Here is a little taste of our night at SYTYCD:

This is the hummingbird and the flower:

Get out the red lipstick, it's Cabaret!:

Hairspray:

SYTYCD

AMAZING!!! We went to So You Think You Can Dance last night and it was phenomenal! We were on the floor, middle section, seven rows back. It was so awesome being able to see all their facial expressions and every detail of every move. They did a bunch of the season favorites including, but not limited to: The hummingbird and the flower (yes, they brought Hok back), the angel and the devil, the latin one "Hip Hip Chin Chin" with Lacey and Danny, the hip hop skeleton one with Pasha and Lauren, the West coast swing, Amazing Grace, the contemporary one with Lacey and Kameron, Disco with Neil and Sabra, the board room with the table by Neil and Sabra, the princes, the vagabonds, the Wiz, the Cabaret number, the group swamp number, the lion king group one.... so many more. Then they had about four or five new numbers. There was a new Hairspray group number, Hok, Dominic, and Sara did a new hip hop number, Pasha and Anya did a new ballroom number... Everyone did solos as well. It was two and a half hours long! I think everyone left the stadium dancing; you'll see Jefferson and I with our jazz hands. :) I don't even know what else to say about it, except for, when can I sign up for dance lessons?! (thank you Michelle for babysitting our children!)

Thankful for fun

We spent this last week in Klamath with my whole side of the family for Thanksgiving. We had an amazingly fun time. Between DDR, the girls in our nuggy pants, the Christmas tree almost falling in our living room, "Dad, you have glitter on your face", card making, puzzle putting, home video watching, face stuffing, tee pee playing, kitty holding, and four wheeling... there was a lot of laughing. I sure am thankful for such a wonderful family. We hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!

Grandma & Grandpa Stewart with the grandkids in their Christmas pj's....

Thanksgiving Dinner...

Tree getting...

Cousins: Carter & Grayson:

Mommy Moment: Prayer time

Carter is the best at remembering to pray. He'll constantly remind us that we need to pray at meals by just sitting there with his arms folded until we say the prayer. Granted, he'll usually sneak a few bites of food during the prayer, but still pretty impressive for a 1 1/2 year old. His folding has improved over the last few weeks. He used to just tuck both of his hands beneath his chin, but now he actually folds his arms. The trick is to get this habit to stick for the rest of his life.

You Say It's My Birthday!

So, yes, today is my birthday. Usually I wouldn't really be announcing that, but I do have to let you know how wonderful my husband is. It is just after 7am and already I have been served breakfast in bed and two tickets to see "So You Think You Can Dance"!!!!! (the tour) It is the Tuesday after Thanksgiving and we have the best seats! They are on the floor, middle section, 7 rows back! I think I am going to die!!! For any of you not addicted to the show, you are missing out! It is incredible. I would even venture to say better than "American Idol." That good! Then, on Jefferson's way to school he called to let me know that he had made some arrangements for a beautiful sunrise. I looked outside, and sure enough, it was a beautiful hot pink sunrise. Happy 25th Birthday to me! :)

Lettuce Wraps

Here is a delicious recipe for lettuce wraps:

1.5 lbs ground turkey
1 tbsp. olive oil
1 tsp. Chinese 5 spice
1-3 tsp Szechwan seasoning (Mcormicks. Amount depends on how spicy you like it)
8 oz can drained water chesnuts, finally chopped (i just slip them in my food processor)
1 cup shredded carrots (or again, i just pop them in my food processor)
1/2 cup sliced green onions
1/2 cup chopped, toasted nuts (pecans are yummy)
1-4 tbs soy sauce
(you can also add a small shredded zucchini if you want to add some more veggies, I don't really like them so I usually don't use one)

*Cook meat in skillet with oil and seasoning. Add remaining ingredients. Cook and stir 2-3 minutes. Spoon into bibs of lettuce. YUMMY! I usually serve brown rice on the side.

Shout out

I just wanted to give a shout out to my little sister Alli. She just got accepted into the social work program at BYUI. I am so proud of her!! We, of course, were not surprised that she was accepted, but still very excited for her. She is amazing!

(isn't she cute?!)

Blog makin'

I have had a few people ask me where I got my blog layout... I actually designed it! I am quite proud of myself for being as computer illiterate as I am. If you visit http://sjhblogdesign.blogspot.com/ she walks you through how to download different digital scrapbook pages and how to put them into the html of your blog. I am probably not making any sense, but just go to that website and you'll see what I mean. Happy blog designing!

Happy Days

Here is my smiley little girl. She really is this happy all of the time! Ok, most of the time. Unless she is really tired or hungry, she will just smile and talk all day. It doesn't take much to get a smile out of her and that makes her mama smile.