect opportunity. I was able to convince her (or should I say her husband Chad) to come by offering to buy 1/2 her ticket. It worked, and she came from October 7th - 13th. That was just about a week after we moved in, so perfect!

Bonny was so good with the boys! She probably the best aunt in the world! She went with us to our first Sunday in our new ward. There were a couple of people who though that she was actually Cade's mom b/c she was so good w/ him. She took him out in the hall when he acted up and even changed his diaper w/o me asking! She was great. They were really surprised to find out he was actually mine, is that a bad thing or a good thing?

My sister and best friend! Isn't she so cute?

She loved to kiss on the boys.

Cade looooved Bonny!

I think this picture is cute. Bonny is always so spontaneous. She saw sunflowers on the side of the road, at night, and had me turn around so she could pick me one.

Saying goodbye....a sad sad day. :( We loved having her here. Not only was she the best sister and aunt while she was here, but she is quite the Interior Designer! Pictures of that to come.