Today we got brave and made Christmas cookies! We had SO much fun. Here are the finished product. They turned out cute and were really yummy! The Santa ones are all for Santa tomorrow night. Maibel wanted him to have them so he would know what he looked like. She's so funny.

Well, we finally got Internet thanks to my extremely smart husband. He had to convert a phone jack or something or rather. I don't really know, but I do know, he stayed up really late (till like 10!!!) getting it put in for me. We have had SO much going on this past month that I really haven't had time to even think. We did get a new camera, which I haven't figured out how to get the pics off of yet, so no pics until my extremely smart husband can show me how.

The week of Thanksgiving started our craziness. We spent Thanksgiving with Brent's family in Payson. I love having my in-laws again. I was so excited to be able to spend a Holiday with them once more! I just wish we could have stayed longer(we flew to Cali the day after Thanksgiving). But the hardest part of this month has been saying goodbye to Kieth and Hariella, who left to Hawaii to serve an 18month mission. I am SO proud of them, but miss them tons. Not that I feel to bad for them, since they do get to live in Hawaii! Being a senior couple, we do still get to talk to them whenever we like. That's VERY NICE but still hard. Now that we have Internet, I hope we can get a web cam set up so Maibel can still see Grandma and Grandpa.

We were able to go to California for a week in November. The first few days we stayed with one of Brent's mission companions and had tons of fun with them. Jake and Fran have three adorable little girls, so Maibel was in heaven. I really hope they take us up on our offer and come visit us in Utah. Than we went to Disneyland for THREE DAYS!!! We went with my whole fam minus Rhonda and Greg. We all even stayed in the same hotel. It made the trip so much more fun to have everyone there. I thought 3 days was great but Brent was good at 2. Hopefully by the next time we go, he will have forgotten how tired he was the 3rd day and we can stay that long again (or longer).

The day we came home, we starting moving in to Kieth and Hariella's house in Payson. They were kind enough to let us stay here while they are gone. I LOVE IT!!! I can't wait to be done cleaning the apartment in Orem, but I am in love with having so much space! Sorry Hariella, we might have to live with you guys forever because I love this house!

Well, this is a long and boring post but sorry! I promise pics as soon as I can! It was nice to update everyone though! I haven't updated Mai's hair blog in a long time, so sorry about that too. Love to all and Happy Holidays!!

Maibel's Imagination

Well, we have had a very busy week with all the packing we are doing. But Maibel has kept us very entertained! She is SO funny. So, two nights ago I hear a big thump and I knew Mai had fallen out of bed. I waited for about ten minutes for her to come in crying to me but she never did. So, I went in her room to investigate and this is what I found. She was SO sound asleep.

And than yesterday morning Maibel informed me it was Annabelle's second birthday and that we were going to have a surprise party for her. (Annabelle is one of her dolls.) She went in her room and very quietly, so Annabelle couldn't hear, talked to her other dolls about coming to the party. We than went to the grocery store and we got a few snacks for the party. After that, we came home and make some decorations out of paper and markers and hung them up. We than went to Party Land and Maibel picked out a lai to give to Annabelle and a flower balloon. To top it all off, Brent brought home a little birthday cake for Annabelle. Hope Annabelle enjoyed her surprise party! I know we did! I love Mai. She is so cute. This party was VERY real for her. She even made Annabelle thank everyone!

Last but not least, Maibel went over to her cousins house today and they were playing monsters. Of course they were all so brave in the light of the day but tonight we were not so brave around our house. Maibel would not leave the room I was in because she just knew there was a monster in her room. Than I looked over and realized I had an extra bottle of Magic Monster Spray! What about that!! I told Mai she was very lucky because Mommy happened to have an extra bottle of Magic Monster Spray and all she had to do was spray it in her room and it would make the monsters melt away. She was very excited about the spray but then asked me why I had Magic Monster Spray if I said there was no such thing as monsters! (Whoops! Wasn't excepting that question!) So I told her that was why it was magic. I don't think there is any real monsters, but just in case there was, the Spray would know and get rid of them. She couldn't believe her luck!

New Moon

Maibel and I were in Albertson's the other day and we see these AWESOME New Moon cups. I got one and Maibel really wanted one so I had to get us two. Now Maibel will only drink out of her "Edward" cup. Its really funny.