Happy Thanksgiving.

We had such a great holiday.  Diane and Fernando came down from Houston to spend a few days with us.  We are so glad that we have some family close by to spend time with.  They were so great at helping and playing with the kids.  We really enjoy the time we have with them. Diane came to my rescue as I killed the rolls two batches.  I couldn't get them to rise.  She's saved the day and helped me cook all night Wed. night and most of the day on Thursday.  But everything was way yummy and worth all the work.

We had our good friends the Partridges come and join us for Dinner and wanted to make sure everything was just right.  So we had backup's for our backup's just in case it didn't work.  I was so busy running around I didn't even take a picture of the finished products, or of the cute Partridge family.  But I'm so glad I have such great friends and that they could join us in celebrating Thanksgiving.

Diane rising the rolls with our heat lamp lights.  They sure come in handy at times.

Uncle Fernando keeping the kids entertained.  They adore uncle Fernando and begged him to jump with them all day long.  Thanks Fernando for being such a great sport.

The Smoking hot turkey :)  I mean my Smoking hot hubby smoking a turkey!!!

Ryan's' helper #1.

And helper #2.

The bird.  It was so good.  Ryan did such a great job.

The back up bird. Not as good but still pretty tasty.

I think we will have leftovers for months. 

On another note at school the kids learned about what Thanksgiving is all about.

Josh learned he is very grateful for the Indians who came to help the Pilgrims.  According to him the Pilgrims only ate bark and dirt and then Indians helped them grow Turkeys.  I'm so glad they learned how to grow those Turkeys because Thanksgiving wouldn't be the same with out it.

Here is a cute picture he drew about the things he's thankful for. I couldn't get it to flip around.

I'm very thankful that he is thankful for God, his family and himself.  I also love the picture of God with him saying "hi I'm God."

Trevor wasn't as thankful for his homework because he has to write a paper on Thanksgiving.  But he learned alot and I know in the future he will be thankful for his great knowledge. I'm very Thankful for Trevor he was a great help and loves to cook.  Friday morning he got up early and made everyone pancakes.  They were a little Salty as he mixed up Teaspoon with Tablespoon but I was very impressed that he printed off a recipe and made the whole thing with out any help from anyone.

Gavin was just thankful that his friends Luke and Julia were here.  He adores baby Julia if only he wouldn't scream in her face poor girl.  He unfortunately thinks because babies cry he needs to scream at them to communicate. 

And it looks like I can't make my blog Private.  Because the people that I write it for (my extended family far away.)  for some reason can't add them to link on.  So I'm trying to block out all the search engines and hopefully that will help a bit.  So thanks to all of you that say you enjoy reading.  Keep reading and leave me a comment every now and then.  I loved hearing from people I haven't in a long long time.

I hope everyone had a great and yummy Thanksgiving. Next up Christmas and I haven't even started shopping.  Better get cracking!!!

New Moon

I'm not really sure how I got involved in the twilight books. It's the 1st series of books I've read in a long time.  And so out of my character.  I don't like romance novels, or sci-fi.  But something in it got me hooked.  And going to the movies with great friends was so fun.  I was dozing off at home around 9:00 when Stacey picked me up and yet once we got there I was wide awake.  It was a nice night unlike last year were I froze to death and I liked this movie alot better.  Not to mention the people at the theater were way more animated.  I love going with the Mom's club they are so funny.  They were giving aways things like real sand from La-push and it was like they were winning a million bucks.  A bunch of people from our church went so the ladies that were 1st in line taped off two rows.  I'm sure all the other people HATED us.  But it was so fun to sit (well kinda set) by so many fun people.  When I got home Trevor was so kindly waiting up for me.  Isn't that sweet?   He's a funny kid.

I hope I make it today with the lack of sleep.  I'm not as young as I used to be.  But it was sure fun to act young again if just for a little while :)!!!  Man I hate getting my picture taken especially when I look like death and am next to models.  Aren't these girls gorgous?.   And why didn't we get one of the whole group?

Grandma and Grandpa J.

Ryan was so excited that our outdoor kitchen was done in time for his parents visit.  He smoked something everyday.  Most turned out amazing.  Except the bananna bread he convinced me to let him try in there.  Somethings  just are not ment to have the smoky taste.  It was moist but I couldn't get past the smoke flavor yuck.

I hope they are not sick of BBQ. As we ate it alomost every day.  But this place was so yummy I really liked county line.

A beautiful day to go to the park.  No way can you go to a park and play in November in Seattle with out a wet suit.  It was nice to show them why Austin rocks.

Grandpa bonding with Gavin. It takes him a while to warm up to people.

 But by the end they were best buddies.

Grandma cooked Veggies with the boys everynight. They now love Veggies thanks to grandma's magic.

The traditional Gingerbread house.  I failed at making one and the boys were so excited that the expert was here to help them. They Love doing activities with Grandma.

