Annual Relief Society Progressive Dinner

Tonight was our ward's annual Progressive Dinner.  I opened our home to serve the main course.  There were a lot of yummy soups and I think there was a pretty good turn-out. 

 

Music, Music, Music?

Treyson and Ty both had concerts tonight.  Treyson's was for strings and Ty's was for chorus.  The were both good.  And short.  No complaints here!

 

Sixteen Candles and Other Stuff

So...my baby turned SIXTEEN.

16

And I don't want to know whether it was sweet or not...although I'm leaning towards, um, not.

He wanted exactly 2 things for his birthday.

1-A CAR

2-AN IPHONE

I told him to go to plan B.

As it turns out, plan B through Z were exactly the same as plan A.

After much consideration, we were absolutely sure he wasn't going to get either.

What he did get was......

***Drum Roll Please***

 A brand new Samsung Galaxy S3 smartphone!!

And from what I understand...it's BETTER than the iPhone!

I wasn't sure if he'd like it or not, but he did!  SCORE!!  I think he had a great day!

We took Tanner to sushi for his birthday dinner on Saturday, December 1st and took Treyson along as well because he never did get his birthday sushi.

I sure love these boys!

Tanner took his Drivers Test on the 4th, but had a little run-in with an orange cone...so....well, you can guess.

BUT...on the 5th he took it again and PASSED!!

We have another licensed driver in the house!!!  Woot Woot!

 

On the 8th was Winter Formal.  Tanner was asked by Sadie Johnson and he was pretty excited.  The Sophomore class was in charge of Winter Formal, so Tanner spent a lot of time at the school decorating the cafeteria and then had to be there after the dance to clean up.  It was a l-o-n-g day!

I think he had a good time though.

He's growing up way too fast.  Sniff, sniff.

150K

The good ol' burbie turned over 150,000 miles today!

Wow!!

Christmas Lights!

How to put Christmas lights up in the dark:

You wear a headlamp.

 

Family Christmas Photos

Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was great this year!

We started the day at the Mesa city Turkey Trot.

Kevin and Tanner decided (the day before) to run the annual 10K.  I've never seen so many people in my entire life...

Tanner came in under 55 minutes and made his goal, and Kevin came in at 1:04.  Pretty good for not training at all, if you ask me. 

So, you're probably wondering about the girl...well, that's Sadie...and she likes my boy...and my boy likes her.  I don't like any of it, but what can I do?  He has to grow up...I guess.
Oh, and Tanner beat the Turkey!  Don't ask me how that guy ran a 10K in a full-on turkey costume, but he did, and everyone who beat him got a certificate.

 

It was great to have G&G Lewis down to celebrate with us!  We finished off the day with pie and multiple episodes of Downton Abbey.  It was a fantastic day!