My Sweet Family

Traditional Grandma Eyre Cookie Party

This is such a fun tradition that my mom does. Every year she bakes a bunch of sugar cookies and ginger bread man cookies, has her grandkids over to decorate them and feeds them lunch. The kids look forward to it every year. Hannah really enjoyed it this year and Nathan enjoyed painting his face and hair with the frosting. Once they were finished, Aunt Nikki (my sister) played some Christmas games with the kids. One of the games was to pass some kind of toy around while music was playing and when the music stopped, whoever had the toy had to answer a Christmas question. Well, it stopped on Hannah one time and so Nikki asked her who brings us presents at Christmas. Her response, "Jesus". That gave us all a good laugh. Can't argue with that answer!

Thanksgiving

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving this year. Ours was small, but sweet. We had a wonderful feast at my parents house with just a few of us there. It was nice to relax and enjoy the yummy food. Aaron made the turkey for the dinner. He has the best Brine recipe ever! For those of you who would like to try it for Christmas or for Thanksgiving next year, here it is:

1 gallon of water
1 onion
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup kosher salt
peppercorns to liking

You put all these ingredients in a roaster, soak the turkey for 16-24 hours breast side down and then cook according to directions. We always cook it in the juice, but you can dump the juices out before cooking as well. It is divine!!!

tagged

So, this is a funny tag, but I sure love Heidi, so I didn't want her to think I don't by not doing it. The tag is to post your 4th picture in your 4th picture folder. This is just before Halloween. What a little cutie! So, I now tag Suzanna and Jennie. Just do it gals! :o)

Hannah is 3

I've been having a hard time downloading the pictures and videos of Hannah's 3rd birthday. I won't give up trying, but I wanted to blog about this little angel before some other large event comes into our household and I'm not able to. Hannah is such a joy to us. Honestly, it blows us away that it was 3 years ago that she joined our family. Her labor and delivery was ever bit as exciting as her little personality is. She is FULL of life! I love that she follows me around and asks a million questions. I love that when I turn the radio on in the car, she'll sing with me even though she doesn't know the words. I love that she is full of hugs and kisses and when she thinks I'm "resting", she'll come up and kiss me on the cheek. I love that she is so witty, like her daddy really, and that she really tries hard to do what makes us happy. She is full of laughter, play, and goodness. We love our Hannah and love that we've had her for 3 wonderful years. Happy birthday little missy, we sure love you!

The New President of the United States

Aaron and I stayed up late last night to see the results for who would be our new President of the United States. We were not surprised when we learned it would be Barack Obama. I dreamt about it all night last night and woke up this morning feeling gratitude to live in a time to see such a historical event take place. I didn't vote for Barack nor do I agree with his morals and policies, but I am hopeful that he'll do the right things for this country. I just feel so blessed to live in this wonderful country and to live to see such times. As for Obama, I hope and pray that he'll be a president that spends much time on his knees looking for guidance from a loving Heavenly Father to lead this nation into prosperity and not more despair.

Eyre Family Halloween Party

Most everyone dressed up this year for the party. Unfortunately, my better half had a business meeting in Idaho, so I didn't join in the fun without him. Here are just a few of the cute costumes.






Our little Lion and Dorothy





Traditional Pumpkin Carving




Fun Games



We're so proud of how well they share!



This is what too much sugar will do to you. They had a ball!!!

Halloween Gifts from Grandma Lombardo

Thanks Mom for the gifts. The kids really enjoyed them!

Family Home Evening

My good friend, Jennie, posted this yummy treat on her blog and we tried it out last night for FHE. Cake in a mug.....what a fun idea! So, here is the recipe so you all can try it out too. Thanks Jen!

4 TBS. FLOUR
4 TBS. SUGAR
2 TBS. COCOA
1 EGG
3 TBS MILK
3 TBS. OIL
3 TBS. CHOCOLATE CHIPS
SPLASH OF VANILLA

Mix all together and put in a microwave safe mug. Cook for 3 min. and presto, cake in a mug. See for yourself how the treats were enjoyed.




After our lesson and treat, it was off to take baths to clean up. We (I) always try to wind the kids down and get ready for bed, but Aaron is just TOO much fun and the kids are always pretty wired when he's home to help me. Here are just a few pictures of them laughing at the funny faces daddy was making before bedtime.

Cornbelly's Corn Maze

So, everything is SO much more fun with kids. We had such a blast last Friday taking the kids to this fun place. It was a perfect night for such fun. The weather was perfect. They had rides, slides, yummy food, performances, story time, and more. I guess we found another tradition to begin.


You have to click on this picture to see Hannah's face upclose. Hilarious!


We took Hannah & Nathan into this giant lizard. They said it wasn't too scary. Well, it was for them. Are we terrible parents that we found it funny? They didn't have anything jumping out, but there were scary noises and it was dark. Actually, Hannah did pretty well. Nathan was not well pleased. (click on the picture to get a closer look at the kids faces).








There was this house full of corn for the kids to play in. They absolutely loved it. I actually had fun in it too.

Crabapple Jelly

It was a rare treat to have our Dad come out to Eagle Mountain and help make crabapple jelly. Years ago he and mom made this jelly as Christmas gifts and it was a huge hit. There are lots of crabapple trees around here so Nikki, my sister, wanted to do the same for Christmas this year and dad agreed to come out and help. We think it's pretty neat that our dad knows how to do this for one, and would take his time to spend with his daughters. It was such a great day!







I had to throw this picture in of Hannah. She's such a cutie!