hovey happenings

okay tons going on around here lately.
1. phill has got a new job. working on the atm's was really stressful for many different reasons so we got a new job. he is now the guest servicies manager at the lethbridge lodge. it is a really nice hotel in town. he will be in charge of the front desk area and anything that has to do with makeing the guests happy. it pays better and he won't have to be on call anymore. which is a good thing.

2. i was put in as the 2nd counselor of the young womens in our ward. super excited about this but a little scared at the same time. i haven't been in young womens since i was in high school and a lot has changed since then. did you know that they added a line to the theme. well i didn't and i was thrown for a loop on sunday when we recited it. kay will be in there after the first of the year and that is exciting also, but i look at the girls in there and i think that my little girl is just not old enough to be in there yet.

3. christmas shopping we are actually getting it done early. i only have a few more presents to buy and we are planning on doing that today. and i have them wrapped and under the tree. i think this will be the last year for santa. the kids are just getting to old now but jeh still has a little glimmer that he is out there so we needed to do it this year again.

4. we had a very wonderful surprise on thursday night. we were pixed by some family. the door knocked and of course the dogs went nuts so when we got to the door no one was there but a box of goodies. lots of candy, a gingerbread house to make, some oranges, a gift certificate to tony roma's for $60, and three $50 gift certificates for walmart. it was really nice and made us all feel really good.

anyway that is about all that is happening around here now. love ya all

christmas tree

here is our christmas tree. i totally love it. it just makes me happy to look at it. the last picture is a bit dark but it is on ornament that kay made. counting down the days with an advent calendar and we have to do a different activity each day. yesterday was to decorate the tree. tonight we have to make a list of 100 things we are grateful for maybe if i remember i'll post it on here so you can all see what we are thankful for.

happy thanksgiving

happy thanksgiving to all of my american friends and family.

i'm feeling a little bummed about not being able to be with family this holiday. we are going to try to have a dinner up here maybe i will invite some friends over and it will be nice. but i'm not buying a turkey now they are way too spendy. it was like 50 bucks just for one and it wasn't even that big of a turkey. they just aren't on sale this time of year up here i should have bought one in october and kept it in the freezer. oh well i quess that i will know for next year. the kids have the day after off of school but i think that we will just have an evening dinner i don't think that i have ever had a thanksgiving day dinner past 2:00pm it makes it seem more like a fancy dinner but you can't have one of those with kids running around. i have got a ton of christmas projects done and i'm hoping to have the rest finished by the first of december so that we can decorate the house. i already started to put up some things. the camera is dead right now but as soon as i can get it charged up today i'll try to remember to take pictures of my favorite christmas decoration that i made this year. more later

just checking in

we finally got snow this weekend but it isn't staying around for long and we didn't get a whole bunch of it. it is really funny because this year we are actually looking forward to the snow. we got the yard all cleaned on saturday just in time for the snow. we made through halloween with some nice weather and now we are ready for the snow so it can start to feel wintery and more like christmas. although i've never really grown up with snow for christmas. it much be all of the movies and tv shows that show that snow and christmas go together. i noticed yesterday in the store that they are already playing christmas music while you shop. now i love christmas music but it does seem a little bit early. then again maybe not we do have less than 60 days for christmas. need to get all of my christmas stuff done better start working faster and stop playing on the computer so much. so if i am even worse at blogging than i already am don't worry i haven't disappeared just busy with the christmas stuff. i try though to update as often as i can remember.

halloween costumes

here are halloween pictures
Hy was a character from an anime show that he watches. i think that his name miruko or something like that.



















kay was of course the corpse bride. i think that her costume turned out pretty good everyone really liked it and she didn't have to tell anyone what she was so that has to tell you that we did a good job on it right.


















here is the only picture i got of jeh because he decided that he was going to take off that night and wasn't around to get a picture of him later. it is a bit blurry because he wouldn't hold still long enough for me to take this picture.
this is a picture of my friends family they obviously went with the wizard of oz theme this year last year they did shrek. thought that they were really fun.

football

here are some pictures from the last football games. i didn't do a very good job of putting them on earlier in the season so you can at least see some from the last games. he really didn't do a whole lot this year since he is just learning but he did have a good time and is looking forward to playing again next year. maybe he will become a great running back and allow me to retire early. his team did really well this year. i think that they won or tied more games than they lost. but no one was really keeping score at most of them. they were able to move the ball alot more than the other teams they played so that shows they were doing pretty good. foot ball is now over until next year. yeah. but i think basketball is coming next.

christmas stuff

here is what our theme is for decorating this year. i found the book at a quilting shop and totally feel in love. the top picture are what i have finished so far and the bottom two show the ornaments and the finished tree skirt. kay is going to help make the ornaments and she is looking forward to it. i tried to do the blanket stiching on my machine but it didn't look as good. hopefully i will have it all done by the first of december so that we can start to decorate. im thinking that i will put some raffia bows on the tree too any other ideas?