Christmas Victorian Village!

I am so blessed! Last Saturday I got to have the blessing having lots of family in town! My Grandparents flew in last Friday night and are in town for Thanksgiving. The kids haven't seen them in about 3 years. And it has been awhile for me too! Since they were in town we got blessed to have Becky, Rees and kids in town as well! So Saturday Evening my mom set up for the whole family to drive down to Cambridge, OH to see a Victorian Village set up for Christmas. It is really cute and we had a great time. They had statues placed along the sidewalks that represented the Victorian time period. They had a lighting at their town hall, there were some cute shops, you could try on period clothing and take pictures, and there was horse drawn carriage rides! It was a fun evening and put us all in the Christmas spirit!!
Thank you Nana! and Thank you Papa!!

Jenna with her Great- Grandparents!! (Papa and Nanie)

Peyton got to help drive the horses!

The town hall and the quaint town streets!

Here are some of the statues placed everywhere!

Jenna

Peyton

Morgan

Loni

and David

Amish Country

I got a wonderful message last week that my good friend Katherine was in town!! I was so excited! I was able to see her back in July when I went to Boston! And was so excited to get together again!! She came out for a friends wedding!!! Saturday we were able to spend time together and go to Amish Country! We had a great time! She hasn't seen my kids in years! We did not have as much time as we would have liked but we went to Lehman's Hardware and Heini's Cheese Factory! So much fun!!

This picture of us was taken by Peyton- he is pretty handy!

I have the cutest kids in the world!! Peyton was being a stinker as usual! Thank goodness he is cute!

New Moon!!!!!!!!

I got to do a much needed girls night out Last Night after a long week of school!
We met at Applebees for appetizers and drinks- (lemonade!) It was fun!

After Applebees we went over to the Movie Theater and stood in line to see NEW MOON! Yes, I went to the midnight showing!!! It was a little cold and wet but not to bad! I went with a few freinds from the ward and we saw others there! Laura was in bed sleeping and I woke her up to come over because they were moving us inside and I wanted her to be in the same theater! They did it on a first come first basis idea and as one theater was empty they would then fill it for New Moon! So we only waited outside for a short time and then waited about 2 hours inside! It was so much fun! We were able to all sit together in the same theater and girl talk until the movie started!! The anticipation was half the fun!!

Half of the group is pregnant and all due in March!

So the movie began and we could tell right away that we were with a noisy group!! I did not help matters. I tried to keep my excitement to myself but, it was impossible!!!

So my personal verdict on the movie:

I LOVED IT!!!
I want to see it again and am hoping tomorrow!!
It was awesome! Yes, I know there were a few cheesy parts but, I still loved it!!
It is right now my all time favorite movie- until the next comes out I am sure!

And it is toss up- Jacob looked real good with his shirt off!!! Hard choice!!

Peyton's Preschool Fall Presentation

Here is Peyton's fantastic teachers- Miss Kelly and Miss Angie!

There was a presentation and a basket raffle to earn money for the preschool!
We donated a turkey from build-a-bear and a gift card to there. Peyton was so disappointed when he did not win!

They also did a performance that was so cute!! Here is a clip:

Pictures Taken

This is Peyton's School Picture, I just had it done at Kiddie Kandids because his preschool doesn't do school pictures! He is handsome!!

Peyton: aka: Trouble!
age: 4 years, 5 mo.
height: 43 1/2 in.
weight: 44 lbs
he is off the charts!!
favorite food: Chicken Nuggets
Loves- Policeman, Spider man, School, Heavenly Father and Jesus, his Mom, Jenna, Nana, Papa, and you get the idea he loves his family, he also loves to draw.

These are Jenna's Birthday Pictures! We also got a family Picture taken- you should get it with the Christmas Card this year!

Jenna Lu:
age: 5 years
height: 44 in.
weight: 43 lbs.
favorite food: any Fruit, she loves healthy!
Loves: friends, playing pretend, Fancy Nancy, reading, drawing, Her Mom, peyton, Nana, her cousins, and the rest of the Family!! She also loves her Heavenly Father and Jesus!

Jenna's Dance Class

Jenna has been taking a jazz dance class at the Elementary school one day a week! She loves it! Last Friday was the last day of the six week session so they put on a little show for the parents! She did such a great job! I love watching her grow up and blossom!

She is so cute! And she did a great job! She was so shy the first couple weeks and struggled with staying and now she is a lot more confident! Yea!!

Steal of the Century!

I got this hat at Childrens Place in Lodi a couple of weeks ago for only 0.19!!
No Joke!! I was really excited!
I think I have gone professional when it comes to shopping the good deals!!

A party fit for a Diva!!!!!!!

The three Diva's- Maddie, Jenna, and Cassie
All Jenna wanted for her birthday is to get her nails professionally painted! How could I refuse! I ended up letting her choose two friends to come along! They had such a great time! I am just afraid I created a few Monsters!!!!!

All three chose pink- each was a different shade!!

Happy 6th Birthday, Jenna!!!

My baby isn't a baby anymore!
but, she will always be a Princess!!!

This is her new birthday outfit, already for school today!!

Today she got a new outfit to wear!
I made a fun breakfast of her choice- pink heart pancakes!
I took in mini cupcakes to school!
After school friends picked up Jenna and Peyton and they went to McDonald's and then had a play date!!! I had to be at school all day!!

She is crazy!!
She is a delight!
I love you Jenna!!


Monday Night we did Family Home Evening and had a small celebration! Jenna chose dinner- Cheese Casadia's, and she taught the FHE Lesson on being Happy!!! Then presents and cake!
She wanted pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting- YUM!

She got lots of great gifts- my parents got her a CD player, laura got her a bead set, peyton got her rings, and I got her adorable clothes!!

I can not believe she is six years old already! I told her that I have allowed her to grow up but, now I am done!! No more birthdays!!! And yet, what a blessing it is to see children grow and become!!!

Here it is!!!!

Love, from all of us!!!
We had a great Halloween!

The Yellow brick road always leads home!

Now I am sick! Yuck!
No fever yet!
Hopefully I can get through this week!