Honey, I'm ho-ome!

Well, we are all back in our humble abode again. Landon had a great trip to CALI with his buddies from work. Not only did he get to see WICKED but he also saw ANGELA from "The Office" too!! Fun work trip :)

Tanner and I had a blast in Tennessee. We loved seeing G&G and Shauna and family. Tanner was seriously in heaven the whole time playing with cousins nonstop and getting attention from his grandparents.

I had fun shopping, eating out, doing crafts with the girls, having adult conversation, watching the BYU game, watching the Jazz game, enjoying my family and watching our cute kids play nonstop!!

Shopping at an awesome outdoor mall! Don't you think these two below could be the next A&F models!! Too cute :)

There was a primary activity while we were there...they had a drive in movie!! All the kids made cardboard box cars, had yummy treats and watched David and Goliath on the big screen wall!

Love my moms and pops!! They are awesome!!

The pictures below are in downtown Memphis. We took a horsey/carriage ride around the streets, walked the famous "Beale Street" and ate at a YUMMY restaurant. It was a fabulous BBQ place with delicious BBQ nachos, sweet potato fries and we even got to cook our own smores at our very own table!!!! Too fun :)

Beale Street-"I was walkin' in Memphis, I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale. Yeah I was walkin' in Memphis. But do I really feel the way I feel!!" (I hope I sang those words right!)

Tanner dancing and jammin out to the rhythm and blues songs blastin' loud on the street!

Yummy yummy restaurant with my sweet potato fries!!!! Give me more!!

Roasting marshmallows and eating our tastey smores.

These pictures below are my favorite...Marissa has a HUMMER that she drives around and Tanner got to learn how to drive as well. He didn't quite understand, but it was so cute and hilarious to see these little 3 year olds driving around and talking on their cell phones!! HA!

Sooooo cute! I loved just sitting there watching Marissa drive like she was born to, and Tanner trying to figure it out. Pure entertainment at its finest!! It was a simple little trip packed with tons of fun and memories.

The Holiday's will be kind of lonely for us without family...but we will enjoy making new traditions. I'm excited and looking forward to some more vacationing coming up still...Utah, Palm Springs, Florida, NY and Bermuda throughout Jan, Feb and March.

More fun times for me!

Love yall

My mini update

Hello friends! You have all been so nice to wish me well on my little get-away. Thanks!! Just a quick update, I am having tons of fun!! I should be going to bed right now but I had to sneak a few minutes on my blog to satisfy my withdrawals :)

Our 6 hour ride was fabulous. Tanner did great and was a GOOD GOOD boy!

Getting a little bored in the car (after already watching 3 movies)! What did people do in the olden days without portable DVD players? I can't even imagine.

We've done some fun sightseeing, yummy eating out and had lots of great family time playing and hanging out together. Tanner is in heaven with his adorable cousins.

Is this cute or what!? Matching jammies g&g brought for the kiddo's!!

Now this is the actual REAL REASON why I came to my sister's....so I could eat at THE CREPE MAKER!! Oh my goodness folks. This place is heaven. They only have a few franchises in Florida and this one in TN. I am hooked!!!!! They are delicious crepes with any filling you want...chicken cordon bleu, ham and cheese...whatever. My all time fav is the strawberries and bananas with a caramel like leche filling and whipped cream!!!!!!!!!!!!! TO DIE FOR. Being with my parents and sister/family is just an added side bonus to this wonderful treat!!

Anywho...we have had alot more fun which I will update yall with later. You are just dying in suspense, I know!! NOT. Anyways, thanks for listening to me rant about my trip. My hubby should be arriving to our home late tonight. We sure miss daddy and love him so! His business trip went well but he had a rough first day as he and his co-workers had to go see the Broadway play in LA: WICKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I about died when he told me that is where they were going the first night after their meetings!! I was sooooooooooo jealous and somewhat upset. You see, Landon and I are going to NYC in March and I have been telling him over and over that the ONE THING I for sure want to do is go and see the Broadway play WICKED. So when he calls and tells me HE IS GOING TO WICKED, and going WITHOUT ME, I couldn't believe it! I was actually excited for him and anxious to hear his review of it. To my pleasant and happy surprise he LOVED IT. He said it was absolutely amazing. YIPPEE. Now we can still see it in NYC because I was going to go whether he liked it or not. Now he has one up on me! Love ya babe. Better go for now. I'll update again soon! Yall are the best :)

And, we're off!!

