Date Night

Karl received tickets to go to the Jazz game from his work.  With the holidays and other things going on, he and I haven't had a chance to go out just the two of us for awhile.  It was fun to get out for a night.

These were our seats, right next to the opposing team.  The guy sitting on the floor to the left was literally sitting in front of Karl.

Santa Claus is Coming to Town

Every year my Sister-in-law has a Christmas Party where even Santa shows up.  The kids loved seeing Santa and Fischer was no exception. 

How to Catch a Fischie

Blessings

The past few days have been difficult.  Its been one of those weeks.  You know the ones that you hope you never have to experience again; but at the same time gain a better understanding of life and you realize all that you have.  That's how I feel.  I find myself doing alot of self-reflecting.  I know when all is said and done everything always works out the way it should, but it doesn't always make it easy.  Although I find myself feeling fine most of the time there are moments when I am sad.  I've heard this song many times but it seemed so fitting to my feelings lately.  I'm so grateful for a loving Heavenly Father who helps me see all the blessings in my life. 
 

Coca-Cola Children's Party

Every year Karl's work host a children's party for all of the employee's kids.  This was the first year we attended.  Fischer had a BLAST.  They held the party at Planet Play in Draper.  Each kid was given a free breakfast, a stuffed animal and a bunch of tokens for games.  Below are just a few of the things we did.




Bowling

This was probably one of Fischer's favorite games.  Throwing the football with Dad. 

Of course we had to stop and play a round of mini golf.

Big Boy Bed

Fischer will be turning two soon.  Can you believe it?  I hardly can believe my little baby is already going to be two in a couple weeks.  We decided it was time for him to graduate into a big boy bed.  So for his birthday we got him a bed.  He LOVES his big boy bed.

New Traditions

I really wanted to start some traditions in our home that focused on the true meaning of Christmas; the Birth of Christ our Savior.  This year has been the first year I've really been able to implement them.  I have to say I'm loving these little traditions and Fischer seems to enjoy them so far.
Good Deed Manger
My father-in-law was nice enough to make this little manger for me.  Every time Fischer does something good, or ask for something nice he gets to take a piece of Hay (yarn) and put it in the manger.  The goal is that by doing good deeds we make a soft bed for baby Jesus to lay his head.  I LOVE this.  Fischer has really seemed to catch on and loves to be able to place hay in the manger for Baby Jesus.

Best Gift of All

For the past few year's I've looked around my house for a good place to put the manger scene.  I'm hoping at some point I will get a really nice manger but that will have to wait until my kid(s) are grown up enough to not break it.  So in the mean time, Fisher Price's Little people Manger is what we use. Besides, Fischer loves playing with the little pieces.   What better place to have a manger setting then under the tree.  After all, Christ truly was the best gift we will ever receive.

3 Gifts

This year we have asked Santa that he only bring three gifts for Fischer.  For starters, we didn't feel like he needed more then that with grandparents and other family around.  The meaning behind the three gifts...the Christ child received three gifts from the three kings. 
I'm looking forward to continuing these traditions as we add to our family.  I hope that by doing so, we will always remember what Christmas is about.

Christmas Tree

I LOVE Christmas.  Having Fischer around really brings the Christmas spirit to light.  This year Fischer helped me do the tree.  While decorating, every new thing I would place on the tree would be followed by a, "wow!"

A closer look at some of our cute decorations on our tree.

Bare Bottom Computer Baby

I guess some deals just can't wait. :)

My Coca-Cola Baby

Strutin' Their Stuff-Halloween

We have a lot of fun at our house come Halloween. Fischer, Karl, and I aren't the only ones that get in the action.  Sadie and Gus like to strut their stuff on this fun night.

"ROCK"tober

Last night one of Karl's friends threw a Halloween party.  The theme: Rockstars.  Everyone came; Dolly Parton, Sunny & Char, Madonna, and many other celebrities.  Everyone was dressed as rockstars or rockers.  We 'rocked' the night away with good food, laughs, and playing Rock Band. We had a good time.

Ozzy Osborne

Ozzy's groupie.

The Pro Golfer

Fischer LOVES to golf and play with his clubs so for Halloween this year what could be more appropriate then having him be a Professional Golfer.  I had a really hard time narrowing down pictures since there were so many cute ones. 







This picture made me laugh so I had to include it.  He was upset because he couldn't pick up the pumpkin.

Farewell (waving bye)

Ghost Circle

I'm always looking for cute decorations I can make without having to spend alot of money. I wanted something for outside and I remember seeing a picture one time of these little ghost that people had placed in a circle. It's kind of stuck with me so I decided I was going to make my own ghost circle to go around my little tree in my front yard.
To make your own ghost you'll need the following items:

Dowels (you'll need a dowel for each ghost you want to make.  I made 3)

Styrofoam ball (for each head)

1 1/2 yard of fabric for each ghost (a bed sheet will work too)

Elastics

Ribbon (Optional)

Permanent Marker

Glue Gun

Take your dowel and make a hole in your Styrofoam ball.  Add hot glue and glue the dowel inside the ball.  

Take your sheet or material and fold it diagonally so that it forms a triangle type shape. Don't worry if your material doesn't line up exactly. 

Place your dowel with the head inside the fabric and place an elastic around the the base of the dowel just below the head 

Add eyes, mouth or whatever facial feature you would like.  I just did the eyes.  For added effect I tied a bow around the neck.  

Place the dowels into the ground and tie the long ends (hands) together. Wala, you have a cute ghost circle. 

If you decide you don't like the circle you could always just do a line of ghost and place them along the sidewalk or entrance way of your house.  The possibilities are endless. 

Ghost Nails

Being in the Halloween Spirit I thought I would add some spooky ghost to my fingernails and toenails. 

Fishin' with Dad

Karl took Friday off so that he could take his favorite little man fishing.  Fischer had an awesome time and thought Gus (our dog) was HILARIOUS.  Gus would splash around in the water and Fischer would laugh so hard he couldn't stand up. 

Heading out to the River




Checking out the local wildlife.  Fischer thought the fuzzy caterpillar was cool.



Watching Dad show him how it's done.



Fischer had to touch every fish that Karl had caught.



Snack Time!

After a long day fishing he was warn out.  He passed out before we made it to the highway.

Fall Fingers

I like to do fun things with my toe nails but with Fall and Winter fast approaching my toes get hidden by boots and other shoes.  So I decided to let my finger nails have the spotlight for a bit.  I'm not sure if this design is my favorite, it's a little busy for me. I tend to like a simpler look when it comes to my fingernails.  The idea is that its suppose to look like a bunch of fall leaves. 

Candy Corn

With Fall in the air I thought I would do a tribute to something fall-like on my toes.  What says fall more then candy corn?