Happy Thanksgiving To You All

Just wanted to wish all family, friends and visitors to the blog a very happy Thanksgiving. We truly have so much to be grateful for, and I just felt I needed to express that today.

Eat well! :)
but not too well....

Crazy Eights

I have Wendy to thank for this tag, I've been dragging my feet (well, okay my fingers) on this one. Here are my 8's:

8 Favorite TV Shows
1. Amazing Race (I know, I still love it)
2. The Office (I'm still trying to catch up, and I'm on season 2)
3. Anything Jane Austen on Masterpiece Theater
4. Survivorman
5. American Idol
6. Phineas and Ferb
7. Colbert Report
8. I don't watch as much tv as I used to.....I can't think of anything else

8 Things I Did Yesterday
1. Talked to Lester
2. Wore fun jewelry
3. Went to church
4. Found substitutes for primary classes
5. Spent time in nursery (as a substitute)
6. Made yummy pomegranate apple salad
7. Called my Mom and Dad
8. Hugged and kissed my children

8 Things I Look Forward To
1. Spending time with family for Christmas
2. Riding dirt bikes in California
3. The next Renaissance fair
4. October 2009
5. Having fun with my children
6. Getting new books to read
7. Decorating my house for Christmas
8. Thanksgiving Dinner - one of my favorites :)

8 Favorite Restaurants
1. Sweet Tomatoes
2. Panera
3. Ernie Jr.'s
4. Los Burritos
5. Rubios or El Taco Nazo (mmm fish tacos)
6. Tommys
7. In and Out
8. Del Taco

8 Things on My Wish List
1. More time with family (those that aren't here with me)
2. My bathroom painted
3. To refinish our dressers
4. A tropical vacation with lots of snorkeling
5. No dandelions in my grass
6. More patience
7. To be better about organizing/cleaning
8. A magic wand

8 People I Tag
1. Anyone
2. Who
3. So
4. Desires
5. To
6. Do
7. This,
8. Consider yourself tagged!

Budding Author?

The Adventures of Indiana Jones and the Cave of Time

By Corben Gebski
Illustrations [page 1] by Madison Gebski (without permission from author)

Our TERRIFIC Kid

Corben's school has a program that spotlights different children each month that are nominated by their teachers as being "Terrific," and Corben was chosen as the terrific kid from his class for October. The school has a mini-assembly to honor the children and share with the parents. Here's a short video about what his teacher said about him:

He's been doing such a great job at school, listening and following directions. He's just a brilliant boy with a thirst for knowledge. We're so proud of him. :)

Halloween Hoopla

Hard to believe that Halloween is now over, and the craziness that is the holiday season looms ahead...duhn, duhn, DUHN! Sadly I didn't get any pictures of the kids at the ward trunk or treat but I remembered to get pictures last night at a friends party. We carved pumpkins the night before, so I'll add those picutres as well. Between the ward party and last night, I'm sure we have more than enough candy to last until next Halloween (which it always does). Hope everyone had a safe and happy Halloween.
I had to post these pictures too -- I made some fun food the the party - "handy" veggies/dip and "brainy" cupcakes.