I still haven’t finished telling you about my Saturday! We started it off with Breakfast w/ Santa, Secret Santa Shopping at Target, then my Dad (who was up for the day) and Jason made the frame for the playground roof. There’s still a lot to do, but it’s a start.

That night I went to Katri’s big birthday bash! (Katri’s in the middle). Holy cow that girl can throw a party! She had a fresh sushi bar w/ chefs and all. Yummy!!

Since we were all together we couldn’t resist a photo op on Katri’s amazing stair case.

Once the Karaoke started, the party went to the next level! Here are Rebecca’s Greg and Rochelle’s Greg totally hamming it up while singing a duet of “I Just Called to Say I Love You.”

I completely LOST IT! Yep, all composure and self-control completely gone. It was hysterical as both Greg’s are laid back and this was very unexpected. (To say the least.)

I can’t sing, but I can dance! Like my air-guitar? Jason, my man, was unable to attend. He went to a different party that night. (We had 3 parties scheduled for that night. Can you say bummer!)

But, look what Jason brought home! As a parting gift, he got this Star Ornament w/ the Legend of the Star poem.

It was so beautiful, I went ahead and put it up on Executive Homemaker. So you can simply print out the card and attach it to a star ornament or star cookies for a quick easy gift.

What activities or games do you like to play/do at parties? I need some ideas.

I had fully intended on doing this last Friday but all of a sudden it was Monday! oops. 😉

Friday Fill-In #46

1. The things I give thanks for this Thanksgiving are an eternal family, good health, and fabulous friends.
2. My Thanksgiving traditions include a fun kiddie dessert like this one, a craft with my boys like The Tablecloth, and a Gratitude Tree.
3. The best part about Thanksgiving is the food.
4. My favorite Thanksgiving food is pumpkin pie.
5. ______ was the most embarrassing thing that ever happened to me on Thanksgiving. (I block out everything bad and embarrassing. ha ha. I really have no idea, Davis probably broke something valuable at someones house. 😉
6. After the meal, I clean up. {{bummer}}
7. Tonight I’m looking forward to organizing my house top to bottom getting ready for company, tomorrow my plans include buying new sheets for my guest bed and Wednesday, I want to take my family to the Dallas Aquarium!

Happy Thanksgiving Ladies!! I hope you all travel safely and have a wonderful time with your families. If you want some fun Thanksgiving decor, food, and tradition ideas – go over to Tip Junkie.

…when you’re done having kids?

(From the Ugly Baby Contest – Crying)

10. When you’re in the store and your sister says, “Isn’t that baby so cute?” You look at the baby and can honestly say no.

9. When you won’t tango with your man while you’re ovulating. 😉

8. When you see girls at church that are unkempt, and you no longer have to fight the urge to grab them and do their hair.

7. While planning future family events – you only have the current kiddos in mind and it feels right. (No more planning around pregnancies.)

6. When you give all your baby stuff to your sister and are so excited to have the extra attic room!

5. When you come to terms that the ache you feel for wanting a daughter IS the trial, not the process of raising one.

4. When you no longer linger in the girl clothes department.

3. When you see other mothers and daughters together you think of all the problems you won’t have to deal with instead of all the experiences you’ll miss out on.

2. When you find the words “Honey, it’s time I get snipped.” from your husband the most romantic words, and you fall in love with him all over again.

(Old picture)

1. When you look at a picture of your 3 boys and feel content that your family is complete.

Friday was a fun day of shopping and lots of food! First off, Melissa surprised me with a belated birthday gift of all her favorite things. She used this idea I posted on Tip Junkie using a Sonic cup holder! It was so thoughtful and it meant so much to me that she not only was reading TipJunkie but also found it useful. Thanks Melissa!!

Next, Park City and lunch at the Loco Lizard. Yummy! As usual Lisa picked out the best food and we all had to have a taste.

Then, some shopping. Here’s Rachel’s blogging debut. She’s the most beautiful and mellow baby I’ve ever been around. Melissa had to RUB IT IN all day. She’s 4 months old and a very good sleeper. When awake she’s completely content to just hang out.

Here we are trying to keep warm. I borrowed her for a little bit.

Friday night, the financial peeps I’m working with happened to be throwing a seminar, so we went and got motivated to increase our net worth. Afterwards, we had dinner with the co-founder and several new friends.

Yes, we actually went to the Texas Roadhouse Grill. It was a bit weird going to a Mexican restaurant that afternoon and a steakhouse that night – both are BETTER in Texas. (Sorry, truth hurts sometimes.)

We haven’t stopped laughing since we got here…

Hey Ladies, I’m on my way to Utah this weekend! Yeah! My sister, Lisa, and I are flying up this Thursday evening and will only be there for the weekend.

I’m coming up to see my very good friend, Melissa, who after having 3 boys had a girl! Yeah! I can’t wait to see the little princess. (This is the 3 of us in NYC when I was pregnant with Drake.)

If you’d like to meet for lunch this Saturday in Salt Lake, leave a comment and let me know. I’d love to meet you in person!!

Just so you won’t be disappointed when you see me, you should know that I’m short 5′ 3″ and I don’t have a Texas accent. 😉

Shoot yeah we can! Just call us Bob the Builder and Wendy. 😉 Over the weekend Jason and I built a playground for the boys. Let’s just say it was a bigger undertaking than I had imagined.

Here is the left side of the backyard before.

Here is all the dirt I dug out to make a trench so the playground would be level.

Here is what 3 boys do in 75 degree weather while their parents are busy building: Play under the trampoline and stuff your shirt with rocks. 😉

Here it is 17 hours later!! Can you believe we still have two A-line roofs, the bottom floor, and a bench to finish? It totally doesn’t look like it should have taken that long. Oh well, we’re completely exhausted but that baby is level and able to withstand 3 boys.

Seriously, the sacrifices we make for our kids. 😉

We went to our last Halloween party on Saturday. I can hear you saying “What?”. Every year we have 2 amazing parties on the same night but this year we lucked out and this party was scheduled for the weekend after Halloween. Lucky us. We had such a great time as a family.