Scenes from Thanksgiving

Do you ever wish that you had a professional photographer with you all the time? Ok, not all the time, but most of the time. My problem is when I'm having a lot of fun, I forget to take pictures sometimes. So, these pictures lack me, Steve, and Linda. Luckily, we got family pictures taken the same week, so those will have all of us in them. But I hate not getting everyone.

Thanksgiving was so fun! We had a lot of bonding time. We played games such as the extended version of Mafia (a lot more fun than the regular version) and Supreme Exalted Overlord. We discussed life and politics a lot. We stayed up late every night talking. I am so grateful for fantastic inlaws!

Wonderful Pistachio Contest

Queen of the Flies

The flies won't leave Deanna alone. With no other choice, she teams up with a friendly spider and seeks out the infamous queen of the flies in order to address her wrongs.

Family pictures

On Friday, we spontaneously decided that we wanted an updated family portrait. So, we grabbed my brother Josh and went to the temple, right as the sun was setting. Thanks a ton, Josh!

The Unhappy Lioness

Back in September, I found a very cute lion costume at Kid to Kid. I was intending on making Miss Ariah a lion costume for Halloween, but I couldn't possibly make one for as cheap as this costume was. I was excited to try it on her, only to make the little lioness roar. She would have torn up the costume, had she had real claws.

So, for the month of October, I tried to put it on her, hoping that she would learn to love it. I even tried bribing her with chocolate. Silly Ariah. Don't you know that your name means lion in Hebrew (according the the reliable world wide web, anyways...)? Don't you know that this costume is a manifestation of the lioness tendencies that exist within you? Hmm... maybe she was unhappy because it had a mane...