Thankful

We are thankful to have good health, a great family and good friends. We had a nice week off of work and spent our Thanksgiving Break in Oregon with my family. I am sad that I did not take any pictures....I can't believe it! Shame on me. It rained most of the time we were there, so a few days the girls spent the day in their jammies and played inside with play do, colored, made about 5o hand turkeys....I am not kidding, and danced to Brooks and Dunn's Play Something Country. Paige and Allie both howl and love to dance to that song. They also danced to Justin Beiber's Baby....of course! It is fun to watch them dance, especially with Pa and Grandma. I thought for sure I would take pictures on Thanksgiving with all of the fam, but with a full house and with two little ones to keep track of, the camera got left in the case on top of the desk. I hope I don't do this again!! Although there are no pictures we had a good time. The girls had fun playing with Pa and Grandma and all the cousins. We got to see most of our family and spend time with them. It was weird having the first Thanksgiving without Grandma Rosie (this is the second one she has missed but we were not in Oregon last year). It was a great day but just different without Gram. We also welcomed another baby girl cousin to the fam on Friday. She was born healthy and is a cute little peanut. We are so happy Baby Eliana is here and we can't wait to see her. We are blessed with a great family and look forward to all of the Christmas festivities!!!

Random Hulbert Girls

Our house is a non-stop whirl wind of craziness. With Allie's imagination and Paige being on the move, you never know what you might have going on at any given time. After nap time, the day I brought home the Yo Gabba Gabba tickets Allie wanted to be a robot. Geoff and Als got out the foil and went to work on her costume.....soon enough, there was a robot in the house. Paige and Jack were not sure what to think. Allie asked me to make buttons on her. Not even thinking "robot" buttons I went to town and made awesome buttons. However, Geoff was not impressed with my "snowman" buttons. We had a good laugh and Geoff quickly swapped out my "snowman" buttons for "robot" ones!





A few nights later, we were riding pink ponies and giddy-upin' all over the place. We got these great stick ponies and cowgirl hats at our neighbor Will's (Wheel Paige call him) birthday, so Paige got out the boots to complete the look. It was pretty funny...she did it all on her own! Allie rode of into the sunset in her Tinkerbell nightgown.







The last randomness of the week was when I asked Allie if she wanted to do an exercise video with me. Allie said "Sure mom, but hold on I need something" and she came back with a headband on. I knew I wasn't going to make it to the gym, and the weather was kinda gloomy so going for a walk was out, so I busted out Jillian Michales 30 Day Shred DVD and we rocked it! Allie even got little weights and did the whole video with me. Of course Paige wanted weights too, so she got to "lift" the remote controls. It was fun and we burned a few calories!!

Yo Gabba Gabba

We have become pretty big Yo Gabba Gabba fans since Paige came into our lives. Allie watched them a bit but was never totally into it. When Paige was little, whenever Gabba would come on the TV she would stop dead in her tracks and watch. So, now that is our go to show for her. Allie has come around and likes them too, but it is not her favorite show. Paige doesn't get to watch it that often, but loves it. When I saw it was coming to town, I asked Allie if she would like to go. She screamed and said "Yes, will it be on the stage?"....Yes Als, live on stage! I was able to go to the box office and get really good tickets. Allie was super excited all day and Paige would yell "Yay" when we talked about it, but was not really sure what to expect. We got to the show and the seats were better than we thought. They were practically right on stage! Allie sang and danced the whole time and Paige "watched" for a lot of the show, then sang and danced on our lap. She was not sure what to think because DJ Lance and the gang were so close.









We also got to see Biz Markie (Oh baby you....you got what I need...) was is token once hit wonder but now he is "famous" on Yo Gabba Gabba and he was on tour with them. It was pretty cool.


Bobby Jackson from the Kings was also there. He was the guest dancer on the show and did a special dance. We saw him a few times before the show, it is always fun to be star struck. We had a great time at the show and loved rockin' with the Gabba gang!

The Big Thirty-Fiver

Geoff turned 35 today and we had fun celebrating him. Allie was excited all day to celebrate Geoff's birthday and give him her hand picked gifts from the Dollar Store. Earlier in the week, I told her she could have 5 bucks and could choose anything in the store for Geoff, so she has been looking forward to this day! She is a "trinket" girl so he got a few trinkets! The best part was when Paige walked up to the Christmas shelf and picked her own gift for dad. It was a fun little trip. Doesn't seem like much, but it was a huge deal for the girls...especially Allie to be able to pick whatever she wanted. We had a low key dinner at Red Robin, then went to Grandma and Paka's to sing Happy Birthday and eat the pie that Allie and Grandma Ganne made the day before! Allie made Geoff close his eyes and she gave him clues as she opened each gift for him! Paige just sat and took it all in.








We celebrated last weekend with a nice breakfast at Grandma and Paka's but I didn't take the camera. We love Geoff very much and are lucky to have him in our lives. Happy 35th and we look forward to celebrating many more!!