Twilight!

On Saturday I went with like 20+ women from my neighborhood to see Twilight. It was so much fun! First we went to dinner at the Coppermill, and I got my new favorite. All those in Cache Valley, the next time you go to the Coppermill, get the Ciabatta pizza in the appetizer menu - I promise you won't be disappointed- yum.
I truly live in an amazing place, with wonderful people. I hate to brag but I really do have the best neighbors.
After dinner it was movie time! I loved the movie. Obviously it was not as good as the book, but I really enjoyed it. I was a little skeptical of Edward, but by the end of the movie I was a big fan. Now I can't wait for New Moon to come out!


Oh yeah- my brother Michael is coming home today from his mission to El Salvador! Only 10 more hours to go; we can't wait! Lillian doesn't remember him and he has never seen Isabelle, so I am really excited for him to see the girls. We are so glad he will be here in time for Thanksgiving. I hope his stomach can adjust to all the good food.

Sick, Sick, Sick

This entire past week we have been sick at our house. Let me tell you, it has been a ton of fun. If fun includes cleaning up vomit, wiping noses, and forcing down medicine. Kevin, Lillian, and Isabelle got a super bad cold. I didn't take them to the doctor at first because I hate spending the $25 co-pay and then having the doctor say, "yep, she has a cold." I rarely get any medicine from the doctor, and I understand why, so I wasn't going to take them. Kevin did go to the doctor and he got some drugs. I learned from him the key words to use are, "Dr. I need to get better really quick, I have a lot to do at work." I will be using those words the next time I'm sick.

Lillian woke up on Thursday night crying because her ear hurt, so on Friday I took them both in. Lillian had an ear infection and both of Isabelle's ears were infected. The moral of the story is just take them in because who knows what's going on. I felt awful, I let them suffer all week long! I guess no Mother of the Year award for me this year. For the record Lillian didn't say her ears hurt until Thursday night and Isabelle wasn't tugging or pulling her ears so I didn't know they hurt.

So we spent the week watching a lot of cartoons, because what can you really do with sick kids? Isabelle climbed on the couch and starting cuddling with Lillian, it was so adorable.

When they started feeling better I think they got a little cabin fever because they started doing some crazy things. Well at least Isabelle did....

The little thing she is stuck in is a walker for dolls, apparently she thought she could fit in it.

The family is all on the mend but Lillian did try to convince me today she was still too sick to go to preschool and she needed to stay home and watch more shows. Nice try Lillian.

Bathtime Anyone?

Kevin was getting the girls ready for their bath last week and he left Isabelle in the bathroom putting her toys in the tub. All of the sudden I heard him laughing and telling me to come quick. This is what I found.

Yes, that is Isabelle in the bath with all of her clothes on. She loves the bath so much that she was tired of waiting for mom and dad to get her undressed so she just hopped in.

When I tried to get her undressed she was so mad because I was interrupting her play. She is hilarious. Every day she does something that leaves us just laughing and shaking our heads.

Leaves Here, Leaves There, Leaves Everywhere

Last weekend we went down to Bountiful to visit Papa Dave and Grandma Sherri and also to do a little shopping ( since we don't have the best shopping selection in Cache Valley). My parents have some very large trees in their backyard so in the autumn their yard is full of leaves.

Kevin and Steven raked them into a pile at the end of the slide for the girls to slide down into them.
Lillian was a little nervous at first but she quickly decided they were fun. Isabelle, on the other hand, wasn't a huge fan. As soon as she would get to the bottom of the slide, she was like get me out of here!

Lillian even let me toss her into the leaves. We also tossed my parent's beagle Abby into the leaves, which was very entertaining to say the least.
Isabelle sought refuge from the leaves with Papa Dave, but Lillian was relentless. It was really fun, especially since we don't have any large trees in our yard that produce a lot of leaves. While we were there Yu Ling made us a delicious Taiwanese dinner with noodles, chicken, and vegetables. She also made friend sweet potatoes with sugar and cinnamon, they were so good. I think for Thanksgiving this year I would rather have those than the traditional yams!

Halloween- A Week of Fun

Our Halloween celebrations lasted about a week. It seemed like almost everyday we had a reason to get dressed up. I really got my money's worth out of their costumes! Lillian dressed up as Belle and Isabelle was a 'little, tiny ballerina,' as Lillian kept calling her. On Monday Lillian had a Halloween dance recital. It was very cute and very funny because seriously, how coordinated can a 3 year old be?

Can you see the confused look on her face? Papa Dave and Grandma Sherri (my parents) came all the way from Bountiful to see Lillian's recital. It was so nice of them to come, thank you Papa and Grandma! The girls were so excited to have them there.

How cute are they? She loves dance class. She even prays that she will have a good dance class.

They also had trick or treating at the recital. This was Isabelle's first real experience with trick or treating. She was so amazed people were just giving her candy and we weren't taking it away. She just kept looking in her bucket at all of her loot.

Lillian takes dance with her two good friends, Avery and Amanda. They have so much fun together!

On Tuesday our ward held its annual Halloween carnival. This year I had to help run a booth because the young women and young men put it on. Which also meant I had to dress up. Kevin brought the girls and they got their hands painted, ate donuts, went fishing, and got glow in the dark bracelets. It was lots of fun!

Finally Halloween arrived! Lillian had a Halloween party in the morning at preschool. Then I took them to Kevin's work to eat lunch and to go trick or treating. They were so tired they fell asleep in the car on the way home. After a nice long nap they were ready to go out and get some candy. Thankfully it was such a nice night we didn't have to bundle them up. They didn't go out for very long because Lillian said she lost her energy. They came home and we got out all their candy and counted it and ate some of it. Isabelle kept trying to eat candy that was still in its wrapper. Honestly, I think they had more fun answering the door and passing out candy than trick or treating.