Happy Thanksgiving!!

I love Thanksgiving! What a great holiday to remember what we are grateful for and to eat (*tons) of delicious food!! The Sunday before Thanksgiving we had a great Family Home Evening about being thankful. We went around the room and each said things we were thankful for. It was neat to hear the ideas the kids came up with! I actually typed them up as they were said and throughout the week we added more to our list!
Here is the Thanksgiving List 2012:

Blankets and stuffed animals to cuddle with when we are scared (Ty)

Temples and eternal families (Grandma Lewis)

Grandma & Grandpa (Caleb)

Families—uncles, aunts, to play with and have fun with (Ty)

Aunts and cousins and uncles (Mara)

Modern conveniences (Mommy)

Carder (Daddy)

Super-Hero that is Jesus Christ (Ty)

The churches and temples (Mara)

Prophets (Grandma Lewis)

Cars (Mommy)

Glasses (Ty)

Lights (Mommy)

Trees (Ty)

Houses because they keep us safe  (Mara)

For a job that allows me to be home in the mornings and at nights and that mommy can stay home (daddy)

The church and the gospel because when you learn more it helps so Satan can’t tempt you (Ty)

The Book of Mormon and that we can follow Nephi and not Laman and Lemuel (Mara)

All of us are healthy (Grandma Lewis)

Laughter (mommy)

Binkies (Ty)

Delicious Food (Grandma Lewis)

Dinosaurs because they make gas for us (Ty)

Memories (Daddy)

Sunshine (Erica)

Snowplows (Ty)

Rain (Mara)

Vacations (Daddy)

Animals  (Ty)

School (Mara)

Exercise (Ty and Mommy)

Colors (Caleb)

Turkey (Caleb)

Fruits & Veggies

Easter and Christmas (Ty)

All you have testimonies (Grandma Lewis)

Clothes (Mara)

Cows & Bees & Sheep (Ty)

Sewing Machine (Grandma Lewis)

Bedtime (Daddy)

Cold Cereal (Daddy)

Football (Daddy)

Family (Daddy)

My kids (Mommy)

My parents & in-laws (mommy)

Beautiful grandchildren (Grandma Lewis)

Scouts (Ty)

Bibs (Ty)

Computers (Grandma Lewis)

My bed (Mommy)

Sunrises (Mara)

 
 Thanksgiving day was celebrated with Nate's family and all the Card's in Alpine at Uncle Mike's. Nate's cousin Jazmyn made this cute and awesome video of our Thanksgiving day! I had to post it on the blog, she did a great job to capture all the wonderful memories! Thanks Jazzy!!

Creating Family Memories!

The week of Thanksgiving we headed up to Salt Lake to see family, celebrate a special day, and enjoy Thanksgiving with both families! On Tuesday November 20, 2012 Nate and I celebrated our 11 year anniversary of eternal marriage!  It has really been the best 11 years of my life! I am always grateful at this time of year for the  choices I made that led me to Nate! I am so grateful we could be married in the temple and live together forever! He is the greatest man I know and the world's best father! We were definitely MFEO (Made For Each Other!!) To celebrate our special day we went out to eat at Rodizios. It was delicious! Nate has promised to take me there for many years!

The other fun activities we did were art and craft projects! I took several crafts to keep the kiddos busy. Mara is painting a tree ornament for Grandma Lewis's tree.

 

 Lincoln loved painting! He did a great job!

Although I think he got more paint on his aunt Chelsie and his own hands then on the ornament!

Ty took his time and was very careful painting his ornament!

 

 The other fun activity we did was ride a Ferris wheel at the new sporting goods store Scheel's. Caleb loved the ride, and although it took forever to wait our turn it was worth the wait!

 

Mara riding with her aunts!

 Me and my little buddy--look no hands!

'T-whistle' (Ty's name from Uncle Colin), Garrett, and Uncle Quonin(Uncle Colin's name from Ty!)

 Scheel's is a lot like Cabella's. It had different activities around the store like bowling, golf, shooting, basketball, and different scenery spots to get your photo. Cute picture but I can't see Caleb and Garrett!! It was a HUGE store and we would definitely go back again!

Go Mara Go!!

Mara is our little cheerleader! She loves doing cheer, especially with all her friends! She had her first cheer performance last week. Mara did great! It was sure fun to watch her! She not only does cheer, but tumbling also! Way to go Mara Lew! We are sure proud of you!

 Mara's favorite part of her performance is wearing make up! I keep reminding her she is beautiful without make-up!

Mara's daddy calls her "Mara long legs!" It's true...she does have long legs!

Mara with her friend Alena!

 

 She is so pretty! I just love this girl!

What a great group of girls! So fun to be a cheerleader!

It was hard getting cute photos with the girls moving and cheering, and I didn't get a video this time so I will next performance!

Mara waiting for her turn in the routine!

 I love her smile! It's awesome to watch Mara having so much fun!

Mara's other new trick she learned is how to snap her fingers! She loves to snap, all the time!

3 months old!

Who is 3 months old, 15 lbs of pure love and joy, has a smile to melt your heart with a dimple on one sside, loves to laugh and giggle, makes the cutest cooing and gooing sounds, and is our handsome 'little guy?'

CARDER that's who!!!

What a happy baby boy Carder is!

In the past posts I've compared the three boys pictures, but what about Mara?! This time I've only put pictures of baby Mara! Yes Carder looks like himself! But I do see a strong resemblance with Mara and Carder!!

  This is cute Mara at 3 months! How did she grow so fast?

So which baby is who?! Ok, you can probably tell! The top photo is Carder and the bottom picture is Mara! They don't look identical but you definitely can tell these two babies are siblings!!

 

 Okay...two more pictures I had to share!! My four kiddos in the bath! The top picture is of Ty & Mara and the bottom picture is Caleb & Carder! All my kids have loved the bath!

....speaking of loving bath time!!  Looks like there are too many bubbles, but oh boy were they having a good time!