A Late Thanksgiving

I love Thanksgiving. We had a great time together this year. The weather was even good enough to play a rousing game of Speed. The food was great and the pie was even better. How blessed we are to have wonderful family.

Pre-Holiday Cheer

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Twilight

The Sandgren Gals went to see Twilight last night. We had so much fun together. The movie was very good, but I have to claim that there were some cheesey moments. After the movie we went to The Cheesecake Factory. While the men stayed home and watched the "HOLY WAR" (BYU/UTAH game) the women went out and played. I've expressed my love for these women before in an earlier post but I just have to say it again! I LOVE THESE GUYS!!!!

My 27th Birthday!

I had mixed emotions about turning 27. I'm not going to go into huge detail, but I've coped with it. I had a super fun birthday. The celebrations started on the Sunday before the 18th. The in-laws know I love cheesecake and suprised me with one as my birthday cake! (Thanks guys!) Before I blew out the 27 candles that Kelli insisted be on the cake, my family favored me with a very off-key Happy Birthday song. I love the in-laws! On Tuesday, the actually day, I went out to dinner with two of my girlfriends, Rachel and Mel. We had a great time chatting and they made sure to embarrass me because of my birthday. But hey, free dessert never hurt anyone! But the big event came Wednesday. My dear mom gave me Carrie Underwood concert tickets for my birthday! I screamed when she gave them to me, just like a teenager. Tim and I had a blast! She was absolutely incredible. She is such a powerhouse singer and it was so fun. Thanks mama! My week continues as the girls go out to see Twilight on Saturday. Though I will be missing the BYU/Utah game I know that I'm going to have a blast with my sisters and mom-in-law!
Tim suprised me with a beautiful bouquet of roses and a way cute sweater.
(I'm proud of my camera skills with this pic. I thought it turned out awesome!)

Tim and I at the concert, and of course Miss Carrie.
Tim said at the end of the concert that seeing her didn't help his crush!

Thoughts By Isaac

Tim and Isaac had a little conversation Sunday morning that was too cute not to share with you all.
They were talking about Heaven and it went like this,
(Isaac)"Dad, I don't want to go to Heaven before you. I would miss you and Hailey and mommy."
(Tim)"Well, if I go then I will also miss you, Hailey and mommy."
(Isaac)"So, I think it would be best if we all just went together."

A Little Inspiration

I have to share with you all what happened to me today. I was at Maceys in the foyer area trying to get Isaac and Hailey into a shopping cart. I had previously gone to another store and didn't have a good experience with the kids there. I was really on my last nerve and people were just watching me trying to handle me kids, like I was some side show. I finally got them settled into a car cart and totally cut this guy off with my cart, but I really didn't care. I had just started my shopping when that same guy came up to me and told me that he needed to say something. I really wasn't in any mood to listen to some guy lecture me on proper cart manners or something. This is what he said, "It looks like being a mom is really hard, you're doing awesome." I didn't know what to say. I thanked him and went on my way. I wanted to start crying right there in the store. That guy had no clue how much I needed to hear that. Yes, being a mom is super hard and today especially I was having a really hard day with my kids. I really needed to hear that it seemed like I was doing an okay job despite my lack of patience.
Thank you to that guy who took the time to brighten my day. I know that he was inspired to tell me that and I thank Heavenly Father for sending that little message to help me keep going.

"It's Autumn Time, Its Autumn Time . ."

Isaac and Hailey had a fun Saturday morning helping Daddy rake up all the leaves. The only problem is that Isaac buried his toy shovel under one of the piles of leaves and is now lost.

I'm So Proud

When your child arrives at a great milestone in their life you are amazed at their incredible ability. When Isaac came to me one evening to show me what he had figured out how to write I got misty-eyed and thought, yes my child is going places.

We're Going Private!

Hey all - We've decided to set our blog to invited members only. If you don't think that we have your email address please leave a comment so we can add you. We love having our blog available to those who like to see what we are up to, but just feel it time to block it. We've had some random who-knows-where-these-people-came-from comments and want what would be best for our family. Even if you just check up on us randomly, leave your email.

Loves,
Leslie

Happy Halloween!

Our Spooky Little Family

Our Horrific Other Family

Pumpkin Carving

We had a big carving party this year. Tim's family always gets together to carve pumpkins. Hailey was loving the pumpkin guts. She loved squishing it all in her hands. The only bummer was that it was so warm that our pumpkins were totally fried by Halloween.

Starting Halloween off Right

I was getting the kids ready to leave for aerobics this morning at about 9:00am when we got a knock on the door. Isaac hurried and answered it only to find this thing at our door. I looked up and had no clue who it was. It was our neighbor Berkeley. He wanted to come show the kids his Halloween costume. I found it the perfect way to start off this spooky day!
Happy Halloween!!

I got Tagged!

This is the first official time I've been tagged. I hope it's worth it!
This one is called 6 on 6's (or something like that)...

6 TV shows I like to watch:
1. The Office
2. Dirty Jobs
3. 90210 (I know, I know)
4. American Idol
5. Most anything on the Food Network
6. America's Next Top Model

6 Restaurants I like to eat at:
1. Olive Garden
2. Outback
3. Famous Daves
4. Kneaders
5. Bajio
6. PF Changs

6 things that happened today:
1. Hailey went potty!!!
2. I took Isaac to preschool
3. Taught my aerobics class!
4. Downloaded more digital scrapbooking stuff
5. Called Tim to say "hi"
6. Prepared dinner for later

6 things I am looking forward to:
1. The BYU vs. Utah game
2. Trick or Treating
3. Twilight movie
4. A nap
5. The holidays
6. Tim's semester to be over!

6 things on my wish list:
1. Tim to be done with school
2. A house
3. To find a way to pay for Tim's badly needed surgery ASAP!
4. To be satisfied with my body(I'm a female, who knows if that will ever happen!)
5. To have another baby
6. For my family to always stay happy and close to one another

6 people I Tag:
1. Jenny
2. Nancy
3. Julie
4. Mom
5. Kelli
6. Des

Pumpkin Land

Pumpkin Land was so fun. We had a great time together as a family. Tim's mom and sister's family came along with us. Sam and Isaac did manage to get lost in the corn maze. Then grandma went to find them and then she got lost. We picked some great pumpkins to carve. We'll be sure to post the pictures of our amazing carving skills later.

Award Winning Pie

Before

After


I never win anything!!! And my apple pie won 1st place at our Relief Society's bake off! I know huge accomplishment huh? Tim was proud!