CARLTON'S: November 2011

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Thanksgiving at the Carlton's

This year Thanksgiving was at our house. Mom and Dad came to join us. The guys on Lane's side of the family all go four wheeling down on the Henry Mountains the day after Thanksgiving. Lane invited my Dad this year so it made more sense to have it at our house. The boys get so excited when Grandma and Grandpa come, it is a little crazy. Poor Grandma and Grandpa got beat by swords, wrestled to death, tortured to watch cars 2 over and over, and there bed became the new place to play and jump on. I'm pretty sure Ryder woke Grandma up every morning way early to play. Mom saved my sanity Thanksgiving morning and got the boys out for a walk as I started dinner. I am grateful for family. As I have gotten older I realize how much I took it for granted when I was younger. Family is everything.
This year I even got Mom out to go black Friday shopping. It is a lot different than shopping in Vernal. We went to Walmart for the Wii games. We got there at nine. Got our spots, then the madness began. We seriously almost got trampled. The lady in front of me had a guy jump over her and took her down to get a game I was so scared. I had know idea where my mom was or what she had in her hands. I was getting pushed all over and then the pallet the games where on got flattened. Meanwhile the lady was sitting on the ground so I started pushing and yelling at people to move to let her up. After that I got the heck out of there. I Found mom and picked through what we wanted and headed for he check stands. Mom said she was so scared and was so closed in. It was scary. She finally had to climb on the hot dogs cooler to get out. This was by far the scariest thing ever. Who knew people would go so made like this. I think I ruined mom from shopping black Friday. We tried to go to Target but the line wrapped clear around the back of the building after waiting a half hour after it opened we decided to bag it. We were home at 1:30. That has never happened for me. I was very disappointed. But the best part was that we went to eat at Kneaders for breakfast and had the best French toast EVER!!!!!! I mean EVER!!!!! Thanks mom for risking your life for some games.

Yes I made dinner, well with moms help but it was soo good. I was a little stressed but it was well worth all the work. Thanks mom and dad for coming and sharing thanksgiving with us. We love you so much.
(jaxon is missing in the pictures because he had to go to bed. But he had some turkey later)

Family togetherness.

Ryder was so excited to sleep with grandma. Hopefully she got some sleep!!
After all the excitement Thursday we took it slow on Friday because we had to recoup on our sleep. Then Saturday mom got her hair did and then we hit the mall. We shopped till we dropped. Mom and Ryder wanted to see some Christmas lights so we headed to Thanksgiving Point for the lights. Then I got to eat Cafe Rio. The right way with the dressing and the rice. My prayers where answered I don't have to eat Gluten free!!!

Jaxons curls

This little boy is too cute for words. He has some of my curl. Which I love. It is crazy how much Jax has changed these past months. He is talking like crazy. And growing like crazy. He is so heavy. I can hardly pack the kid anymore. He thinks he is so big. He loves to go on rides with Lane and look at the elk. He always says " daddy ride see elk" then he runs for his shoes and coat. We love this wild man like crazy he always can make you smile and drive you crazy at the same time. "Momma, momma, momma, snack" is all I hear all day long. It will drive a woman nuts. I love my boys and grateful everyday for them. They make me be a better person and teach me so much. As hard as motherhood is I wouldn't trade it for the world!!!

Leaves so many Leaves

Having a big yard is fun but a lot of work. Especially in the fall. Leaves tons of leaves. The boys thought they would give daddy a hand with the leaves by playing in them.

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

halloween

We couldn't get jax to dress up at moms so we forced him for trick or treating. He hated it. We even gave him candy to put in his pouch. Still no go. Then we showed him the eye and the picture of him wearing the costume then things got a whole lot better. He looked to cute. By the end of the night he had quite the pouch full. He got the hang of getting candy he always went for the suckers.
We took the kids to the city trick or treating. It was nice to get it all done. Then we went to Lanes Grandma's for soup and more candy. And of course they ate to much and Ryder got sick last night. Fun for me!!!!!!

halloween

Sunday we went out to my moms house for the annual family Halloween party. They were kind and rescheduled for me so I could run a 5k Saturday night.
We had dinner in a pumpkin then played some games and ended with a spook alley. The kids we kinda scared but after going through it a tone they loved it. Then they wanted to be the ones to scare everyone. I even got jaxon to go through it. But, best of all we had our daddy with us this year. I think this is the first ever for him. He surprised us and took the day off to come. He even got in the spirit and dressed up.