Thanksgiving 2010

We were the Thanksgiving Host this year! YeeHaw did we have a crowd! I cooked for 2 days before everyone even came. We had 33 mouths to feed ......25 of them 3 meals a day for almost 4 days and 25 of them stayed at our house. AND we LOVED every minute! The pictures tell their own story!

All the pictures tell their own story....except for this one......not real sure except I do know Amy LOVES the smell of his deodorant!

A "friendly" game of brothers basketball........

We are so thankful to have such great family. We can't wait to do it again....just give me a month to recover! :)

Of course the girls had to do their much anticipated skit........now this is funny!

The BEST Friends and Husband I could EVER Ask For!

Chad is the BEST. He's always willing to do pretty much anything I need...or want...him to do! A couple weeks ago I came up with the big plan to take this GARGANTIAN chandelier down so I could paint it! Only problem....it's about 20 feet in the air and weighs hmmm A LOT! So Chad called Todd (which I forgot to take pictures of the getting it down part) and Todd came over with his Crazy Tall ladder.....and after some serious sweat and muscle and me laughing really hard.....they got it down! THEN........

It was time to put it back up.....oh yeah I painted it first but forgot to get a real good picture of it so that will come later in my "before" and "after" house post....coming soon to a blog near you?!?! Anyway back on track...oh yes the chandelier...
Brady came over to help put the beautiful piece of work back up....
Whew....with a lot more sweat and laughter.....they got it back up!
Thanks boys you're the BEST!
While all that was going on....Denise and I were busy bee's making curtains....hmmm hmmm you heard right...MAKING curtains....

Denise is the BEST! She too is always willing to help me with my crazy DIY projects(see wallpaper stripping)....and even does it with a smile!! And she's the one that OFFERS....silly girl!

She sewed those bad boys right up! And even though we changed our plan half way through they turned out SO cute! And of course I didn't get a picture of the finished product so that will come in the "before" and "after" post also.....it will make it more dramatic!

Chandeliers were painted....curtains were made.....just in time to have friends come over for a BBQ

Chad appears to be telling a very dramatic story....I'm not so sure that Paul and Krisha are understanding it!

Love Love Love these kids....they are the cutest!

REALLY LOVE LOVE LOVE this kid! Look at that face how could you not!

Todd decided to see if he could tell the story Chad was telling....with a little more action!

The whole crew!

Of course this is just a few of our friends but we by far have the BEST!

Oh Heavens.....I'm behind again

So the last two months have been a crazy whirlwind.....we made progress on our house

Yea for getting the floors in....this was exciting progress

We sprang ANOTHER leak.....in the sprinkler system....oh boy are we glad we bought this house....

So Rich and Chad spent the day "bonding" while fixing the new water leak.....

While I

went out with the girls!!

and had a BLAST....we first went on the Flagstaff Haunted Tour....yeah I don't recommend it AT ALL...but regardless of the ridiculous tour...I had so much fun getting out with the girls!

Then....

I once again conned Sommer into another crazy project with me....while the carpet was out of the K Monster's room I decided I wanted to paint it....

so pink it is.....

Finally.......

we moved back HOME.......yea.....this was the move out day at the Residence Inn....what a great day! After 7 weeks we were relieved to get home. Of course I haven't had time to take any pictures of the remodel so those will come later.

It was time for Halloween.....already. The kids spent Halloween with their Dad so I went with Chad to his show at the Grand Hotel at the Grand Canyon

Wow.....nice outfits boys!

the crowd was rather entertaining to say the least

But it was a great show as always!

This past weekend we headed back to the Canyon for another show....

Buckit's biggest fan even made her final appearance! We will definitely miss Ken, Sharon and the cute little one!

John even got up on stage and rocked it with them!

Well there it is.....all in a nutshell!
On To Bigger and Better Things!

Bring on Thanksgiving!

Just in Case....

you were wondering ...I'm still alive! I'm still living in a hotel room...oh but I moved up in the world....to the Residence Inn baby! But the internet there...yeah is SLOOOOOW as Christmas...takes forever I'm telling you....so what does that mean you might ask? Oh it just means you have to wait for all my FABULOUS pictures of all of our goings on the last 2 months.....and you should totally be excited cause boy have we had the life......

Until then....toodles!

We Moved.....AGAIN

Yep it's true....we moved....unfortunately NOT by choice...

On Thursday I happened to go home for lunch...THANK GOODNESS!

Because when I got there I found this....

overflowing with water...not just a little bit of water....it was like a FOUNTAIN of water
this is about 3 inches of water....you just can't tell.....so


this happens to be our new home.....for who knows how long...

this is the water I caught from one of the SMALL leaks in the ceiling DOWNSTAIRS

Yep that's right it got EVERYWHERE...

So I called these guys...

and they are AWESOME! Jay, Todd and their team have been FANTASTIC! So if you ever need that kind of service....they are the ones to call for sure!

They assessed the damage and went right to work

the family room

even the hall way upstairs is destroyed

ceiling in the family room....Chad assessing the damage for himself....trying to not to cry I think...I already was!

our bedroom

the kitchen

So we just keep telling ourselves that it could have been worse and now we'll have a nicely remodeled house when it's all said and done. Until then

Home Sweet Hampton Inn