our thanksgiving feast

our thanksgiving feast was a classic one. all the regular fixings.

mashed potatoes, stuffing, green bean casserole, rolls, cranberry stuff, and of course,

the sparkling bubbly.

i made pies. for the first time, i actually made the crust and the pie. homemade.

banana cream pie. and they actually tasted good.

we had a lovely time stuffing our faces and filling our bellies.

the main course.

the kids table. jack, sydney, kayda, lexi, and ava.

post thanksgiving feast:

front yard turkey bowl/chase whoever has the football and then slam them to the ground.

age is not a factor here.

jason and eden spectating. me. baby bump. 24 weeks prego.

i am most thankful for my family.

hope everyone had a fantastic thanksgiving.

turkey trot

2nd annual breinholt

family turkey trot.

we are thankful for our agile bodies that let us run and run and run....

once again, we woke up bright and early thanksgiving morning and headed to the local

high school track for a run.

it is such a refreshing to start to the day.

i love seeing my kiddos use their little bodies in the way god intended.

not being idle.

jack completed 6 laps.

ava ran 4.

and eden walked/was carried at least 2 laps :)

boston in the fall

one week in boston, mass.

i went to boston for a week with eden and my mom to visit my sweet sister.

it is such an amazing time to visit.

the leaves are all different colors and the farmers markets are filled with autumn delights.

the weather is that perfect cold.

the cold that you can still enjoy outdoor walks through the city and than cozy up to a warm fire at night.

we did that.

lots of outdoor strolls and then warming our tootsies up to the fire at night.

we consumed lots of hot chocolate and donuts from dunkin donuts, of course.

did you know there are 104 dunkin donuts in the boston area?

i learned that while i was there.

boston has so much charm, so much history, and so many grave yards.

i am so glad that my sister lives there so when i get sick of the boring arizona desert,

i can go visit her :)

sleepy hallow graveyard.

concord, mass.

my sister's home town.

my niece aubrie collecting the giant fall leaves.

eden enjoying the fall leaves all around her.

my brother in law barry, my mom, my sister danielle, and eden bear strolling the through the graveyard.

Boston.

eden taking in all the sights while riding on the famous duck tour.

the boston common covered in leaves.

the real music man.

he was playing all these instruments while singing margaritaville.

the finish line of the great boston marathon.

someday i will cross it.

if i can ever qualify, that is. sheesh.

eden fell in love with my sister's dog tilly even though the dog bit her hand.

they sort of developed a love/hate relationship.

thank you danielle for a pleasant back east trip.

and thank you to all my friends and family who helped take care of

my jack and ava while i was away.

halloween 2010

halloween was on a sunday this year.

which means the day was probably just like a lot of other lds families.

we went to church, watched some football, carved pumpkins, and then got our kids all dressed

in their costumes only to tell them that instead of trick or treating this year,

they get to pass out candy.

sounds fun, right??

i guess getting candy doesn't compare to giving it away.

but, the nice/felling bad for our kids parents we are, we broke down and still let them do some trick or treating on our street.

it didn't help that, ironically, our sacrament meeting topic was on keeping the sabbath day holy.

whatev, the kids still had, we had fun, and another halloween goes down in the record books.

pumpkin carving on the back patio.

the costumed:

jessie #1 , captain hook (not to be confused with captain jack sparrow), and jessie #2

the jessie's heading out the door.

hope everyone had a happy halloween :)

halloween at disneyland

disneyland

fall 2010

our magical moments and memories:

eden's little obsession.

we went all the way to disneyland to hang out in a red phone booth for an hour.

who would've thought.

the end.

*if you guessed the theme of our trip was jessie the yodeling cow girl....you were right on :)

halloween spirit

nothing says halloween like a black tongue....

...and decorating cut out sugar cookies shaped as pumpkins, ghosts and scary cats.

the masterpieces.

now, i have to go force myself to drink my weight in water so i can have an ultrasound that will

reveal the gender of my mystery baby growing in my belly :)

can't wait. to find out the sex that is, not to drink a gallon of water.

then, we are off to disneyland for yet another magical adventure.

this time, the kids get to parade through the streets of disneyland in their costumes

while collecting candy from costumed characters.

lets just say that the kids are about to explode with excitement.

they have been walking around the house wearing their mickey mouse ears

for the past couple of days now.

i think they are ready to gooooooo.

see ya all laters.

october showers

it's always a joyous time when in rains here in the desert.

we have had such horrible record breaking heat that i had pretty much lost all hope of ever getting out of the one hundred degrees.

lately, i have been yearning to live somewhere where they have 4 seasons.

what would that be like?

but, i have to say, there is nothing like rain and thunderstorms after a five month summer to help cool things down.

jack could hardly contain himself when he got home from school yesterday.

first thing he did was he tore off his shoes and socks and headed outside to run through the rain and puddles.

ava thought she would join him as well.

and, let me tell you, dancing in rain puddles is way more fun in a sequined flapper dress.

jack and ava showing off the raindrops on their clothes.

we have been so lucky to have rain the last 3 out of 4 days.

i just hope it sticks around for a little while longer.

highs in the 80's is my kind of weather :)

*ava and i also heard one of the longest and loudest claps of thunder known to man.

it was loud.

it like shook the whole house.

sooo octoberish.