Save the Date

William Calban IV

looks forward to celebrating with you

at his parent’s wedding

on 22 March 2008

Las Vegas, Nevada

Invitation and weekend itinerary to follow

please RSVP intent in comment section

Remember this?

Leah's post reminded me of the time that I saw this:











Remember that?


Just kidding. But since we're all Disney-philes here, here's a cool site that I thought that you'd all get a kick out of. Cheers!

Belangers

While posting one day I had clicked on my spell check button(cause you never know) and it had highlighted the word BELANGER'S as if had been misspelled. I was curious what the options were to replace BELANGER with and these were the choices: 1. Bel Anger's

2. Banger's

3. Clanger's

4. Blinker's

5. Blanker

I thought that was so funny that those were the alternate choices of our "misspelled" name!!! I know sometimes we ARE banger's, clanker's, blinker's, AND blankers! (Wait, what was I saying?! Oh yeah, sorry... I just totally blanked!) Any how, pretty funny, right?

The Ghosts of Hannah and Alejandro

We went to the festival of lights at the Springs Preserve tonight. We took some fun (and eerie) shots of the lights and ate a quick bite at the Cafe before heading home.

Lady and the tramp!!

Flying High!!
Who knew Hannah could do the splits and that Danny can squat.
Danny doing a flip. (I never could catch him upside down.)

View them and weep!

For those of you who were unable to come with us on our little excursion to Cedar Breaks today, you missed spectacular views, balmy 15 degree weather, and great root beer. (Oh, and snow too.)

Things I'm thankful for.

Yesterday we had our family scripture study in the midst of preparing our feast and though the chapter was not an extraordinary one, I really had an overwhelming feeling of blessedness. We read Pahoran's reply to Moroni calling him out for not supporting the troops and it reminded me of Marky and Liz and Billy and Dave and all the other people who "sign up" for the love of home, and country and liberty. I was also feeling especially grateful for the Puritans seeking the freedom to worship God. They gave up every comfort, everything familiar and trusted God to protect them and support them. As I cooked my turkey in my gas oven and whipped the sweet potatoes in my KitchenAid while my roll dough was being mixed in my bread maker, I realized we had few fears, few needs unmet and luxuries that 400 years ago were unimaginable. I was also feeling grateful for my mom and her kitchen that I have been borrowing this week. I couldn't have prepared two turkeys and everything else without her. I was grateful to be able to share our comforts with friends who were likewise removed from faraway family and give my husband the thing he misses most on a holiday- a crowd. I was grateful for my kids who helped whenever they were asked, even if they weren't asked "nicely" and are so welcoming to friends in our home. I was grateful when everyone left and I could go to sleep while my husband cleaned up. What a guy! I'm grateful for all of you and hope each of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving wherever you were and whoever you were with.

Turkey for Two

Our first Thanksgiving dinner as a family
Our deep fried Turkey!! No, it's not burnt


He wanted to watch his mommy cook and football

His head is to big for his beanies

Happy Thanksgiving From Mark!

This is the second Thanksgiving that Mark has missed with the family. He misses all of us, and we love and miss him too. There signs says Happy Thanksgiving 2007. Can you find Waldo or Mark?

Hannah's Home!! Yeah!!

The whole gang at the Stake Center.
Hannah with the nieces and nephews.