Even Gavin sat still and put candies on the house. It was amazing!!!!

We had such a great time.  I'm so lucky to have such amazing people in my life.  This was a great trip with them and we were so greatful that they could come and spend some time with us.  It's so hard to live so far away.  But getting this one on one time with them was pretty amazing and I'm so greatful for the relationship I have with them. Thanks for comming and anytime you want to get out of the rain and cold you are always welcome to come back.  We love you lots and lots.

Going private

Well after much debate and a few weird situations I've decided to make my blog private.  So if you want to continue to read it you'll have to send me your e-mail address. 
Suzettejen@hotmail.com  I'll put it private the 1st of December.
I love all the people I get to talk to through my blog so I'm happy to add everyone who wants to keep up with my crazy life.  I wish there wern't so many creepy people in the world so I didn't have to go private.
Darn Creepy people.

House deco.

I'm very slow at decorating. I can never decide what I want, and I'm a perfectionist so it's never just right for me.   But I'm finally starting to pull the house together. I had someone come and help me with placement and hanging things.    I still have alot to do but so far It's starting to feel more like our home and not just a house.

Game room with new door to deck

looking from upstairs.  Not to sure I like these but I needed something Tall it will have to do for now.

Upstairs niche.

Master bedroom.  I love love love our new bed. And my favorite picture of Christ.

Another outside view

The new fireplace!!  LOVE IT...

The darling picture of the boys my friend Katie did.

Another view of the living room.

Blah dinning room. Not to sure what to do here but I love the console table and mirror. 

Entry way.

View from the front door

The red thing on the ceiling is a balloon that I think will forever be STUCK!!

Picture wall. The middle is a awesome picture of the St. George temple. Where Ryan and I were married.

Other side of sitting room

                  I hung planets and stars all around Josh's ceiling.

     They glow at night.  He loves it.

Now when Trevor goes out his window he wont have a huge drop off the roof.  He'll be right on the deck. (Not like I want him to go out his window, but he already was so I needed to make it safe.)

I couldn't get this to go with the other pictures of our room. 

Our new back yard!!

Our never ending (or so it seemed) construction project is finally DONE!!! Stinking rain. We need just a few touch up's and we are all good. I can't wait to eat outside on our new patio. Tonight we BBQ'ed some awesome Pork Chops with a Carmel apple cream sauce. It was fun to cook with Ryan. I got the meat and sauce all ready while he cooked it. We are so happy with the finished project and a huge shout out to the company. They did such a good job. I felt like they were friends while in our house. Always respectful and went the extra mile to make sure we were happy. So thank you Brydon Custom stone and landscaping. You are amazing at what you do.

Just a few pictures.





The boy's acted like it was Christmas jumping up and down with excitement when we told them they could play upstairs on the deck. They played forever until I had to end the fun. Gavin started throwing all his toys off the deck. HUMM wonder who taught him that?

Yes and as soon as I can get the house clean I'll post pictures of that as well. Why I tried to do two projects at once I'll never know. It's no wonder I look like I got hit by a truck. Sorry Mom I know you've been asking for months. But I love the new fireplace mantel. They did exactly what I had wanted.

Halloween

Halloween was so fun this year.  I took Gavin to a little pre-school party with his friend Lindsey it was so cute to see the kids do all the little activities.  Gavin has no concept of waiting his turn and kept cutting in line.  But in the end he started getting it and was alot more patient.

Trevor was a challange this year as to what to be.  He wanted to have a mohawk and a mustache but I had a hard time finding anything like that.  So we decided that a Gothic punk would work good.  It took forever to do his hair and makeup as he doesn't sit still. But he really liked the finnished product.  And everyone kept asking if they could touch his hair so he thought that was cool.

Josh again was a starwars character.  He's obsessed.  And the helmet only lastes about 2 seconds. As he said it smelled and couldn't breath in it. So I carried it most the time.  We just let the boys go until they couldn't lift their pumpkins anymore.  And that was after we dumped it in the wagon.

Gavin kept asking people for their dog, or baby and when they said he could only have candy he only wanted a lollie. And said "no thank you to all the other candy."  It was pretty funny.

I told the boys they could only have 10 of their favorites and I'de pay them 5 cents for every other peice and they could go to the store with the money and get something else.  Trevor said "can't you just be normal?"  He's my sugar addict and would eat until he puked and then eat it somemore.

I love Halloween and cherish the times I get to be with the boys.  They are growing way to fast.

I hope you all had a Happy and Safe HALLOWEEN!!!!

Josh's field trip

Josh got to go on a field trip to Crow's nest Farm. Ryan was lucky enough to go with him. They had such a great time. Josh is little mini-me to Ryan and adores his Dad so much. He told his class at least 15 or more times that his Dad was coming. And when he got home he said. "this was the best day of my life."