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the holidays!

i'm not gonna lie. i LOVE the holidays. i love thanksgiving and christmas. i love how they make me feel. the warmth of the season. the merriment. i know a lot of people who stress out (occasionally that's me) and do not enjoy the holidays at all. for me, i look forward to it. kelsey and i are both holiday music junkies. it's what will be playing in my car from now until they stop playing it! :) 

thanksgiving is just a few days away and thanks to my new oven, i'm looking forward to cooking that turkey!

yes, i have finally purchased a new oven and it will be here between noon and four! Ha! i love it when they give you a huge window cause they think you have all day to sit around on your butt waiting for them. i don't think last years turkey turned out too bad, but i am looking forward to even cooking. no more half cooked foods. yay!

not so bad. good have been a little more browned. can't wait for stuffing! my absolute fav!

this year we will be down one child. kelsey is headed to bend with friends. as much as i'll miss her, i think she's lucky to have been invited. i left the decision of if she wanted to go up to her. i know she has mixed feelings. in the end, i'm sure she will have a great time. 

we are getting ready for the Turkey Tourney around here. it starts the day after thanksgiving and goes till sunday. lots to do to put on an event like this. i am in charge of raffle baskets again this year. putting them together, gathering up from other families. making tags for them all. so fun to see what has been put together. we have lots of great things this year. we are still not sure if riley will be playing in the tournament this weekend. he is still healing from his concussion. he goes to see the specialist today. we are hoping for good news. 

anyway, lots on my plate. lots of projects on my mind too. wanting to get started on my december daily real soon. i hate waiting till the last minute. right now, i'm off to the gym to test out the indoor pool. i hate swimming indoors. i love everything about swimming outside. we'll see how it goes. i'm hoping i'm just as hooked as i was this summer. we'll see. i sure do miss being toned, ha! 

procrastination at its best!

seriously can't believe i have not sat down to write since september. worse still, i haven't even taken very many pictures over the last few months. since i last posted, the kids have had a great start to school. all three of them are doing well. kelsey has been cheering for football and that season has finally ended. up next for her: basketball. at least they get a bit of a break till then. 

the boys are well into their hockey seasons. wyatt's team has a full schedule and is gone a lot. riles team, not so much. really, with the exception of a few games here and there, they are only participating in tournaments. makes for a light season for him. wyatt and i take off on thursday for canada. he has a tournament in surrey, bc. looking forward to seeing how he plays against these canadian kids. it's been a while for him. 

it's a good thing rileys team has taken it easy, because the boy suffered his second concussion a few weeks ago. that's two in a month and a half. we have kept him out of hockey now for over two weeks. he's been headache free for a while, but better safe than sorry. he'll go back either the end of the week or beginning of next. 

we have been sick around here lately. lots of cold symptoms. kelsey stayed home from school today with a bug. poor girl was up at 4am throwing up. no fun. 

i took my (every three year) trip to maui with my friend sharon the 28th of september and we came home october 7th. that was amazing! so glad we do that. the weather was beautiful the whole time! here is a beautiful sunset pic

man, i could never get sick of seeing that. i fantasize about living there and watching the sun set every night. what heaven! sharon and i actually went out to moose's quite a few times. we made sure to make it there on both dollar drink nights. happy girls!

love the tans. too bad mine has already faded, no thanks to our lovely oregon weather. :( i really need to up and move my family to phoenix. oh how happy i would be to live in a dryer, warmer climate year round! 

anyhoo, i could go on forever with all that's happened over the last few months, but who has the time? maybe my new years resolution will be to get better about posting on this darned thing. we shall see!