Santa Claus came to town!

Yesterday was our ward Christmas party and guess who came to visit? That's right, Mr. Claus! It was so much fun to see all the kids in the ward get so excited to see Santa. Here are a few pictures.

Santa waiting for the "signal" to come out and visit:

 

 Santa telling the kids the story about Christ's birth and how He is the "greatest gift of all":

 

 Santa visited with each and every child to give them a gift and a candy cane:

 

 

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Tagged II

Giselle's responses to the tag...

8 t.v. shows I enjoy watching:
1. The Office
2. The Amazing Race
3. Gossip Girl (my guilty pleasure)
4. The Biggest Loser
5. Survivor
6. Heroes
7. Project Runway (actually this goes higher up)
8. Reruns of the OC or Gilmore Girls

8 things that happened yesterday:
1. Enjoyed oatmeal for the first time - can't remember when I ate it last, but I didn't like it
2. Went to work
3. Went to Young Women's (I'm the personal progress leader)
4. Started an APA workshop to brush up on the new formatting for school
5. Drove to and from work with Noah and Celeste, meeting up with Nate for lunch, of course...
6. Colored a disney picture - it was so fun!
7. Surprised 2 people I've known for months by informing them I'm pregnant (duh)
8. Complained about back pain - like I do everyday :)

8 things I am looking forward to:
1. Being a Mommy and having my baby boy to stare at!
2. Starting school (next tuesday!)
3. Starting to work out again
4. Finishing school
5. Getting in shape after baby
6. Noah finishing flying
7. Going home for Christmas
8. Christmas Eve dinner and family time!

8 things I LOVE about fall:
1. Noah is wrong - Fall in phoenix is amazing because it's actually cool enough to be outside...but still warm of course. I haven't even pulled out a jacket yet! BUT, in other places, I like the leaves turning and taking a fall drive to see it.

8 things on my wish list:
1. A new gym pass
2. An exercise ball to sit on at work, or a back massager for my office chair (picture the chairs from tonight's Office episode)...
3. Gas to stay cheap
4. To find the perfect nanny/babysitter when I have to go back to work at 6 weeks :(
5. My hair to be long and pretty again and not damaged :(
6. To travel around the world
7. To end up back in Kamas teaching school and dance
8. To be a great Mom!!!!

Wow, the wish list wasn't hard! I could have continued past 8...guess I want a lot of things!

Tagged

Tag
 
Our friend Reagan Powell tagged Giselle and I:
(These are Noah's responses)
 
8 t.v. shows I enjoy watching:
1. The Office
2. The Simpsons
3. The Amazing Race
4. Heroes
5. Survivor
6. Whale Wars
7. Locked Up Abroad
8. Anything on the History, Discovery or National Geographic Channel
 
8 things that happened yesterday:
1. Started a new job
2. Ate a sandwich
3. Sold a website
4. Talked on the phone
5. Ate krispy kreme! Boo ya!
6. Watched Heroes
7. Foresaw the future
8. Stopped time twice!
 
8 things I am looking forward to:
1. Being a daddy!
2. Being a daddy!
3. Being a daddy!
4. Flying a helicopter again!
5. Flying a helicopter again!
6. Christmas in Utah
7. Getting a new car (if mine dies)
8. Oh... did I mention becoming a dad!!
 
8 things I LOVE about fall:
1. There is no fall in AZ!
 
8 things on my wish list:
1. World Peace! Haha
2. To visit all 7 continents. Only 3 to go!
3. To fly a helicopter regularly.
4. To be the best dad I can be
5. Have superpowers
6. To travel around the world
7. I wish you a merry Christmas
8. I wish upon a star
 
8 people I tag:
1. Nik and Anissa
2. Anyone else who wants to be tagged

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A Bunch of Turkeys

Thanksgiving this year was really fun! We had dinner at Nik and Anissa's house with their family and with Nate and Celeste. But dinner was jut a small part of our day...

We started off the morning with the Mesa Turkey Trot! Noah and Nik ran the 10k, Anissa and Robyn ran the 2 mile, and I ran the 1 mile...I definitely would have run the 2 mile, but I haven't been running at all since moving here...it was a good choice, as it was fun and not too hard.

Me finishing my fun run...

Robyn and Anissa en route...
Anissa crossing the finish line...

Robyn at the finish line...

The boys almost at the end of their 6 miles...

Nik and Noah crossing the finish line...
All the turkey trotters!
Thanks to Nik and Anissa and Nate and Celeste for being our family this year for Thanksgiving! We had amazing food and lots of fun together. Happy Thanksgiving everyone...

Time to test your hearing.

This is really interesting! I expect everyone to post a comment! These tones will make you realize how your hearing gets worse as you get older. Test your hearing and see which tones you can still hear, then bring your kids into the room and ask them. I bet they'll hear the ones that adults can't! Which ones can you hear?

The scale goes like this:
50-59 year olds can hear 11Khz
40-50 can hear 11 & 12 KHz
30-39 you can hear from 11, 12, 13, and 14 KHz
18-24 can hear up to 16 KHz
18 and under can hear up to 18 KHz

11 KHz
12 KHz
13 KHz
14 KHz
15 KHz
16 KHz
17 KHz
18 KHz

Sometimes graffiti is not that bad!

Pfizer: Graffiti
by sylvestre2712

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Bump Update

24 Weeks - 16 to go!

Ugh, I can't believe I'm posting this. I will be so excited to post pictures when I have a big, nice, round bump! I feel like my bump is so poochy right now and awkward. It seems way way high, too, I think, for what I was expecting. But, I appreciated other's bump updates, and I know they're fun to see...enjoy!

A tribute to John Williams

This is a cool video we found on youtube that is a tribute to John WIlliams by a guy singing a cappella to his themes. It's great!

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Our weekend in Pinetop, AZ

A couple of weeks ago we had the opportunity to go to Pinetop with our good friends Nate and Celeste for the weekend. We had a great time up there and here are a few of the pictures we were able to take in between the "exploring", "hiking" and just "relaxing".

Here is a view of the cabins where we stayed. We went hiking on one of the trails just behind the cabins.

Giselle was jumping around and playing on this bridge.

Nate and Celeste and Giselle and I

On our way back down the canyon we stopped to take a picture of the scenery.

I almost fell. Don't worry, it was only a couple thousand feet or so!

Someone help me please!

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What to expect in the next 3 weeks

What happens when you have someone who just finished working on a time-consuming project and is not scheduled to begin working again till Dec 1st + Likes to play on the computer and use programs like Photoshop? Answer = Posts like this!

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