Beauty Squared

I Finally made my way to Kuna to meet my new little nieces Maggie & Abbey! You can't believe how little they are and how much there siblings love love love them - especially Dawson! They look like Thornes alright - dimples and all and I think they might end up with Redish hair - TRUE! Beauty & her sister Beautiful lay in little bassinetts right by each other and it was just so wonderful to see them. The proud Ma & Pa had everything under control, in fact as I type Molly is at the mall doing some Christmas shopping - all by herself - until I meet her there that is. Tristan is taking the 8 o'clock feeding and she doesn't have to be back till 11 . Can you believe that - good on ya Tris! Just look at these little dollies - I think Maggie - who by the way is in the mostly green outfit looks alot like her darling big brother Dawson. While I was there Bailey informed me that they were in fact twins - Just in case I was wondering why there was two of them. The picture you see of Miss Sassy pants there is her on a fake phone and she had just said to whomever she was "talking" to " There home and they are safe and healthy!" Funny little purse snatcher that she is. As you can see they are so darling and just look at that proud Momma - and in case you were wondering she totally looks like she was never ever pregnant in her life - but folks she's had 6 babies.

Girls, Aunt Jenny loves you!

Thankful

Happy Thanksgiving ! I just wanted to share a little bit of our fun day. It was just us - Jared & I and the kiddos for thanksgiving. We had crockpot chicken and gooey potatoes, green salad, homeade rolls & of course pumpkin pie and just for fun Wendy's peanut butter brownie bars! Paige decked the Thanksgiving Halls with all her fun projects and the kiddos dressed up in their Thanksgiving best. After naps we all watched Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and then Anna killed us with her best Doug the dog impressions! OH that girl is super funny! Check the video down below for a good giggle! I love my life here with my little family and I feel incredibly blessed. Also take note of Miss Maddie Belle in her ballet performance of Hansel & Gretel - wow Maddie that was sooo good - professional! Also, another thing to be thankful for Jared & I are done with our crazy diet and that is a pic of us enjoying our first chocolate together! Thanks for the See's candy Mitz!

I did miss my family and wish I had been there but we had such fun here at the Holyoak Homestead! Love you all and hope you too had a wonderful Thanksgiving! STay tuned tomorrow for pictures of my beautiful new nieces - Maggie & Abbey - they came home today from the NICU - what a great Thanksgiving for the Thorne's. Good luck Miss Molly - proud Momma of 6 -WHOA!!!!!

Love you all!

Jen

Now that is what I call Art!

Try to imagine that I don't have wood paneling because one day soon I won't. With alot of help from my talented and beautiful sister Ameila (she took the photos) and a bit of effort on my part and Mr. Holyoak as well , I present to you ART in it's finest form! I LOVE IT!!! Thanks Aim! You just recreated my family room! Happy Day and all is Well.

Love ya big,

JEN

the slight tip is me not the pictures!

It's a Good Idea!

Eating your veggies is a good idea, a very, very good idea! My hubby doesn't care much for veggies -well he doesn't care at all for them to be exact. This special diet we've been on , well he has been eating veggies and look what i caught him eating ! GASP!!!! Broccoli - of all veggies this is his least favorite. He continued to eat 2 raw little "trees" of broccoli for about 3 days following this. You laugh but this is big folks! So proud! Look at him - he does look sooo good! In fact he looks HOT!!!

Another good idea and this one is all mine. I decided that we had to get rid of some of this candy around here. Dangerous for dieting! For family night we made candy grams for the kid's primary teachers and some good friends of ours who let us swim in their pool all summer!

Dear Sister Tootsie & Brother Sugar Daddy............ you know how a candy gram goes.

Got any good ideas? HEE HEE!

Love ya big!!! Real Big!

JEN

CSI Boise

So it seems as though some hodlums were passing through our neighborhood at about 2 this morning. They came across a very large rock and decided that our innocent little house looked like a great target. This is when Jared and I were awakened by breaking glass. We both sat up out of a dead sleep and ran to different areas of the house to see what had happened. They had thrown the rock into Zander and Gavin's window. As you can see from the pictures the glass landed on Zanders pillow and all over his bed really. I believe whole heartedly in the tender mercies of the Lord and know that at this time prayers of safety for our children were answered because Zander couldn't have been curled up any closer to the wall and none of the glass hit him. I am sad that there are people who don't think about the reality of the things that they do and that they could have seriously injured both of my boys. I cried to the police officer when he arrived to get a statement. He wanted to know Zander's age and if anybody might be out to get us or him. We of course said No and then told him the ages of our children. My good husband stayed up the better part of the night boarding up the window and laying on the couch worrying about the incident. I cried in my bed while I looked at my sleeping boys who were safe.

I know that living the gospel gives added protection and that Angels can watch over your house just as they do the temples. I am grateful for things like this that can really add awareness to how much the hand of the Lord is in our lives.

Love bunches

JEN