Giving thanks!!!

Well, another Thanksgiving has come & almost gone! To start off the day we met the whole Lindblom clan for a nice game of touch football. The darks shirts against the light shirts.

Here are all the Ayaylas and Dillards getting ready to rumble

The dark team in their huddle...

Here is Sean trying to explain to me how football really goes...

Blue 32 blue 32!! Go long!

Here are all the adults watching the kids in the "half-time" show

me & Sean heading home to start some sweet cookin'

We ate dinner at mom & dad Lindbloms. The high was actually under 80 today... perfect for eating outside!!! I made the mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole & a cherry pie! All the food was totally delicious!!!




I had to do a closed mouth smile so I didn't flash too much food in the braces!!

I convinced Griffin to make a ham taco with a pickle & stuffing in the middle. A "paco" ... he ate it as we cheered him on!!!
All in all... a very full day!!! :)

Family fun!

Here is Sean & Melissa blowing out the candles on some lemon bars with the fam at JoDee's house. My favorite part of this is Philip's wonderful expression in the background! Happy Birthday Melissa!! & Sean

Here is Sean chillin in the back yard... isn't that grass so green?! He has such a green thumb :)

Happy Birthday to Sean!

Well, it was Sean's birthday on Friday. Both of us had to work that day until about 4pm, so it was kind of ordinary.... but!! our night was really fantastic! Sean listens to Sean Hannity on the radio & he always talks about Ruths Chris steak house, so for about 6 months Sean has been wanting to go. I always tell him its too expensive & we cant go, but for the past few months I've been planning on taking him for his birthday. About a month & a half ago I made reservations & it was all set!!

So I bought Sean a new shirt & made him go get his haircut, & I got my hair trimmed & styled by the wonderful Crystal!! I wouldn't tell him where we were going, but he insisted it was somewhere fancy because I made him dress up. I lied & told him we were going to do something else before going to dinner, because he told me the restaurant had to be in Scottsdale cause we got on the 101 north.

Lets just say that surprises aren't Sean's favorite thing in the world! He wasn't very happy that I wouldn't tell him where we were going, but entertained himself by guessing.

This is us outside or Ruths Chris. It was such an awesome night!! Sean was totally shocked & surprised. When we got there, we only waited a few minutes & they sat us. They had decorated the table with birthday confetti because when I made the reservation they asked if it was a special occasion & I told them it was my husbands birthday. The service was spectacular & the food was incredible! Sean got the Kobe t-bone because he remembered them saying it was good on the tv show Malcolm in the Middle. Nice reason, huh? He made a good choice! My ribeye was good, but his t bone literally melted in your mouth!! The manager came out just to wish him a happy birthday & they gave us a dessert menu & let us pick any birthday dessert for free! The cheesecake wasn't just a piece, it was a mini whole cheesecake with fresh fruit!! I couldn't have planned it all better!!!
This was the way home.. he looks alot happier now, huh? We bypassed the other plans for the night cause Sean said he was too full. That made me laugh.
Here we are.. very happy & full- at JoDee's to borrow a movie for the night. & all that follows from here is our small photo shoot in the car on the ways home. I guess we got a little camera happy.
That was my Next Top Model shot
& this one is me& Sean trying to prove to each other that we can raise only one eyebrow at a time.

There is Sean being ridiculously adorable... & then me being ridiculously silly.

This is Sean opening a card from his mom... & then us posing for the timer on the camera.


Isn't he cute ????????

Shake it!

This past weekend Kate & Aniston came over to my house & hung out with us for a few hours. We made some bananna berry shakes & Katie liked it so much she decided to wear it! :)

Of course, Aniston couldn't help but join in on the fun !




My mom has been making lots of beenie hats lately, so I stole this one from her - pretty nice!
PIMP... yeah, especially with the nice metal mouth!

Smokin Deals

Oh yah! JoDee & I went yard saling this weekend! Woohoo! Actually, we came across a woman who is a distributor for Frys marketplace, their home section. Nice, huh? Well I got a brand new cast iron griddle for $5!! & a cast iron skillet for $4. She also had this cutie clock....

for $6!!!!

Then I was at Kirklands home store & they had all their Halloween stuff 75% off, so I bought this cute mat for $2.

Yay for me! :)

It's Halloween Time :)

Last night was our combined mutual Halloween party. I dressed up as an Indian & this was Sean's last second attempt at a cowboy to make me happy :)

I made brownies & put fake spiders on them & then Meredith made these pizzas & used breadsticks to make them look like there are spiders on them. I thought it was ridiculously adorable!! We had a great time :) We played wrap the mummy with the bishopric as our mummys & "monstor tag"... good times :)

Lazy Saturday

Not too lazy though... cause I painted most of the bedroom! It's really faint, but the block wall is white & the others are very pale lavender. I love it!!

They really are lazy! & thanx Nancie for the great beds :)

It's winter time

Ok, maybe its not quite winter time... but our winter grass is almost all the way in!! Just thought you'd like to see :), especially you Melissa! :)

Really?...

Today Sean met me after work & we went & walked around the Chandler mall. We walked into this store that had trinkety things & as we were walking out... this lady passed me

Ok... it wasn't really this particular lady, but she had a stroller that looked just like this. And yes, it did have a dog in it!!!! Seriously?!!! I just turned to Sean & said- did you see that? Of course he did not. By this time the lady had strolled her dog to the back of the store. So Sean pretended to browse in the back of the store- not really believing me that I saw it- & then he emerged to the front of the store with a smile on his face. Please tell me when we began wheeling our dogs around? What happened to WALKING the dogs? or what happened to the dogs legs that made them unable to walk & have the need to be strolled around. For real?! Too much!!!!!

Torture

I've begun to wonder whether having children is the right decision. Sean has a great talent for tormenting the dogs & I realized tonight that the trend follows to his younger brothers. Hopefully when kids come along for us, he might love them & just keep tormenting the dogs....

And yes... those are his shoes on Alex.