sunset

The sunsets in AZ are amazing, especially when there is a little weather involved. I know, it rarely happens, (the weather, I mean) but when it does, it comes in full glory. Right before Thanksgiving we had a little rain shower and a full double rainbow clear across the sky. . you could see both ends of it! Unfortunately, we were on our way out of town and my camera was in the trunk. Just Friday night, though I got a shot of this gorgeous sunset. It came straight out of my camera. . no editing here! enjoy!

Hey! That last post was my 100th post. To top that off, I'm done editing pictures for the holidays! Let the playing begin!

Naughty or nice

We sat on Santa's lap this year at "Breakfast with Santa" at the church. When I say "we", I mean Paige, Tyler and Morgan. . . just in case you were making assumptions.

When we put Morgan on Santa's lap he said, " and what do you want for Christmas. . . a diaper change?"

She'd be happy with that.

Tyler asked for a lego star wars ship

Paige asked for a snow white doll, horse and prince

Paige spoke for Morgan and asked Santa for a high chair

Will Santa come through? Stay tuned!

Thanksgiving Day

Happy belated Thanksgiving! I'm thankful for:

all of my family

my home

my talents

good friends

a supportive patient husband

3 good kids

Shane's job

Barbs and Shane

Paigey

friends (Christy, Brian and Cody)

Bruce and Sharon

Tyler

Sarah and Josh

Bird watching! HA!!!

Excellent cooks

Little thumbs to make cute placecards

gingerbread. . . yummy!

Shane's ability to distort his face in ALL pictures. . . awesome.

Grandpa, Grandma and Morgan

My beliefs

Sedona

Before Paige's birthday, we took our annual Sedona trip for Shane's continuing education conference. Here's a little recap of what we did.

We stayed in a timeshare right on the golf course, generously donated by our friend, Amy. The kids had their own room, Morgan slept in the living room, and we had the master bedroom.

The view from our balcony

What the kids wanted to do all day. . . lay in bed and watch cartoons

What we opted to do instead. . . visited the kids favorite toy shop downtown. (This picture does not do it justice. There are really cool toys inside!

Then, we drove up the canyon and stopped for a little treat at Dairy Queen. . . this picture is for you, Barbs!

The next day we hiked at Bell Rock. Shane found $62.00 laying on the ground with not a soul around us. We kept our ears open, but never saw or heard of anyone looking for the money. Um. . . the kids think that hiking is great. We didn't have the heart to tell them that you don't find money every time you hike.

Yes, that's right folks. . . that's my sweet hubby, hiking Bell Rock in his flip flops.

We played in the leaves

and hung out at cathedral rock park for a few hours.

5th birthday----- Princess style!

The gifts were opened

the PINK cupcakes were frosted

the party favors were ready to go

the table was set

Morgan was BEYOND excited!

The princesses arrived

They ate royal pizza

got all dolled up with makeup, nail polish and "princess hair"

They opened gifts and screamed. . . A LOT.

I'm sure they slept soundly in their royal beds that night!