Sunday, December 11, 2011

Ugly Sweater Party

We went to an ugly sweater party that a couple in our ward was hosting.  It was SO much fun!! As we were looking for sweaters we had terrible luck and went to a few 2nd hand stores and couldn't find anything.  My cousin had one that she said I could borrow and the one Bryson is wearing we found in the women's section at Good Will!  And it sure did look like a woman's sweater, but he rocked it and was a good sport.  He also HAD to wear his wool hat, I begged him not to because he looked hideous, but he said, "It's an UGLY sweater party, what do you expect?" After that comment I couldn't complain any longer and he did indeed wear the hat all night long.  He got comments from all the other husbands at the party on his hat, it must be a guy thing? We took couples pictures, ate delicious dinner and desert, then made gingerbread "houses" but not really houses.  It was a contest to see who was the most creative/the best. I don't think we ever decided on a winner. 

Our first pose, Bryson is supposed to be Rudolf but the antlers are in my face and he is using the red nose as an eye patch and has a creepy mustache with a creeper look on his face... He was being crazy all night, I blame it on the hat!!!


Bryson again Rudolf, without the eye patch, but with a mustache?


One without the props, don't know what that white spot on my face is. 


Close up of the sweaters and of course the hat!


We decided to do a helicopter, I think it turned out pretty good for using graham crackers and frosting! Bryson came up with the idea and constructed most of it, I mostly helped by eating frosting and decorating a little, haha


The finished project!


Finally a pic without that dumb hat, I begged him!


The Whitings made a roller coaster! It was awesome!


Trenton and Ashley made a swimming pool, it was so cute!  There is a bear on a noodle,diving in, laying out in the back, so creative!


The Mullenauxs made a Trojan horse, pretty sweet too!

 We had a ton of fun! We ate a ton of food and candy and laughed till we cried.  Thanks again Whitings for hosting such a fun party!! They went to a lot of work for it and it turned out great!

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Thanksgiving

So once again, as usual, I didn't take any pictures during Thanksgiving so I had to steal some from my cousin Sommer's blog.  We went to Thatcher and spent time with my family.  It was so much fun and we ate non-stop!  I am so grateful for such a wonderful family, I love being with family! We were sad we didn't get to see Bryson's family during our short break, but no matter whose family we are with we always love it and hate having to leave and go back to real life. 
During our weekend in Thatcher we ate, played lots of games, watched movies (Dumb & Dumber, one of our favorites), went to the ranch to see the new bunk house, and of course just sat around and talked.  It was a blast. 
McKay, Chandler, & Spencer with the horses at the ranch

The new bunk house, we are so excited to use it!! It has a bathroom and running water which I am really excited about! And to top it off a projector for some good movie watchin.

The beautiful fall leaves along the river on our way out there

Lounging around on my parents new couch watching a football game. It is huge as you can see there are 8 of us on there and we could've fit a few more very comfortably.

Playing Taboo, one of the many we played over the weekend.
It was so good to see everyone and get away from work and school for a few days.  We wished we lived closer and could spend more time with our families!