We are excited for Christmas, only 6 days of school and counting...

Ian has been wearing his Santa hat to school every day, he is so cute in it. Jackson got a 100% on his science fair project so we are proud of him for that.

Gracie is as cute as ever and is working hard on making Christmas decorations after school.

We are excited to celebrate with everyone, hope everyone is doing well.

Regarding xmas suggestions here are a few:

Jackson - rock posters, he likes AC/DC, and most vintage rock groups like Led Zeplin, Jimmy Hendricks, Blue Oyster Cult, Meatloaf, so if you saw any posters that weren't totally gross he would like them.


music CD's although I don't know any he specifically wants, so maybe a gift certificate, also he likes games so a gift certificate to those game stores like Game Stop would be good. He is into cloths at expensive stores like Zumiez, Pac Sun, and other ones like that at the mall. Also Jackson loves the Simpsons so any of the collections of Simpson seasons he would like, you would be safe buying the fifth, sixth, seventh, or eighth season DVDs. Don't buy the xmas collections because he has them.

Gracie: she likes cloths, wears a 6. She isn't so into dresses now, she loves goucho's and likes all colors not just pink. Anything with sparkles really appeals to her. Also likes Bratz and Barbie dolls, and pretty much anything in the girl section of the toy store. She could also use a portable CD player or MP3 player and any girl CD's. We are getting her a karaoke machine with 3 disney karaoke CD's.

Ian: Please no cloths, he would rather get nothing then get cloths :-). He is into computer games, obsessed really. Anything that he could play on the computer running Windows XP would be good, he currently plays some greek mythology game that he really loves, so it doesn't necessarily have to be a kiddy game. He also likes lego's, dragons, and remote control machines.

Well, we had a great Thanksgiving at Grandma and Grandpa Fullmer's house. We made the turkey and it turned out to taste great, but the skin was totally burnt. All the food was delicious and we went home stuffed.

Aunt Arikka is off to Anguila for an amazing beach vacation and we are all jealous!

Justin is busy putting up all the decorations and we will be decorating the tree tonight. Hopefully we will be able to keep Mo away from it, so far he hasn't expressed interest in pulling anything down. We are crossing our fingers, otherwise he will be a cold puppy popsicle if we can't trust him indoors with the Christmas tree.

Only 4 weeks until Christmas, lots to do. Our weather has been beautiful but there is talk of a storm coming this week.

We had fun when Grandma and Grandpa Tedrow came to visit on their way to California. Hope that Palm Springs is lovely!

Looking forward to Thanksgiving next week and only two days of school. The kids are getting psyched for Christmas and I am thinking I will add some suggestions for Xmas presents when I have a minute. I've already done my shopping for their big presents so all I have to do now is get the little stuff and shop for friends and family.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving - we are planning a trip to Red Butte Gardens to see their art glass display this weekend. Should be fun!

Halloween - it was cold and fun. The twins were very excited and for once Ian stayed out as long as Gracie. In previous years he has given up after 20 houses or so and gone home. Gracie on the other hand just wants to keep going, and going. Jackson talked about going trick or treating but didn't at the last minute. I think he isn't ready to give up the candy, but is now embarassed to be asking for it. He solved the problem by eating his brother and sister's hard earned sweets.

Jackson had his last game and lost soundly to Alpine, so football is officially over. We are all relieved as it takes up so much of our time, but also worried that Jackson will now go back to his lethargic self. We are doing out best to get him to do something else so he doesn't atrophy in front of the TV. Hopefully starting guitar lessons again soon.

This morning Gracie got up while I was in the shower and went out to the kitchen, climbed up on the counter and got the candy off the top of the fridge. She had eaten a number of pieces by the time I went out, inhaled them really. She isn't one to pace herself. Ian on the other hand likes to stretch his out so he took a candybar to school yesterday. Unfortunately, he decided to carry it around in his pocket so by lunch it was a big mess and he couldn't eat it.

I'm reading Hogula, Dread Pig of Night at school, using my best Mr. Burns voice for the vampire. It's a really fun story and the kids like it, I got a round of applause today which has never happened before.

At home I just finished New Moon by Stephenie Meyers - can't wait for the next one. Also read A Three Dog Life by Abigail Thomas. It was an excellent memoir.