For the month of November

We did this...

Samantha started a preschool class at the rec center. She gets to bring her own lunch and so we went to the store to find a lunch bag. She chose a Hannah Montana bag, gee what a surprise! (not) Even though its only once a day for 6 wks, she loves going and having her friend Kami with her!

We went to the Phoenix zoo on Veterans Day with some friends. Samantha didn't go because she had a birthday party to go to. So it was just me and Kayla! It was a beautiful day for walking around the zoo! But it was SUPER BUSY!

Kayla and her friend Lexi.

One of the few peacocks that were roaming around the zoo.

A Komodo Dragon!

The orangutans are one of my favorite animals to look at! This one is laying under a blanket! So funny!

Lots of monkeys to see up close in Monkey Village!

This was so cool! We got to pet stingrays for the first time!

Kayla just about to pet a stingray!

Kayla and her class were learning about electricity so they all got into groups and made their own houses with lights. When the parents came to see them, the room was dark and all the houses were lit up like it was Christmas! I thought that Kayla's group had the best house, and I'm not being biased at all!

A closer view of their house.


The best day of the month was Nov. 20th when I went to see the most anticipated movie of the year...NEW MOON!!! The movie was AWESOME! The actors were AWESOME! The wolves were AWESOME! The vampires were AWESOME! My friends Alacey and Jackie and I had a AWESOME TIME!!


Thanksgiving at our house. I cooked the turkey which I hadn't done in years! So I was a little nervous about it but with tips from my mom, it turned out really good! We just had my mom and stepdad over because my grandma and aunt and uncle couldn't make it. So we had LOTS of food left over! We stuffed ourselves till we almost popped! I was going to take more pictures but forgot about it. Oh well, I'm just thankful that we had a yummy dinner and a nice visit with my family!


Last but certainly not least...we put up our Christmas tree! We bought a new (used) tree a few weeks ago at a yard sale for only 15 bucks! Its taller and a lot fuller than our last one! We are really excited for Christmas!