Thanksgiving in California

What a weekend! We were lucky enough to get all the Bennett clan to come down to our house for Thanksgiving! Thats right 10 of us in our charming little house...it was actually the funnest part! It was like a giant slumber party..the girls loved having their whole family right there! We ate, talked and shopped all weekend long! The girls had a blast with eachother. They would sit by eachother and watch Toy Story 3 before bed time! We love Rylee Grace so much around here...we talk about her everyday so having her here was a dream come true!

Grandpa is always a favorite to snuggle with...and if one gets to snuggle grandpa the other is not far behind to get in on the action!

On Saturday we took the whole group to the orange county swapmeet...but the best day of the week was Thusday of course! The feast...

My mother in law makes the most coveted sweet potatoe casserole in the world!..seriously all my Aunts call for the recipe to try and duplicate this amazing side dish that tastes more like a dessert!

My sis in law and her hubs made the veggies...they are big fans of the food network so they are always coming up with these amazing ways to make something new and delicious! For example mushrooms stuffed with stuffind and sprinked with cheese...ahh they were so stinking good! And her husband Chris made the best bacon and cheese brussle sprouts!

I stuck with making the basic stuffing and mashed potatoes! My biggest contribution was decorating the table. It turned out cuter than I thought it would...PS the candles spell out thankful...stole the idea from Martha Stewart!

I wanted little pumpkins to use as place settings but instead we swiped persimons (i think that is how you spell it?) from my neighbors tree! Perfect color and they were so tiny and adorable! I used my stamp set I got from an antique store to put the first letter of each of our names on it!

It was the perfect day for an outdoor dinner! And our green backyard made the perfect backdrop for our table.

Thanks to my amazing in laws for the yummiest funnest Thanksgiving weekend! And a little love for my family who we missed so much..!

Re-do

I have been wanting to re-do my bedroom lately but a lack of money and new ideas kept me sticking with the black and white room...but then I had this crazy idea to sand my bed down so it would look all beat up and destressed! My ideas usually manifest within minutes and this one was no different...I pulled out some old bedding and accessories I had stored away and by noon I had the beggining of a new room! I still want to paint all the walls sort of a linen-y taupe color and do some soft sheer gausy drapes on the windows(which are not shown due to there current ugliness)! Oh and some new sheets would be nice....why can't I be rich!!!???

You totally can't see how yummy my bed looks! Have I metioned I hate my stupid cheap camera...feel free to buy me a new fancy one for christmas anyone (they are only like 800 dollars! haha)

sick baby

My poor sicky baby. For the last two days me and little miss P have been sitting on the couch surounded by all of her animals and babies. We have been watching the same 3 episodes of mickey mouse clubhouse over and over and over and over agian! For some reason it is the only thing that brings her a little comfort. Mommy of course can't move from her side because she wants to "nunnle" aka snuggle when she doesn't feel good! If it sounds like I am complaining I am totally not! One of my favorite things about being a mom is being able to take care of my sick baby...it is another one of those things that always seperated the mommies from the nannies and I am very happy to be the mommy! It does however come with this overwhelming feeling of anxiety for me...I hate watching her feel sick and throw up. I feel completely helpless. I feel like I can't breathe right until she is all better, I can't sleep until her fever breaks. I love her so much that I litterally feel all of her symptoms! haha...do you know what I mean? When you see the sick in their little eyes and it makes you feel sick? I am guessing most moms feel it! :) I hate nursery and all it little germs haha! We will just have to go back on sunday and return the favor!

Where is the love???

What is going on? Does nobody remember that I moved to california!!?? And that my only form of communication with some of you is through the blog world.....? So why no comments? I have no friends just me and the kid, so a little love from the outside world would be so nice!:) Are you all on facebook or something? Don't forget about me here in blog land...just because I don't have a facebook doesn't mean we can't still be friends!! Hahahahahahaaha...but seriously?

Pictures, pictures, pictures

We took so many pics that week, that I thought I should share a few more!

No she is not pooping...this was just the pose of the day! we would ask her to take a picture and she would squat and make the sassy face! She has a mind of her own! Love you bug

Please notice my awesome bro in the backround..playing dead or taking a cat nap? I am not sure!

Don't worry this is not Alexa's real outfit she was being Nicole Richie for halloween! Only Alexa! Love you sista!

Oh and not that it is important but incase you didn't notice I changed my hair a little when I was home too! Thanks to Jessica's mad skills!

The Festivities...

We love anytime we get to spend with auntie lexa! she is the best! miss you lex!

First I would like to announce that my mother-in-law and I won best chilli at her ward party! Thanks to Penny for the best cream cheese chicken chilli recipe ever!!

Ok so we had the best Halloween week ever in Arizona with our friends and family! The first weekend we were there we had two grown up parties the 80's party featured above and the little reunion party with some of Ty's high school friends, which is featured below! In the middle is our little Ballerina striking many poses in her halloween costume! We had a blast! thanks to everybody for the fun!

I have no idea where she got her posing from...:)

The reuinion dinner party was so much fun! We had a six course dinner with fun and games in between each course! One of the games we played involved Ty in a shower cap with whipped cream all over it and we had to see how many candy corns we could get to stick! i just thuoght he looked like an ice cream cone...haha!

The decorations were so beautiful but my stupid camera does not show how cute it is, but hopefully you get the idea! Thanks Steve and Breck for the fun night and all the yummy food!

But perhaps the funnest part was getting to get all dressed up and getting to spend the whole night snuggled up with my hubs! I love him so much and we don't always get to spend tons of qualitytime together with work and little miss attention stealer:) around
so it was just fun to be together...oh and we won the newlywed game!