twinkle star

We put up our Christmas tree today. Corbin was really excited when he saw the star that would go on top. He started singing "Twinkle, twinkle, little star." I thought it was so cute, so I ran and got the camera and made him sing it again :)


We also have some smaller trees with lights on them. One of them is maybe 2 feet tall, so I thought it would be fun to put it in Corbin's room. Tonight as we were tucking him into bed, Corbin gave me and then Clark a hug and kiss, and then he ran over to his tree and gave it a hug as well. So cute! I am so excited for Corbin to experience this Christmas (and I think he is pretty excited about it too!)

gobble gobble

We had such a great Thanksgiving. My parents and two of my brothers, Troy and Kyle, were able to come out and visit. Our little townhouse was full to the brim, and it was so much fun!

Here is a list of some of the things we did while they were here:

* Ate a wonderful Thanksgiving meal

* Played catch outside, and enjoyed the beautiful weather

* Played lots of board games

* Kyle, Troy, Clark and I went to a DU (University of Denver) hockey game. I had never been to a hockey game before, and I really enjoyed it. Corbin stayed home with my parents and watched "Cars" While watching the movie, Corbin looked up at his grandparents and said, "I so happy"

Corbin helping make rolls Here is Corbin in his football helmet.
Black licorice buddies

Snuggling up to watch "Cars"

zoo day

Corbin and I went to the zoo today. We had a lot of fun looking at all the animals. Corbin's favorite thing was the duck/geese pond area. We stayed there for at least 10 minutes. He loved watching the ducks swim, splash, and dive under the water.

I looked out the window...

Making binoculars is one of my favorite crafts to do with my Sunbeam classes. We make them for either the "I am thankful for my eyes" lesson, or the "I am thankful for birds" lesson.
This last weekend we finished up a roll of paper towels, so I decided to make Corbin his first set of binoculars. He has had so much fun playing with them! Today he was looking through them and singing, "look out window...popcorn tree!"

I was doing laundry the other day, and Corbin was coloring. Corbin was doing a great job of putting lids back on the markers, and only coloring on the paper. So I thought he would be okay while I ran upstairs to hang up Clark's work shirts before they became wrinkled. I was wrong. I came down 2 minutes later, and Corbin was covered in marker. How could I get mad, though, when he held out his arms and said, "Look Mommy! It's boo-tiful"

Our Utah trip

We went to Utah last week for my Grandma Burton's funeral. The service was beautiful, and I was able to laugh, cry, reminisce, and even learn a few new things about my grandma. Here are a few more memories of Grandma:
* She could yodel!
* When she was a little girl she didn't have a left-handed baseball mitt, so she just turned around a right-handed mitt, and used that.
* Grandma was a great seamstress. She made blankets for all the new brides in the family. She also hemmed my temple dress just hours before it was time for me to enter the temple for the first time.
* More than one person at the funeral mentioned that Grandma made everyone feel like he/she was her favorite.


While we were in Utah Clark and I went with Troy and Travis and saw the play, "Little Shop of Horrors" which was really fun. We also stayed for Halloween. Corbin loved his Elmo costume, and he thought trick-or-treating was the greatest. The day after Halloween, we were walking to church and Corbin kept asking if he could trick-or-treat again at all the houses we passed.

Here is a really funny video of Corbin's cousin Rex doing push-ups.

And here is a video of the boys going for horsie rides.