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It's been a little while, and I'm due for a new post! I guess October was so dang action packed, we took it easy in November? But, you know us... takin it easy doesn't mean much! We still managed to do a few fun things:

Messy Mills... still:)

My friends met up at a condo for a GIRLS NIGHT!!!

Thank heaven for AWESOME FRIENDS!
Seriously, my friends are like sisters to me. People always tried to tell us- "you'll never see your highschool friends again..." Well, we've stayed pretty dang close! It's fun to have a group like ours where we all know everything about each other & we can talk about anything & help each other out. It's like a giant support group!
All our babies slept soundly in one room while we stayed up till 6am, laughing & talking about everything under the sun... Good times (except for the sleepyness the next day)!
*and thank you Jaclyn for your cute GIRLS NIGHT basket, and Kattie for your ever lasting BEAN dip... ha ha:)


Oh, & sorry BYU fans... GO UTES!
Classic Smith family TURKEY BOWL!
We love Thanksgiving, I guess cuz we LOVE to EAT:)

NEW TURKEY DAY TRADITIONS...
Well, this year was my first experience with BLACK FRIDAY shopping. Yes, I had to 'borrow' my out-of-town neighbors' paper. Yes, I found a deal of a century on kid sized chairs, and Yes, I fought the crowds & lines and LOVED IT! But next year i'm determined to make it a team effort, with matching t-shirts and everything.
Another tradition I have decided on, is THANKSGIVING CHRISTMAS JAMMIES!!! I can't wait till christmas eve to give my girls their matching holiday jammies then use them for just a few days... so, thanksgiving it is! (but that doesn't mean I won't be able to stop myself from giving them jammies on x-mas eve too)
And that friday after Thanksgiving, I have learned, is a GREAT DAY to bust out the Christmas music, the tree, the lights, the decorations.... AWH, I LOVE IT!
LET THE CHRISTMAS BEGIN!!!

Okay, milly was so stinkin cute with all the boxes of decorations. She was in her own heaven, gathering ornaments in her arms, pulling everything out of boxes (& into her mouth)... It was darling, and she LOVES the tree, well taking off & on the ornaments!

Happy Halloween WEEK!!!

TRICK OR TREAT!

Cinderella, Her Pumpkin & The Fairy God-Mother:

TRICK-or-TREATing with friends...

Amelia's first experience at Trick-or-Treating... SO DANG CUTE!!! She LOVED it...

First off, MILLY LEARNED: PUMPKIN BUCKET=CANDY!!!- Her favorite thing in all this world! She did NOT let go of this pumpkin all night, and would scream if you tried to touch it.
She held my hand to walk & at the door would hold out her bucket, saying "hi, hi"! When a bowl of candy was held out, she learned quick that all it took was to grab the candy & put it in her bucket as fast as she could till I stopped her!
What an awesome new concept for a kid: I hold out this bucket & I get TREATS?... At EVERY door I KNOCK ON???

She discovered that if she got started on a box of Nerds, she could actually EAT through 1/2 the box & suck the Nerds OUT... lets just say, she LITERALLY ATE 3 boxes of NERDS!!!

Princess friends going Door to Door: 

Rylee loved being the first to hop inside as soon as the door opened:)

Then, MORE... with the RALPHS cousins:


And finally... THE LOOT!!!

Amelia could not have been more in Heaven:

EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE ACTUAL DAY OF HALLOWEEN:
Okay, HOLY Halloween PARTIES! Wowsers... I had NO idea that the week of Halloween was as fun & party-packed as Christmas??? Man, there is SO many fun activities to do around this time of year!

Smith Cousins:


Ralphs' Cousin Party:
Thanks Grandma Laurie!


Ward party: FAIRIES!
(we thought we'd switch up the costumes for a night!)

PlayGroup Halloween Playschool!

Ghost, Ghost... BOO! A Doughnut walk!


We can say, it was a HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

The PUMPKIN PATCH!!!

Picking out Pumpkins for Amelia's Birthday party...

Hmmm...

FOUND SOME!

The CORN MAZE was aMAZEingly cute!

And Bringin the pumpkins to OUR homemade Pumpkin Patch!

OUR LITTLE PUMPKIN IS ONE!!!

Here is AMELIA's pumpkin-themed FIRST BIRTHDAY party...

*Welcome to AMELIA's PUMPKIN PATCH:

We didn't actually grow these pumpkins, but we DID grow the vines... we only grew a few green pumpkins? We bought these at a real pumpkin patch, & cleared out our garden to make our own!

I have to say, I LOVE BIRTHDAYS!!! Everything from the decked out invites to the killer cakes! I had SO much fun planning Amelia's party:)

We all enjoyed picking a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch, and Decorating it:

We have such great family & friends!

Mmmm... BIRTHDAY CAKE!!!!

The BIG ROUND PUMPKIN was specially for Amelia to dive into, but it looked a little intimidating... so she dove into a cupcake from the cupcake pumpkin!

Then, somebody got a little FREAKED out of that dang birthday hat that fell off her head...
IT's HER PARTY, SHE CAN CRY IF SHE WANTS TO!!!

A few people broke the rules & brought presents, but Amelia didn't seem to mind:)

Amelia really had a great time at her birthday party! She may not even remember or appreciate it, but at least we have pictures:) ha ha... What's NOT to celebrate about a FIRST BIRTHDAY, right? Plus, it may or may not just be an excuse for me to throw a party?
Either way, it was SO CUTE, & SO FUN!!! I can't wait for Rylee's....