A Weekend To Remember

Kendall's company's Christmas Party finally came and boy was it a weekend to remember! This is a very large blog post since there are SOOO many fabulous pictures, compliments of our photographer. So I will keep the explaining down to a minimum. Enjoy the pictures and beware there are a lot of me and Kendall, as there should be! hehehe


We stayed at the beautiful Palazzo Hotel. Our suite was SWEET!

After we checked in, we got ready for dinner at the CUT and after went to the show Le Reve. Both which here out of this world!

The next night was the dinner party. First were pictures, taken in the lobby of the hotel by our beautiful  photographer Kim.

I LOVE these two pictures! Isn't my sister in-law beautiful?! A great pic of  great brothers!

After pictures, it was off to the much anticipated dinner at SushiSamba!

Our dinner started out with tons off different starters. There was one serving of each for each person at the table. I'm glad there wasn't anymore than that because we would have been WAY too full by the end.

Niiice Brandee....

Finally, a night out with just us. It was so appreciated!
Now here is the main part of the dinner. Kobe beef, that you dipped in sauce, seasoned with any of the seasonings you'd like, and finally cooked on a gigantic steaming rock! Uh-mazing!!!

Then came the sushi! My mouth is watering as I type this, seriously divine!

It's ok Eric, how bad could it really be???......

.......!!!!!!!!!!
;-)


Then it was time to make our way to Mastro's for the awards and dessert.

Kendall loved receiving his award, he works SOOO hard. Spend that $$$ baby! lol

I just had to add Eric's Rolex. Great work this year Jorg!

The two BEST!

Time to go back to the hotel, what an amazing night.

Our last day there we had a yummy breakfast, walked the hotels, and took some picts. 

I forgot to add this earlier, we really like this pic. ;-)

We had so much fun and every weekend we wish we were doing it all over again. A great big thanks to the Kandell's for making it happen! Until next year everybody, Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!!!

Quick Catch Up and Odds and Ends

The girls making their new Christmas ornaments for the tree. It was a good fun time helping them make these. We  listened to new Christmas music, had treats, and helped each other make very cute ornaments.

The girls fell asleep one after noon watching a movie and fell asleep just like this. I love how Sadee still sleeps like a baby, with her harms up and fingers curled in.

Cabin trip for Thanksgiving!!! The ride on the way up...

.....the ride on the way back. Everyone was exhausted, we played hard all weekend long!

Our Primary Christmas party. My station was the sugar cookie decorating station. I took pictures of all the kids and saw some super cute decorating.  

These kids were great. Team spirit and rivalry all the way!

My favorite!

I will have tons of "AT cabin" pictures from Thanksgiving up soon. We have been having a wonderful winter so far and I know it's only going to get better. ;-)

Halloween Party and Trick or Treating

 This years Halloween was so great. We had our annual family party, this year it was at Kendall's sisters house and they went all out.

The theme was Harry Potter and the kids started the night out with making their very own wands. They painted them, put on the clay handle and then baked them. They were really cool. 

After that, everyone got to be sorted into their houses by the Sorting Hat. Once the Houses were determined it was time for a fun game of Quitage. It was a little chilly out but all the kids had SO much fun.

Once  the game was over it was time for Potions class. The kids made their own potions out of ever creepy slimy ingredient you could imagine in the Harry Potter movies. Of course they were really gummy worms, pop rocks and jelly beans :-) It was all very cool. Then we had a delicious chili dinner and tons of appetizers and desserts.

Soon after dinner the Halloween Fun House was ready to go down stairs. Sean spent so much time on the haunted house and it turned out great! You had to walk through a dark maze, dimly lit by hanging candles. The Harry Potter theme music was playing and around every corner was a cool fun trick and decoration. The Chamber of Secrets was especially cool and the kids thought it was WICKEDLY COOL! Thanks Shanda and Sean for such a great night.

Trick or Treating was fun but cold. Yes like a complete idiot I wore my costume the entire night out. Every inch of everyone was red and icy. The kids made a haul and had a great night. The girls kept running from house to house saying "This is the best neighborhood ever!" They made the night fun for me ;-)

Sadee was Pricess Aurora, Noelle a butterfly princess,Christian a monkey obviously, Dylan decided to be Dora next year and didn't dress up. He went with a couple of friends and come home loaded, he was a happy camper :) Kendall and I were Heracles and Aphrodite.

After we decided to call it quits for the night we headed home, checkout the loot, made some hot apple cider, and sat by the fire place.

It was a great night and another memorable Halloween. We're looking forward to next year already.