HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

We are headed to California tonight. We are going to drive as far as we can while the kids sleep. We will spend Thanksgiving with Russ's family. Not excited for the LONG drive with cranky kids, but I am excited to see new baby Sawyer and family. We hope every one has a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving.

Here are a few pictures from Riley's Thanksgiving program they had today. It was a really cute program. These are NOT good pictures, but the best I had. He was a pilgram. He is on the front row and has a D-Backs shirt on. The kindergarten teachers did a really good job.

GOBBLE TILL YOU WOBBLE!!!

LoOk WhAt I dId!!

I made my own bread from scratch for the first time. I didn't even use my bread maker. HA! I'm so excited. I never thought I could make bread, but I was really ambitious today...so here it is. It is so good (and pretty easy) that I am going to make it more often.

Randal turns 15!!!

He wanted a chocolate, chocolate cake with strawberries. It was FABULOUS!!

Watch out ladies one more year and he will be all yours----NOT!!! He can't date until after his mission. We had a little party on Tuesday. He had some friends over and they played the wii.

HaPpY BiRtHdAy RaNdAl!!!

Reesie's new hairdo

Reese FiNaLlY has enough hair that I can put a tiny pony on top of her head. It is cute. She holds pretty still. I have to give her a toy. She is getting sooo big.

Richard "Sawyer" Sipes

WeLcOmE to the family little man. We love you already. This is Richard SAWYER Sipes. He is our newest addition. CoNgRaTuLaTiOnS to Russel's brother and sister-in-law Richard and Teri. He is so sweet and we can't wait to finally hold him and kiss him at Thanksgiving.

Riley's soccer pictures

Randal got to be the assistant coach. Riley thought that
was pretty cool.

I lOvE this picture

The Blue Sharks

Here are some soccer pictures. Riley Really didn't like soccer very much. I think he would have liked it more if he knew what he was doing. They had a great year. They won alot of games. We asked Riley if he wanted to play next year and he said "no thank-you." We will see. It was good for him to be apart of a team, he played with alot of his friends. GOOD JOB BLUE SHARKS!!!

Food for thought....and spirit

This time of year is great for refection on our lives. Right now so many people are struggling and suffering. Physically, emotionally, and spiritually. The economy stinks and families are hurting. It seems like the holidays are a great time to refocus, and recommit ourselves. My sister Rebecca got this from a relief society lesson. The girl told her to put it somewhere where she can read it 5 times a day. Then answer the questions. She said you will feel better about yourself and you will have a greater desire to serve and love others. Here are the questions-

1. What do I love about myself?

2. What do I have to look forward to today?

3. What does Heavenly Father want me to learn today?

4. Who can I serve today?

5. What am I grateful for?

I don't know about you but these are all things that I GREATLY need to improve on. I am going to recommit myself to doing this everyday--you should try is too:)