Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving was awesome! We spent the day at my parents, Grandma and Grandpa Spencer. The food was delicious, the company great, and of course the horse riding was a highlight.

Sam and Grandpa Steve riding Cody. Sam loves riding horses with her Grandpa :)

Rosy noses and happy faces.
Happy Turkey Day!
Later that night I plotted my early morning shopping. I found some great sale items that I wanted and could not pass up. I have never got up at 3:30 a.m. to go JC Penny's but there is always a first. The shopping was exciting and productive, we are all done with Christmas shopping, wa hoooo!

Happy Birthday Dad!

Hey ya old man! Greg turned 30 this year, wow! He spent the day just the way he wanted, he came home early from work, relaxed, played some video games, and ate his favorite dinner lasagna. He did have some responsibilities with the young men, then we came home and ate yummy cake and ice cream. We love you Dad, you're the BEST!!!

Backyard fun!

Samantha is thrilled to have her yard and swing set back. The girls have been outside and playing nearly everyday since we have been home and it has been a joy.

Halloween in Utah

We made it! We arrived in Utah just in time to celebrate Halloween with family and friends. The girls were darling (of course) Sam was the beautiful Sleeping Beauty and Sydney was a squeezable ladybug, and yes Greg was the orangutan! He got some great stares and scares :)

Happy Halloween
Lady bug girl!

***Sweet Aurora***

Happy Halloween from Michigan

The scary and the not so scary Halloween at the Bell's house. We had a great time trunk-or-treating with the Walled Lake Ward! We love ya :)

Greg's crazy orangatang that he begged and pleaded for.
Sydney as the cutest, snuggly pumpkin around
Super sassy purple fairy, Sam!

Post Office humor

Today I went to the post office to forward our mail to UT. Upon arriving there was a rather attentive mailman right at the door. He asked me if I wanted to use the automated system and I kindly told him I just needed to fill out a change of address form. He then told me all that I needed to do, even though the instructions were clearly printed on the form. He then was telling me that the mail would take 7 days to be forwarded to our Utah address. I found him pretty entertaining and thanked him for his help. When the form was filled out and we were ready to leave Samantha took my hand and said...
"It doesn't take that long to get to Utah, that man was silly, lets go to another Post Office." I laughed so hard! She was listening pretty close, funny, girl :)

You Belong in Rome

You're a big city soul with a small town heart Which is why you're attracted to the romance of Rome Strolling down picture perfect streets, cappuccino in hand And gorgeous Italian people - could life get any better?

What City Do You Belong In?

Box it up...

This week has been the week of packing. It has been funny to watch the girls part with their things. They unload the boxes as fast as I pack them, not so easy. Now most of the house is ready with the excpetion of a few things. All will be on its way to Utah on Monday. It is so crazy that time has gone by so fast. I will be so happy when everything is packed so I can enjoy my girls again, instead of cleaning and boxing. Wish me luck and see some of you soon :)

PAINT!

For family night we painted pumpkins, they turned out cute, but not as cute as the girls :)

We had a great time painting the pumpkins, but the girls were more fun :)
Sydney hated getting painted and was much happier "all clean!"

Apples and Pumpkins!!

Orchards are the best. Audrey and I took the girls to get out and enjoy the fall time fun :)

Sam was most excited about the pumpkins and found one just perfect for her!

Sydney was happy to sit and munch on her apple, she gnawed on that apple the whole time.
Wagon ride back to the mill, yeah for pumpkins and apples!

Broom,broom...

Sydney has discovered she is small enough to go for a ride in her baby's stroller, what fun! Now whenever she says broom broom we are pushing her around the house, this is Samantha's turn :)

Queen of Everything**

Sam is never out of character when she is in a crown and her purple dress. She made herself the most comfortable thrown around, way to rule in comfort :)

Picture fun :)

We are still undecided if my eyes are closed, oh well!
I think that they are the most gorgeous girls ever!

