The Holidays Are Approaching....

Working as many hours as both Scott and I do is proving to be harder than expected...however so worth it in the end for our family.

I love my job, I love what I get to do and I love the people I work with...so because I'm so happy at work, it makes me that much happier with life in general. And who doesn't need a little bit of that every now and then right?!?

One of the coolest things I learned the other day was: How to Make Balloon Animals!

I know what you're thinking...but Carter and Brax think I'm the coolest mom ever!

Although my skills are still forming....the boys couldn't be happier watch me turn a long balloon into a giraffe or dog.

Another thing in life that keeps me going is: Stretching our Dollars. Scott and I have always been on a budget, and I have to say stretching our income to cover our obligations is hard at times....but it's times like this that I'm truly grateful for.

WinCo Foods had a coupon mailer come out this week, and this is what I got... 2 Packages of Bacon, 2 Dozen Eggs, 2 Malt-o-Meal Cereals, 2 English Muffins and 1 carton of OJ. Guess what my total was? FREE!!!! I seriously walked away paying absolutely NOTHING for all of this food! I just love getting amazing deals like this.

I've been teaching Carter about the Pilgrims and Indians and early America. To implement our "teaching" into something fun, we've been doing some crafts around the house.

We made a pillow (from 2 pieces of fabric and some filler, I know it's amazing) Carter and Brax both thought it was the coolest thing to watch the pillow come to life as we filled it. We also talked about what we were thankful for for FHE and wrote it all down on my cute Turkey-Inspired cards. So cute...and super easy with the Cricut.
And, I have to say my favorite part of Thanksgiving is PUMPKIN! I love pumpkin pie, ice cream, shakes....you name it! So I went searching for a fun recipe to try out with the boys....because we have so much frozen pumpkin puree from out Halloween pumpkins.

I found a Pumpkin Creme Pie Cookie recipe that is seriously DELICIOUS! And I topped it off with homemade Egg Nog Ice Cream. The boys thought it was pretty cool. (And I have to say, I'm super proud of how it really turned out.)
My mom visited family this past week in Arizona....the boys and I picked her up from the airport today. While we were waiting here's what my mischievious little men were up to... Cute Carter made a poster for his Brown Grandma, and was waiting so patiently for her to arrive... Now that Thanksgiving is only a few days away...it gets me thinking about BLACK FRIDAY! Oh how I love this time of year....