Living Planet Aquarium

While Grandpa H was in town the Heinrichs Clan decided to head to the Living a Planet Aquarium. Jeremy and the kids and I have been meaning to see the new aquarium, but never made it until today.

The cousins loved hanging out together and the aquarium was quite a fun place. 

Riley's Baptism

Today was Riley's baptism. Grandpa H, Jeremy and I and the kids headed to the Stake Center in Saratoga Springs for the big event. Since it was a Stake event, there were a lot of people to see their kids, nephews, nieces, grand kids to be baptized. There ended up being 12 kids being baptized which is awesome and poor Riley was near to the end of the list.

 

Picture courtesy from Cristy's Blog

After Riley was dunked under the water he came up and shared that the water was cold. Once the whole baptism program was over we headed over to Landon and Cristy's for a little lunch. It was a nice afternoon hanging out with family, chatting, eating, being lazy. Most of the guest left, however the Heinrichs clan mainly hung to downstairs in the new finished basement. 

Later in the evening Grandpa H, Brooke, Logan and I decided to head out to get some drinks and the waffle Love truck was going to be in Saratoga Springs. So we got four waffles. I introduced the waffle Love truck to Brooke and Logan and Landon and Cristy and Cristy's parents. Everyone LOVED the waffles. 

We stayed a little longer until about 10ish or so and then we decided to head home. It was a great fun Day. Congrats Riley on your awesome accomplishment!

Grandpa H's Arrival

The day after Thanksgiving evening, Grandpa H came to town. Jeremy and I and the kids headed to the airport to pick up Grandpa and then headed to Ichiban for a late dinner.

The adults minus Jeremy enjoyed sushi while Jeremy and the kids enjoyed some noodles. Let the fun weekend begin.

Day After Thanksgiving Tradition

For the day after Thanksgiving, Jeremy and I decided to take the kids to see a movie. It as a toss up between Big Hero 6 and The Penguins of Madagascar. In the end we decided on Big Hero 6 and so glad that we did, it was a great movie. We all loved it and excited to hopefully keep this as a new day after Thanksgiving tradition.

Thanksgiving

This year we had the delightful chance of having our Thanksgiving dinner at our house. For the last two years we have housed Thanksgiving dinner here, so why not one more year. I think this year I started planning WAY too early (November 1) to be exact, however this day arrived pretty quickly.

We were so Thankful to have George and Joyce (Jeremy's Parents), Jennifer (Jeremy's Sister), Brooke and Logan (My Brother and Sister In Law), My Mom and Jeremy the kids and I.

The menu consisted of Deep Fried Turkey, Garlic Mash Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, a very delicious Relish and Meat/Cheese Tray, a delicious fancy green salad, a traditional favorite fruit salad, Rosemary Rolls, my Grandma Hone's famous Red Punch and home made Chocolate and Pumpkin Pies.

After stuffing our faces silly and cleaning up, we sat on the couches to look at the traditional Black Friday Deals in the newspaper.

I know I am probably a broken record, but the main things that I am and will always be grateful for are my Family - my own and my family that raised me and that I grew up with. My religion! I am so proud to be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and I am so thankful to have Heavenly Father and Jesus look over me. I know that we all have our own trials and that we have to learn how to accomplish and make it through, but I know that Heavenly Father and Jesus love me and that they will always help me when I need it. I am thankful for my close friends that they have truly been there for me through thick and thin and I could have not succeeded without them.

I hope everyone out there has a very Happy Thanksgiving!

A Cousin Sleep Over

We had the cousins over for a sleep over. They are very entranced in what they are watching. My kids love hanging out with their cousins.

AAUWJ Holiday Boutique

I volunteered to be on Jack's school Holiday Boutique Committee. We had a ton of vendors one being this guy who dresses up at a Lego guy. Mom also had a booth that attracted a lot of people due to the Plinko board that the kids wanted to play. The turn out of people was AWESOME, it was a fun, tiring night, can't wait until next year.

The Cousins

The kids were invited to hang out at their cousins house which then rolled over into a sleep over. They decided to do a fashion show.

They love hanging out with their cousins and you can't tell that they have fun doing it.

Home Depot Kid Craft

My Brother and his wife usually every month take their kids to Home Depot for a Saturday activity.  Jeremy and I were trying to come up with something for scouts and this activity came to mind. We decided to check it out and it was a big hit. At this class the kids and scouts got to build pallet coasters.