Thanks a ton Kelli!

http://www.kellibramble.blogspot.com

Family Pictures

We had a great opportunity to go and have our family pictures taken by a good friend here in Michigan. She did a great job and I love how they all turned out here are my two sillies :)

Where were you?

20 years ago...
I was seven and playing with my best bud Logan/Boogie. Most likely barefoot and dirty. We loved to play in the leaves, like most kids. One night we made "presents" for everyone on our street which consisted of weeds, manure, and rocks, all stuffed nicely in their mailboxes. It sounds bad but the manure was dry... I doubt that made anyone feel better :) Silly kids.

10 years ago...
In High School and being a silly girl. Loving my good friends and trying hard not to be fickle with boys. Headed to Homecoming with Trevor, a date to be remembered. Getting ready for one of the greatest holidays, Halloween! Missy and I wanted to start our own decorating business and go in to peoples homes and decorate for them, we had all the plans started!

5 years ago...
I had been married for coming on two years and was living in a basement apartment in Huntsville, yeah for Marilyn Froerer. I was working hard in my new found love nutrition and exercise. I was losing all those unwanted married pounds that I had put on and was feeling great. Working hard as a PT aid, go Dad!

3 years ago...
I now have my sweet daughter Samantha and man is she a gem! She was a duck for her first Halloween and was all smiles and the most lovable thing ever :) Greg and I were still hard at school, and living in my parents basement. Those are times that I will never forget, we have come pretty far in just a few years.

1 year ago...
I now have two sweet curly headed girls, both gorgeous and full of energy. Sam was a beautiful Cinderella and Sydney was the duck now! Greg is working as an engineer and I graduated!! We are home owners a family of four and of course, broke! Aren't we all?

Yesterday...
I dressed up my family in the cutest outfits and we went to get our family pictures taken by a good friend. We went to a gorgeous park in MI (where we are living for approximately 22 more days) We had the best time and I have seen some of them already and they are adorable, thanks Kelli!

Today...
Watched GC on the computer and went to Home Depot with my family, we have missed having reasons to go to Home Depot! With no house and no yard there are few reasons to visit, but with home in sight we are all fired up to make some changes to our house, fun fun fun. We have loved being in Michigan and are going to miss it. There is a beauty here that is unlike anything in UT and friends that we cherish.

Tomorrow....
Watching more church on the computer, eating lots of good food and having our awesome neighbors over for dinner. A resolve to do better, and break out of my comfort zone more often. I have learned that being too comfortable is really a disservice to you and those around you. So I am going to play more and love life!

Next year....
Hopefully we will have our house decorated and finished the way we want it, another baby on the way and have taken a killer trip to Mexico! Ok so I was tagged and now I tag, Nancy, Kirstin and Melissa :)

*Best buddies*

Does this face just melt your heart?

Love Sydney
These two are dress up queens
CRAZY
This is what we are going to miss soooo much, we want to take them home with us.

Sweet Sam

I just happen to have very talented friends, Audrey took some awesome pictures, thanks !

Squeeze
Sam giving Lydia hugs, so precious
Goodbye zoo!

Polar bear and seal exhibit

This was our favorite exhibit. The bears had so much room to roam and swim!

This was the underwater area, it was great! I have never seen anything like it.

Hey Izzy and Sam!
Nice tummy Syd :)

Zooooo

Making wishes and throwing in pennies at this pretty fountian.

What a beauty, thanks Audrey for catching these beautiful smiles :)
Sydney tossing in her *coin*
Love the little bums leaning over to see all the money in the pool :)

Detriot Zoo!

Here are a few of the friends we met at the zoo.

This silly guy started pulling cheesy faces but I couldn't catch it on camera.


The zebras were gorgeous!
Sam laughed pretty good, as this giant rhino sat on his friend :)

Up close and personal with the rhino

This was the greatest zoo. We went with Audrey, Izzy, and Lydia, and had a great time. The animal habitats were the nicest I have ever seen. All the animals looked so beautiful and the girls loved it. So here is our day trip to the zoo, enjoy!