OHH THE FAITH IN A CHILD.............

well my hubby is off to our Church's yearly men's retreat, so its just me and the kidos. its been really nice just hanging out with them and getting cozy. we don't have any big plans this weekend so we plan on watching some Christmas movies and eating their favorite homemade popcorn. this morning i took Tyler to the dentist, (he did really good) and they called him back to check xrays. well ya know the pieces that you have to bite down on, well he was having a hard time biting down on them so the guys looked at him straight in the eye and said little man, i know you can do this ( not in a firm way, but just in a way to let ty know he was serious) tlyer looked right in his eyes and asked " do you worship Jesus"? the xray tech grinned and said yes i do little guy do you, and of course Tyler said yes. my eyes practically burst ed with tears, both of joy and humor. first of all it was soo easy for my son to just come out and say what he wanted to say, ( i would love to have that boldness). i also find it soo sweet that he knew that if this man worshiped the Lord that he would be in good hands.

so are any of you ready for christmas?? i havent done any baking this year, but this wed some of the ladies are coming over to have a "baking party" the rest of the list that needs to get done:

christmas shopping (havent started any of it)
go see the lights
baking (well do some of it wed)
plan christmas break for the kids ( as far as christmas crafts)

my son

my tyler is soo funny, he thought that if he put dirt on his bike that it would be a "dirt bike" and then he could go fast like daddy



i love this boy

some of our activites we enjoyed during our trip

we made homemade rosemary butter. as all took a turn on shaking it we shared what we were thankful for





took some rides in a rihno



yes its real



sat by the campfire


going on a group ride to Randsburg



we had a great devotion before our feast


and of course lots of yummy food

Thanksgiving

well this was the 2nd year in a row that we spent our Thanksgiving in the desert and lemme tell you how much fun we had. we had about 9 great families this year and got a chance to meet some really awesome peeps. " so how did you do your turkey" you ask?? well we did it in a trash can, yes you heard right, a trash can, and it was soo tasty. let me show you how it was done

first we make a shallow hole and put a pole thing ( i know there is a proper name for it, but iam not sure what it is) in it





than we cover hole with foil





in the mean time we get the coals hot and cover brick with foil






we then place the brick around the pole and then place the turkey on the pole and then set a can of chicken broth on the side





after the coals have been heated we cover the turkey with the trash can and then place the hot coals on top and on the side of the turkey




about 1 1/2 hours later, vola