Thanksgiving Josephson Style

Here in Utah the Josephson's like to mix things up a little bit. We were having dinner at my brother Blake's house in Saratoga Springs. I woke up to a call from him Thursday morning telling us to come up early and bring something BIG to blow up. Big as in a dishwasher or an RV. Well we didn't have anything BIG so we just brought ourselves and knew Blake would come up with something.
While dinner (really lunch) was cooking a few of us ventured about 3 miles from Blake and Jer's house up to a hill where millions of shotgun shells, spent bullets, and carnage of pumpkins, clay discs, and beer bottles covered the ground. Blake and Pete mixed a few powders together, duct taped them to buckets of paint, 5 gallon buckets of paint. And well it made for some great Thanksgiving fun.
I'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking.

"No, Thanks Mom. I Can Get My Own Toys"

Cora had so many little trickets and random toys that I bought a nice little net from IKEA for her to store her things in. It's been really nice and keeps her room looking clean. Little did I know that it would make her so independent. Cora can keep her self entertained for hours in her crib simply because she gets her own toys out.
Here she is reaching in.

















Trying to fit her head in.













Caught!!!


At times she can even be found swinging from the net. One day I will come in to see a large piece of plaster missing from the ceiling and Cora underneath it, I am sure.

Clovis Trip (way over-due)

All three of us (Pete, Cora, and myself) drove to Vegas at the beginning of November and from there went to our separate ways. Cora and I fly to Clovis and Pete drove down to Temecula to pack up the rest of his dad's house.
The flight for Cora and I was super cheap so we thought it would be a fun little trip to take and see the new baby Braddock Castle, Brooke and Dave's little boy. While there we did a lot of fun (window) shopping and had yummy food. Before we had left for Clovis Cora started getting a little runny nose. I thought it was from the little boy that coughed on her in church while in Vegas, but it was not. Turns out it was from her new little teeth, 2 on the bottom. Because she had to endure this painful promise and she had done so many "firsts" on this trip I thought we needed to commemorate it with a toy.
So we bought Gretta, The Monkey. She loves Gretta and smiles every time Gretta makes her monkey sounds. This is the ONLY toy I have bought for Cora and I think it was a good investment.
Thanks for everyone who was so accommodating to Cora and I. We love you and will see you back in Clovis on the 20th.

Thankful November

Monday November 19, 2007
I am thankful for
1. A lot of work
2. Warm house
3. Healthy body

Tuesday November 20, 2007
1. A good dad for Cora
2. Good car
3. A humble husband

Wednesday November 21, 2007
1. Gap gift cards
2. Conference Talks
3. Warm sheets

Thursday November 22, 2007
1. Wonderful family
2. Good food
3. Explosives

Friday November 23, 2007
1. Not shopping on Black Friday
2. My Vacuum
3. My Bissell cleaner

Saturday November 24, 2007
1. New phone
2. Nice girl at Naartjie
3. Bath and Body works scents

Sunday November 25, 2007
1. Great ward
2. Good neighbors
3. Tri-tip

Thankful November

Wednesday November 14, 2007
I am thankful for
1. My little brother Chad, Happy 16th Birthday
2. Family
3. Un-Cooked tortillas

Thursday November 15, 2007
I am thankful for
1. Unorganized offices that I get to organize
2. The UTA
3. Cute nephews

Friday November 16, 2007
I am thankful for
1. Nathan Ricks
2. Surprise checks in the mail
3. Well behaved families to take pictures of

Saturday November 17, 2007
I am thankful for
1. My mother's orange rolls
2. Rakes
3. Whitney Davis, my loyal party attender

Sunday November 18, 2007
1. The end of nursery
2. Experimental dinners
3. Good missionary talks

Thankful November

Monday November 12, 2007

I am thankful for...

1. My mom 

2. Computers

3. Beautiful fabric to look at

Tuesday November 13, 2007

I am thankful for...

1. The opportunity to work

2. Great neighbors

3. Walter, the good dog

Thankful November

Saturday November 10, 2007
I am thankful for...
1. Target, it never gets old
2. The Harrison's
3. Cora's Monkey Gretta (pictures coming soon)

Sunday November 11, 2007
I am thankful for...
1. Grandma Patty's recovery
2. A husband that always gets us home safe
3. Jacob Bryant for leaving our house cleaner then when we left

2 Weeks Worth of Wiegh-ins

Well last week I didn't post my weigh-in, it was 144. And then Halloween did me in and this week I weighed in at somewhere between 144 and 143. The non-digital scale was very hard to read :)

Thankful November

Tuesday November 6, 2007
I am thankful for
1. Molly and Eric's hospitality
2. A home to go to after a long day
3. Sleep

Wednesday November 7, 2007
I am thankful for
1. Cora's new little teeth
2. Infant pain reliever
3. Beautiful Clovis, CA

Thursday November 8, 2007
1. Promptings of the spirit
2. Eric Paul Keeslar--the most amazing brother-in-law
3. My ability to handle stressful situations (thanks mom.)


Friday November 8, 2007
I am thankful for
1. Seeing Peter again
2. Enjoying Vegas, but knowing I don't have to stay here
3. Pete's assured safety at NuSkin.

Thankful November (Inspired by Sue)

One of my favorite pseudo moms, Sue inspired me to list something I am grateful for each day through November.  I am starting a little late, but as always better late than never.

Sunday November 4, 2007

I am thankful for...

1. A healthy little girl

2. The same church everywhere in the world, even Las Vegas

3. Having dad back

Monday November 5, 2007

I am thankful for...

1. Thousands of toys at Cora's disposal

2. Grateful those toys aren't at our house

3. Allegiant Airlines, $29 to Clovis

Cora's 1st Halloween

We took Cora to Nuskin's annual Halloween Party. She had a great time venturing through her first haunted cubicle aisle, meeting friends and eating the infamous caramel apple.

I thought the backside of her was so funny. She looked like a peacock.

















Here she is with Emily, Jane, and Sandy from my old department. They were disco divas. There was a strobe light and everything.

2K Lounge

Our friend and co-worker at Nuskin has a cute little office that she calls the 2K lounge. 2K stands for Kristen Knight. Cora, dressed up in her costume fit right in.
Here she is sitting in the 2k lounge lounge chairs exclusively from IKEA