Happy Holly Days!!

The city of Vernal has started having a little thing they like to call Holly Days. It takes place the day after Thanksgiving. They have events all day, all over the city. The best part....IT'S TOTALLY FREE!!!!!! So we cannot pass up free! I don't think we have ever in our lives passed up free, unless it was a free punch in the face or something. We piled the kids in the car and off we went. We decided to go to Western Park where they were have a midway type thing. Games, those blow up Jolly Jumpers, cotton candy and churros. Awesome right? All of it was totally free and they were giving prizes and everything. It was cool. We started off getting cotton candy. Then the kids decided to try the go-carts (pictured above). Luke was the first one on. I know you are saying to yourself "Kati, why are you letting Luke go on this go-cart?" in a shocked kind of voice. I will reply by saying something like "I don't think they go that fast." Or "Luke rarely gets so excited about going on any type of thing like this so why not." After explaining how it works, thumb of right hand presses button to go and speed up. Left hand handle controls the brake. In the middle of trying to make sure he understands....OFF HE GOES!!!! He was doing great and was on the track and everything for about 2 SECONDS!! He kept speeding up and then didn't know what to do with the steering wheel and WHAM!!!! Into the wall he went. All of us were in shock it happened so fast. It cracked the wood on the wall. Don't worry he is fine. He got a bruise on his leg and pinched his thumb. I think his bones are made out of stone. Of course we sat down so he could recover. After about 5 minutes he was ready to try the games. What a kid!! He describes his crash this way:

Happy Black Friday!!!

Yes once again it is that special day where the people of this great country lose their minds and buy more stuff than they need. Wade and I braved the cold at 4:30 AM to head to Walmart in Vernal. It is 30 miles away. The big item we were getting this year? SHEETS!! Yep you read that right. 500 thread count cotton sateen sheets on sale for the low, low price of TWENTY dollars! We could have waited until sane people get up to go shopping but they had limited quantities. Which is code for if you don't get your booty there at 5 AM you are going to have to suffer with 250 thread count sheets and pay more for them! It was a good thing we got there when we did because those sheets were in high demand!!! And the quantities were pathetic.  All in all we feel good about our purchase. When we got home we put the sheets on the bed and crawled back in to make up the ZZZ's we lost. Let me just tell you I think those sheets are magic! Money well spent.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

At Thanksgiving dinner I remember my family would go around the table and say one thing they are grateful for. I used to hate that only because I would get so emotional. I would end up saying something totally shallow because I felt stupid for feeling so ready to cry. I don't say enough how grateful I am for the things I have.  As an adult, more so lately, it has been ok for me to cry and get teared up about the things that touch my heart. I feel blessed. I feel like although this has been a really tough year, we have received so many blessings we can't even number them. 

Since I can't be around all of you on this day of thanks I think everyone should leave a comment of one thing that you are grateful for! 

As for me I am so grateful for so many things this year it is hard to pick one. I am grateful for my testimony of Jesus Christ. I am grateful for my family, who I love dearly. I am grateful for my wonderful home. Ok I will stop now. What are you grateful for ?

Thanksgiving

Lizzie's class is making special place cards for each person that is coming to Thanksgiving Dinner. She kept asking me who was coming and I told her it was just going to be us. I couldn't figure out why she was so upset that it was just us.

 Then I read the note.

So... Anyone who wants to come to Thanksgiving Dinner here can. If not I hope you can live the guilt of making my poor Lizzie cry!

The Return of Sasquatch

I bought some new razors. I found some that were quite a bit cheaper and looked about the same quality  of the kind I had previously purchased. The first time I used one it did great. The second time it didn't seem to be working. No matter what I did that thing would not shave anything! Unfortunately for me I would forget about it the minute I was out of the shower. By the time I usually got in the shower my family has left for the day and I was not getting out of the shower to go and get a new one! Finally after 3 days of a razor that didn't work I was complaining to Wade that the stupid razors were junk and I would have to go buy some more. He seemed to get a funny look on his face. Apparently he had knocked the razor off and the head came off. He thought he had put it back on the right way. So we both go in to look at it. He had put the head on BACKWARDS!  It works great now!  I felt like Sasquatch for those few days! But not anymore!!!

Thank You!

Dear 7•up,

      In this world where everything has gone Topsy Turvey, you have created peace. Thank you for coming up with a soda that is so delicious I wish I could drink it with every meal. A taste that is so harmonious I want to sing its praises. Thank you for making it for a limited time so that I can get hooked and then crave it for the rest of my LIFE! Thank you for giving me something that is actually worth $1.49 of my precious and hard earned money.

Sincerely, 

Kati Allen

3 Really Good Books

OK so I have been reading A LOT lately. I may be behind the times but these are the books I have just finished:

 Miss Potter is a movie. But it is also a book. Both are excellent. I think Beatrix Potter's life is truly interesting. It was a good read.

What does it say about me that I like Young Adult books? Hattie Big Sky has won some awards and for good reason. It was a FANTASTIC book.  The author wrote about her Great Grandmother (I think) who Homesteaded 320 acres in Montana in 1917 ALONE. She was just 16 years old. I laughed and I cried. 

Star Girl has been around for a while. I think that it has an interesting message. Definitely a must read. 

I think that it is hard to find good books with out a lot of junk in them. With these books I really felt enlightened and uplifted.  

Happy Halloween!!

Luke was a musketeer again!

Lizzie was a ballerina princess!!! She also had a cold so she wasn't in the mood for pictures!

We had a decent Halloween. We went to the "truck r treat" as it was advertised in our ward. Then we got some ice cream and came home to watch a movie.  Wade and I had fun and the kids seemed happy so all in all it was good. Next year we are planning a fun party in our new backyard!!!

I guess I need to post a disclaimer: Hannah did get dressed up and she did go "truck r treating". I just didn't take any pictures. She dressed up the same as she did for her Halloween concert minus the blue hair. We used it all Thursday night and we couldn't find anymore hair color in Roosevelt. Thus, no pictures