if you arent into grey's anatomy that much, you might not quite get everything in this video. however, i think the guys are pretty funny (i was laughing out loud at my desk) and it is worth the four minutes. thanks, best friend, for your help on this. GREY-JA VU.

*after getting home last night, and running up to craig to see what he thought of the video.... i realized that maybe it was just me. he looked at me like i was a compelte crazy person. then i made him watch it with me and i pointed out the parts i thought were funny. ok, so maybe it is one of things where "you had to be there" ("there" being inside my head). but c'mon, brother and sister making out? that at least qualifies as nasty-funny.*

thanksgiving 2007
here are the boys, doing what they do best on thanksgiving....... waiting to be served! well, yet another holiday has come and gone. we enjoyed a great thanksgiving this year. lots of family and even more scrumptious food!

these are my two cousins, anna (15) and grace (6). we are the only girls in the extended family, so we must always stick together.

um. this is what i deal with on a daily basis. however, on thanksgiving they were kind enough to press pause on guitar hero long enough to help peel potatoes or take out the trash.

following tradition, we all piled in the car and headed to the movies! we saw Enchanted after thanksgiving dinner. it was a really cute movie. and somehow, after all the food we had eaten, we were still begging for popcorn and sour patch kids. unbelievable.

louis. period.

the day after thanksgiving was spent fighting the crowds at belle-square and putting up the christmas lights.

here is the latest belly shot.

happy thanksgiving
for all of those negative nancys out there, who say Thanksgiving has just become a hallmark- holiday, i say "who cares?" no matter what the reason, celebrating a day with family and friends and "giving thanks" to the stuff the make our lives a little better, cant hurt. so i thought that i would use my new-age journal to list a couple things i am thankful for.

1. i am thankful for my husband. craig is my best friend. he always supports me. however, he is also there when i need a little "guidance" (the nice way to say that he tells me when i am being annoying/irreverent during sacrament/petty.... ). i love craig so much. he works so hard to make our little family happy. i honestly get excited to think that i get to raise my children with him and spend forever with eachother.

2. i am thankful for my family. i am extremely close to my family. even my extended family. i wouldnt have it any other way. my three aunts are my best friends and my grandma, "mom", is incredibly special to me. i love both of my brothers very much. i have loved seeing them get more and more attached to craig over the years. my mom and dad are two of the most unselfish people i know. and because i think this life is about serving others and being completely unselfish, they are my heroes.

3. i am thankful for my health. i have been around a lot of sickness in my life. my best friend, and cousin, died from a rare cancer when he was 20. i have a fair share of loved ones with special needs. for these reasons, i have come to appreciate what a blessing (not a right) health is. i pray each day to remember how lucky i am that i have two legs and a beating heart.

4. i am thankful for food. i am grateful that we dont have to hunt for meat and pick berries to survive. we just go into a well-stocked grocery store and pick whatever we feel like. if i randomly feel like a handful of good & plentys (and yes, they ARE what i survive on, ok?) i just go to safeway, and pick up a bag. what a blessing that is.

5. i am thankful for my faith. i was blessed to be born into a family with a strong testimony of the church of Jesus Christ of latter-day saints. but i like to think that, had i not been "born" into mormonism, i still would have chosen it. living the principles of my faith has made me a better person. when you strip away all the crap of "should i believe" or "should i not believe", how can one argue with a religion that has made me a happier and more well-rounded person?

*ok, so i promised myself i would get through this entire exercise without mentioning the "L" word, but i have never been one for self-imposed rules so....... i am very thankful for LOUIS! i love you, muffin!*

some crap from the gap

thanks to my amazing cousin, dani, i did a little damage at gap this past weekend. (however, "damage" is in the eye of the beholder.... and i got all three things, pictured above, for only $70!, which isnt that much damage, right?) dani works at the gap in arizona and was kind enough to send me a coupon for 30% off anything in the store. i havent been inside a gap for a very long time, but i figured that such a great discount was worth the occasion! and much to my surprise, i found a TON of great stuff. i feel so lucky that i am pregnant right now, when empire waists and volume is in! thanks dani, you really made my weekend merry and bright!

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usually i just hope that friends will comment on my posts. this time, i am expecting it. i want to know every one's answer. how often do you shave your legs? i shave mine every single day.

no matter what, i shave them. is this uncommon? *um, and that is not me, pictured above. i use shaving cream, not mr.bubbles.*

let's just say it isnt a coincidence that i have a head cold

a couple of weeks ago, craig and i were asked to take on the calling of nursery for our ward. before i go on, i must say that i have a strong testimony of my religion and how the structure of our church works, therefore i would never entertain the thought of turning down a calling. with that said, if i was to ever graciously decline a calling, nursery would be it. (i guess that is usually how it works.) anyone that knows me, knows that it is kind of ironic that i am with a bunch of kids for a couple of hours each sunday. anyway, we have done nursery for two weeks now. it is actually a lot of fun. all of the kids are very cute and i am grateful for this new opportunity. however, the kiddies can be as cute as they want to be, they are still little hot-boxes of germs. i tried to wash my hands until they were raw for the two hours we were in there, but i guess it didnt work. now i am a miserable pregnant lady with a sore throat and runny nose. side note: i love watching craig play with the kids. ever notice how when a man is good with kids it makes him more attractive? it never hurts to be more attracted to your husband, right?

do i smell a new tradition?

this past weekend, my mom and i bought plane tickets to go to utah! we went last year, at pretty much this exact same time, to put taylor into the mtc. after taylor went in, my dad and tucker went back home and me and my mom partied! we went shopping for all of our christmas decorations and ate at a bunch of yummy places.

this picture was taken while we dined at the brick oven during our trip last year. my mom and i kinda have a routine set for visiting utah. we always have to: people watch at university mall, walk around byu bookstore, eat at the italian place, and force ourselves to choke down something at the brick oven (for tradition's sake of course!)

so now that we are going to utah, during the pre-holiday season, for the second year in a row... i am wondering if we should make this a yearly thing...... i think so!