This is me with my mamacita (as my sisters and I call her!!). She is amazing!!!! I love her sooooooo much. I want to be just like her when I grow up! She is smart, unselfish, hilarious, beautiful, talented, humble, righteous, fun... etc, etc. I am so lucky I was chosen to be one of her daughters! I must have done something right before I came to earth :) She is my idol and hero.

This is my dad (as my sisters and I call him). He is amazing also!!!!!! I love him sooooooo much as well. He is so cool. He is tons of fun to be around and I LOVE LOVE LOVE when he laughs because it is so contagious. I respect him so much. He has gone above and beyond his parental duty of supporting his family and giving his love to us. He has taught me so much and is such a source of strength to me. I'm so lucky to have such a fabulous, loving, happy, funny, optimistic, caring, wonderful dad. I could go on and on and on...

These are the Camerons. Shauna is my older sister. I have always followed in her footsteps...she played soccer, so did I. She played the piano, so did I. She was in showchoir, a student body officer and homecoming royalty...so was I. She was an EFY counselor, so was I. She found the man of her dreams and got married, 5 months later so did I. Most of my life I was called "Shauna's sister" not Jill. It's okay though because I love, respect and adore my sister. She is one of the smartest, healthiest, prettiest and most genuine people you will ever meet! Her family is amazing too! Her husand is fabulous and her kids are stinkin' adorable.

In the morning, Tanner and I will be off to go see these wonderful family members. The Camerons live just outside of Memphis, Tennessee. My parents are flying out to visit them...and since I now only live 6 hours from there, do-able driving distance, I invited myself to come join in the fun! Tanner and I are so excited to visit and play, laugh, shop, veg, hang-out, eat, mingle, sleep-in, relax and explore!! It will be a great mini vacation. Perfect timing too since Daddy has to go to Cali for a business trip. Soooooooooo that is where I am headed and thus, might be a little too consumed to post! That doesn't mean you can't still visit my blog everyday and leave me kind notes everyday!!! he he. I have lots of packing, cleaning and loading to do and instead I am sitting here BLOGGING!!!!!!! Ahhhh. It's too fun for me!! Anyways, hope you all have a fabulous weekend yourselves.

P.S. DADDY WE LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU TONS!!!!!!!

peace out

ciao bella

sayonara

Arrivederci

adios

Zai Jian

goodbye

Au Revoir

Namaste

Auf Wiedersehen

Is it possible to love someone TOO MUCH!?

I just love my little boy sooooooo much! It's hard when you only have one child and you don't know if you will ever have any more. I still act like he's my baby, because he is!! Landon and I goo and gaa over every little thing he does. All we do is talk about Tanner, laugh at Tanner and dream for Tanner! He is our EVERYTHING. He completes us!! Does every parent think their child is JUST ADORABLE and the funniest, cutest, sweetest thing alive? Well, I DO!! I think (and hope) other people think he is just as adorable as I do too though. He really is an angel. When people compliment him and tell me they think he is cute, I just reply "I KNOW!" They think I'm some cocky, snotty mom!! ha ha. But it's true...I think he is perfect.

I don't want him to grow anymore. I need him to need me and I know there will come a point that he won't anymore. It brings tears to my eyes to even think that. Tanner is our world and I don't ever want him to leave us.

Tanner tells me at least 10 times a day, throughout the day at random times, "mommy, I yuv (love) you!" It melts my heart and makes everything I do and sacrifice for him totally worth it!

Here are some cute pictures from today, playing outside.

The trees are beautiful...bright red and orange, green, yellow and brown.

I love the Fall.

The golf course down and across the street from us.

The Lake at the end of our street!

Our backyard.

A few quick, funny quotes from Tanner:

Tanner looking at my painted red toenails: "I yike your red feets mom. I got no red feets, I got white ones!"

Tanner watching me put on pantyhose for church: He runs up to me, rubs my legs and states with enthusiasm and a questioning mind: "Are those your big, big, big, big socks!? They are so yong."

Our conversation 5 minutes after Tanner WATCHED ME clean up the basement and pick up his toys: "I’m having a hard, hard day mom. Why honey? I don’t feel good. Why honey? I cleaned up too much!"

I LOOOOOVE HIM!

I know I know, enough already! This is it :)

Halloween 2007 was great. We went to our 110 outlets stores and trick or treated (we only did about 20 of the stores), went to the grocery store where other vendors were and got great treats (Pepsi bottles, doritos, Purina water, animal crackers, candy and more), then went to our ward carnival and trunk or treat. Tons of candy, tons of fun!! Okay, done with that holiday!!!!!!!!