Long Weekend

It was so nice to have had the last four days off of work. Thanksgiving was nice to spend time with my dad's family and get to see Brent's family also. We ate plenty of turkey. Friday morning I braved the mall with my mom at 5 a.m., I wasn't really set out to get anything specific, I just think it's fun! After shopping we went with Brent's parents to pick our their Christmas tree. We don't get a real tree since our cats have been known to knock the tree down, so it was great for Audrey to experience chopping down the tree, it was great for me too, since I don't remember doing that when I was younger. Friday night we enjoyed pizza with my parents.

Saturday we had the salsa party here and then got to head out to Meadowbrook Stables where my friend Bonnie boards her horse Rocky. Audrey was a little scared of the horse, but felt a little braver touching him after Lucy did. It was fun too see all of the horses and especially when Dolly the llama spit in Bonnie's face, it was classic.

Today we got the house all decked out for the holidays. It was great to see Audrey's face when she woke up from her nap and their was a tree in the living room all lit up. I saved the decorating for her to help when she got up, she absolutely had a blast. I will never forget when she saw the stocking hanging up and said, "What are those socks doing?" Brent and I enjoyed a date night tonight and had supper at the Olive Garden and then shopped at Home Depot for new outdoor lights, our dates are incredibly romantic.


Bonnie and Rocky, he is super cute, check out that tongue!

Lucy getting Bonnie's helmet on ready for her ride on Rocky.

Can you beleive this was Heidi and Lucy's first ever ride on a horse, so cool!

Audrey getting ready to box it out with Tina and Thor's stockings.

Wood Salsa Competition 2010

Today we had our annual Salsa Competition, it was a success. Lots of tasty salsa's to sample and lots of good friends and family to hang out with. We had some newcomers this year and Chris won with his famous pico de gallo.

Lucy and Audrey enjoying some lunch.

Chris and Doug heading through the salsa line.

The 2010 Salsa Champ!

As Promised

I know you have all been waiting to see our new dishwasher, okay, maybe nobody else is as excited as we are, but this is our outdated dishwasher that broke.




Here is our new dishwasher, ha!

We are huge dorks, we all had to take a shot at getting our picture in the empty space.

The new dishwasher, it's so pretty and quiet, love it!

Big Doings!

Does this look like a girl who finally accomplished something like pooping on the potty?
That is right, after a few months of potty training, Audrey finally pooped on the potty and was so excited. She got to pick out a fun prize and chose a Barney video which Brent is about ready to throw out the window. But, she did earn that fine Barney video and the ring pop that made her mouth look this scary:) Let's hope we can keep this up!

My Wish List

When I was in Batesville, IN, I used this coffee pot every day and fell in love!


An endless scarf, is that what this is called? Not sure, but they are so fun.

Backless Slippers

Brent thinks I need to be a little safer out on the slopes with a helmet.

Inside Activity

We enjoyed lots of playdo time during the snowstorm on Saturday and lots of coloring. Audrey was incredibly interested in the snow falling outside, but did not want to go out and play in it at all, bummer. Hopefully at some point this winter she will want to put on her boots and snowpants.

Saturday night Brent and I went out to the new Hibachi/Sushi place in town, it was great! Such a fun place to have dinner.

New Vacume

You know this blog needs help when I start posting pictures of my vacume. Seriously though, we got a new vacume a couple weeks ago and I can't believe how excited I am about it. It's amazing, we have a pet hair problem and this vacume does wonders. It even sucked up my phone charger today and ripped it apart. This thing has some serious power. If you find this interesting, wait until I can blog next week about our new dishwasher. Things are exciting at the Wood house!

Fall Weekend

We had a nice weekend here even if I was working this weekend. The weather was perfect. We went on a date last night, just the three of us, to Applebees. Today Audrey and I hung out with Heidi and Lucy this morning while Brent worked. After nap we got the leaves raked in the backyard and then had our parents over for chili. It was a great fall weekend.

Layers are so in! Audrey is sporting two dresses in this picture, she just loves them both.


Taking a break from the raking.

Our week in pics

Checked out the latest toy catalog that came in the mail.


Tried to get a picture to show off my new haircut!

Put on lots and lots of chapstick or as Audrey calls it "chap lips."

Played with Thor while sporting my new skinny jeans!

Fun Times

These were some funny photos from our shoot with Heidi:

Doesn't this look like my senior pictures, ha?

Our little Princess

We had a great time trick or treating on Sunday night with Audrey. She really got into it this year and we practiced with what to say at the houses and to say Thank You when you get candy. Audrey had a blast and so did mom and dad. I think since our street is so quiet we don't get many trick or treaters so the people tend to overload the kids with candy, so I think all we will ever need to do is go up and down our street, Audrey's bucket was full by the end of the night.

We were glad Audrey was feeling good enough to go out, we took her into Urgent Care earlier in the day and found out she has a double ear infection. She is a real trooper. Sometimes I think we end up taking her in so late, becuase its really hard to tell with her when she is sick. I am so glad she is on the mend.