Thanksgiving

I'm a little late on a Thanksgiving post but we had such a fun day. Holiday's are sometimes hard with two families but Thanksgiving always works out perfect for us. We first went with my family and ate at Tuscany at 12:30, yum...then we went over to Al's parents for dinner and games at 6:00. Two Thanksgiving dinners in one day was great but I was stuffed! This weekend was so nice getting things done, sleeping in, going to the Jazz game and decorating for Christmas!

My friend Meghan tagged me a few days ago about things that I am thankful for so here it goes...

• My amazing family and for having such in-laws. They all show their love and support constantly and I could never thank them enough for all that they do.
• For having the most amazing friends, I wouldn't be who I am today without them.
• For having a roof over my head, food to eat, cars to drive.
• That we both have good jobs that we like.
• Our neighborhood. I LOVE where we live and am so grateful for all of the friends Ive met out here! I know we're meant to live here and I know that we've met lifelong friends.
• For our ward and church callings. We have met such great people in our ward who have helped us feel so welcome and we have the best callings. I love my Young Women and will die when I get released!
• I am grateful for the gospel and for what an amazing blessing it has been in my life.
• For our healthy bodies.
• And especially for my Al! He is the best husband who puts up with me and will do anything to make me happy. I'd be lost without him!

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving weekend!

birthday boy benj.

cutie benji back in the day

happy birthday big bro! youre the best brother a girl could ask for.

obsess much?

seriously-loved it!! completely exceeded my expectations by far.

i was not a big fan of the people who played edward and bella at first, but they did such a good job!

some of the cullen's looked a little hokey but other than that i loved all of the characters they chose.

the way i imagined everything while reading the book really did come to life.

and jacob--was he hot or what?! i may be biased though since im a jacob fan. i loved edward too though.

but really, just go see it, if you havent already. maybe i'll see you there since im planning on going like 5 more times. at least.

me & katie getting ready for the midnight showing. notice our sweet tats.
mal, maddie, me and katie excited for it to start. of course we had to get twilight shirts!

now i cant wait for new moon.

me, myself and i

• I am: a wife, daughter, sister, Miamaid advisor, friend, neighbor.
  
• I think: about the future.
  
• I know: that everything will be ok in the end.
  
• I want: to go out of town.
  
• I have: the best family and friends in the world.
  
• I dislike: blue cheese.
  
• I miss: being young and carefree.
  
• I fear: losing the people who are most important to me.
  
• I feel: nervous to start a new job.
  
• I hear: other people in my office working.
  
• I smell: nothing.
  
• I crave: sushi.
  
• I usually: wake up. work. eat dinner. watch tv. repeat.
  
• I cry: when im frustrated or overwhelmed.
  
• I search: blogs, the MLS, ebay, google.
  
• I wonder: what will happen.
  
• I regret: some decisions ive made.
  
• I wish: i was in shape.
  
• I love: my family, friends, neighborhood, movies, food.
  
• I care: about my family and friends.
  
• I always: have to get 8 hours of sleep, at least!
  
• I worry: about what will happen.
  
• I am not: on time, EVER.
  
• I remember: nothing, i have the worst memory.
  
• I believe: in the gospel.
  
• I sing: songs from musicals.
  
• I argue: when im frustrated.
  
• I write: on my blog...ive never been so good at the journaling thing.
  
• I win: sometimes.
  
• I lose: at a lot of games, probably because i am not very competitive.
  
• I don't understand: a lot of things.
  
• I can usually be found: at work or my house.
  
• I need: to go shopping.
  
• I forget: everything.
  
• I am happy: when im with my family and friends.

I Tag: Mal, Kim, Linds, Brina, Mall, Meghan.

BHS Fundraiser Boutique

This year, Brighton High is raising money for The Christmas Box House. One way they are doing this is by having a boutique with local vendors. SO...for those of you who have a side business selling stuff, or KNOW someone who does, LISTEN UP!!

It is going to be on Wednesday, December 10th at BHS from 5-7pm. Each vendor will be charged $25 to have a booth, (all of which goes to the Christmas Box House), and then you get to keep any money you make from your sales. So it is for a good cause and you'll make money while doing it!

For those of you who dont have anything to sell...JUST COME!! They already have a number of awesome venders lined up! So come support The Christmas Box House, BHS and my darling little sister who is the Senior Class Pres.

Comment or email me with any questions and I'll get you all of the details sjhogan8@gmail.com

f.h.e.

i promise that after this post i am done with posting halloween festivities until next year! we had the busiest, but funnest october and this was our final halloween event (thanks to alan getting sick on halloween night and not being able to go a party...sorry again abs.) last monday my parents, sister, brother and his girlfriend came out to daybreak for a little chick-fil-a and pumpkin carving. al and i had already carved pumpkins this year but our's were gross and shriveled-up so we needed fresh pumpkins for our front porch on halloween night!

at the patch
getting started

our masterpiece's

0ur freaky evil goblin-thing, katie's cute ghost, bud & eliza's skeleton

i'm so sad halloween is over, i seriously love october. until next year i guess!

PS-Yea for this being my 100th post! Ive never stuck with something for so long...especially not journaling (I probably have less than 100 journal entries total for the past 23 years.) Hopefully I can keep it up!

annual halloween parties

Last Saturday, October 25th, we went to two of our annual Halloween parties...one with Alan's family and another with my friends, both were so fun. I seriously cant believe I'm posting these pictures because we looked SO gross, well I did at least (brown long hair with bangs is not a good look on me!)--but it's the memories that count I guess!

First we went to the family party at Al's aunt's house and it was a lot of fun with some awesome costumes. I really wish I would have taken more pictures because there were some way good costumes, but here are a few....

Al, me, Mal and Jadi aka Zack, Kelly, Jessie and AC Slater from Saved By The Bell
Al's dad was the joker--it was freaky!
Al's cute grandparents

Next we headed over to The Whitney's for Annie and Megan's party that they throw every year. We had a hypnotist come and it was hilarious! I haven't laughed that hard in the longest time (maybe it was because the guy "hypnotized" the audience to laugh a lot during the show?!), but seriously-I was dying! Some of the highlights were Brooke's belly dance, Nate's amazing dance while modeling a huge stuffed animal snake and Jeff and Dan's ballet!

Zack and Kelly
High School Friends
Daybreak Friends

The entire group

Since I don't have kids of my own I have to blog about my friends cute kids!!

Graham the Caterpillar, Tessa the Tiger and Tayci the Lady Bug

Thanks Whitney's and Crockett's! Cant wait until next year!