2 Weeks In A Jiffy

Here is a brief (but lengthy in pics) recap of our last 2 weeks:
Shane, Heather and family came to visit the week before Thanksgiving. We headed off to take a tour of a local candy shop.
Then learned about the Amazon at the Denver Nature & Science Museum
We went to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. The weather was perfect.

One of the only times you'll catch Brooke willingly holding someone else's hand. Notice that it's neither Troy's nor I's.

Getting up close and personal with the giraffes.

Feeding the parakeets.

Getting a little Squishy time in. She really is a the perfect kid cat.

Can't let Wii boxing pass up.

Thanksgiving Bingo
Date night with Shane and Heather to dinner at Steuben's (feature on Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives) then off to an Avs game.
Catching a cat nap in between all the action.
Making the dessert for Thanksgiving Day.Squishy and Lexie enjoying the fruits of our labor. (or Libby's)

Cooking up some good grub during the week

Making a delicious turkey.

Enjoying our Thanksgiving feast.

Enjoying the dessert.

And lastly, decorating the Christmas tree.

We have had a fabulous 2 weeks spending time with our families. The holiday season is definitely in full swing here. We just need a little bit of snow for it to feel complete. Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!!!!

Melting Pot

A week ago we went on a double date with our friends Justin and Kristen to the Melting Pot.

Brooke was a great 'fifth' wheel and enjoyed the bread and kept herself entertained by watching Toy Story 3.

The company was great, the food was pretty good, but the dessert was fantastic.

Brooke hit the wall during the second hour there, but caught her second wind when the brownie bites and oreo crusted marshmallows came out.

I spent a couple of days in South Carolina on business, went to the BYU-CSU game on Saturday, and we generally spent the rest of the week preparing for family to come visit. This is Brooke's welcoming face!

Daylight What?!

As I'm sure everyone is aware (or at least I hope they are by now) daylight savings time ended on Sunday. In conjunction with this, late church, no nap, and Brooke really having absolutely no idea that time decided to play a trick on her, this is what we ended up with. Hope you enjoy!

Happy Day!!!!

Last week went by in a blur but luckily we were able to celebrate Troy's b-day (or as Brooke likes to call it, his "happy day"). I surprised Troy with a date Friday night. The date was supposed to be a surprise but he ruined it by trying to schedule our home teachers to come that night. We left Brooke with a babysitter and headed out for dinner. We arrived to Cheesecake Factory to find out that there would be a little bit of wait. Well, with my finagling I managed to get us a table right away and we even were able share it with some friends. At least I was able to pull off a little bit of a surprise. We enjoyed dinner and cheesecake then headed back home to play some games. Originally I thought about doing a surprise b-day party but decided that was way too much work and that there would be no way that I could hold a secret for that long.

Saturday was a busy day. Our neighborhood had the annual Pumpkin Fest. I totally forgot to bring a camera but Brooke enjoyed petting all the animals at the petting zoo and picking out our pumpkin. Later in the evening was our ward's Trunk-or-Treat party that included a chili cook-off. Brooke definitely got the hang of saying "trick or treat" in order to get candy pretty early on.

Can you tell what Brooke and Troy are?

Sunday, we finally got around to carving our pumpkin and later in the evening we trick-or-treated to a few houses in our neighborhood. All in all the weekend festivities were a lot of fun and now it's just getting Brooke back to being normal and off her sugar high.

Oh, and P.S