Take that, you dirty Yewts!

I hope my enthusiasm for BYU football doesn't offend, but WOW! What a game. I was priveleged enough to be in LaVell Edwards for that one. And to all the haters out there, give it a rest. Utah won last year. It was BYU's turn. Most exciting game I have been to, hands down. Go Cougars!!

Happy Thanksgiving

I borrowed this from the church website. It's fantastic. I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving. I am trying to be truly thankful for everything in my life, even my downs along side the ups. Happy Thanksgiving!

My Public Has Spoken

Would you like to look like this? Because for a limited time only Glamour Shots by Deb are 75% off. No thanks, I already get my hair cut at the Cuttin' Coral. I'll give a dollar to the first person who can name it.
Video courtesy of my brother, the film editor..Let this be a lesson to you all: don't send ridiculous photos of yourself to people with editing skills. It will always come back to bite you. He calls it: Sleeping Wildcat. Turn the sound on...

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

The other day Greg and I were watching Sense and Sensibility. Yes, I can occasionally get Greg to watch Jane Austen with me. Anyway, there's this scene where Mr. Willoughby cuts off a lock of Marianne's hair and kisses it and then folds it up in a handkerchief. Apparently back in those times that was a BIG deal. Like they were now engaged or something, because it was such an intimate gesture. So in a teasing manner, I turned to Greg and asked him why he had never asked me for a lock of hair. He replied: "Because I can always go scoop some up off the bathroom floor, or pull some out of the shower drain." Such a romantic, that guy. I have long hair. Yes, it falls out and clogs up drains. Yes, it gets in my face and bothers me. And yes, it ends up in a sloppy ponytail most days to get it out of the way. Today I went to the salon and had them cut off more than a foot!! WHOA!! Now I have a very short bob and am absolutely shocked at my impulse decision.

Autumn Fun

Since November has been so strange here lately with unusually warm weather, we decided to make the most of it. We drove up Squaw Peak to the look out. Off to the side of the parking lot we noticed a nice little trail, so we hopped the stone wall and followed it for a little while. We didn't get too far, the sun was going down and getting a bit chilly. But I'm thinking it might actually lead all the way to the peak that overlooks Provo. We had a nice family outing and my brother Paul shot the candid photos with his phone.

I made cookies last night and let David have a wonderful time. Probably wouldn't be so bad if they weren't warm from the oven and gooey.




David got into the laundry I was folding and tried his hardest to put on a pair of Nathan's underwear. So I helped him and then took some photos that I hope to embarass him with in years to come.

Raking up all the leaves in the back yard and then making a wonderful pile to jump into. David didn't care for it at all and didn't appreciate being tossed in by his mother.




Family photos up Squaw Peak.










Paul photoshopped a Halloween Picture and made it much more accurate.

Trick or Treating and Goodbyes

We survived Halloween. Nathan was sick and coughed the whole time we were out and I probably made it worse by letting him go. But who can deny their kid trick or treating? We went up and down our street and then the street behind us and called it good. The boys having been planning their costumes for months it seems like and we finally settled on Star Wars. We found great, inexpensive costumes at Target and they were thrilled. I especially love Yoda.
We've had a very sad thing happen in our neighborhood. My kids' best friends just moved away yesterday. This has been EXTREMELY difficult for Andrew, especially. When we moved here about a year and few months ago, these neighbor boys became our instant best friends. They lived directly across the street and it was the most convenient, perfect situation we could have asked for. Andrew has cried almost every night for the few weeks leading up to their move. He's a very tenderhearted guy and it's not difficult to start the water works with him. But it's been breaking my heart as a parent to see him so sad. The silver lining in all this is that the family moved to the same town that Greg's parents live in. So when we go visit them, we'll be able to drop in on our friends. That's been the only positive thing we can take away from this. They were awesome neighbors, good friends, and they will be sorely missed!




Not a Happy Yoda



Now a Happy Yoda



Best Friends, the Taylor boys.