Candyland...

It's tradition at work for my team to decorate for Christmas. This year we have a new set up so we did things a little different and just did one theme for the whole team. Welcome to "CSR Candyland!"

Just another picture of the start...

We decided that we needed to have candy in Candyland and we also have a Coco Latte machine for the visitors to enjoy as they journey through Candyland...yummy!!!

In front of my desk we did a Ginger Bread House. Once again, the easiest way to show all the pictures is in a collage. I think it turned out really cute.

Then as you journey on down the row you will run into Hot Chocolate Falls.

Then on to Peppermint Stick Forest...

Then we have a Christmas tree...

And you end up at Santa's Village.
It was fun to make and have something different up for a little while. It brings a festive feeling to work.

Thanksgiving 2008

Last week we had a great Thanksgiving at Mom and Dad's house. With Thanksgiving being so late this year Mom already had her Christmas decorations up. It was fun to have some fall decorations and Christmas up at the same time. Here are the adult tables all decorated so pretty.

Janna made the name tags, aren't they SO cute?

I think that Seth is really excited about Thanksgiving dinner, don't you? But he at least got to sit at one of the adult tables.

Here is the "kid" table...Abby, Sydney, Brenna, Peyton, Dallin, Carter and Bailey.

This was the adult table 2...Matthew, Sandie, Michelle, David, Jason and MIA are Claire and Janna. (It was Claire's nap time, need I say more?)

Adult table 1...Dad, Amy, Seth, Dave, Me, Debra, Aunt Diane and Mom was taking the picture. It was a great meal and fun to visit with all the family.

Here are a few random pictures from the day. I had to take a picture of Seth eating the whip cream with a tool, it just made me laugh. Jodi's family came out later in the day, and it was fun to visit with them for a little while. Then we have David's family, the looking of the ads to see where everyone is going for Black Friday, Sandie and I, Seth and I, Mom and Dad, Dallin, McKay and Talmage. We missed Ryan and Alisa who were with Alisa's parents. Thanks everyone for the yummy food and great company!

November Birthdays

Sunday was our family get together for the month and we celebrate Abby and Mike's birthdays. Here are some random picutres from the night. (Yes, it is a collage once again but I have the hardest time deciding on what pictures to post...so I post them all.) We have Mike sharing the chair with Abby and some pictures of who was there. Both Abby and Mike got musical cards so they were having a little dual of having each other listen to the other's music. I only got a picture of the end of it, but it was pretty funny. Oh and Talmage wanted me to take a picture of him and then he puts his hand in front of his face but I blogged it anyways. It was fun to see everyone and just chill for a little while together. Happy Birthday Abby & Mike!

My weekend of fun...

Friday night I went to the movies with Sandie, Jenn and Stephanie. We went and saw The Duchess and I have to say that it was good but her life was a little different. The good thing was the company that I was with.

Then bright and early Saturday morning I was at Stephanie's salon getting to get my hair colored. I decided that it was time for a change...but I am NOT ready to cut my hair yet, so that left color. I went dark and I have to say I was really nervous to make the change but I LOVE it!!! What do you think?

Then I went to Disney on Ice with Candice and Abigail. They put on a great show and we had a fun night out. It kind of made me miss Disneyland and want to watch lots of Disney movies all at the same time.

Here are a few random pictures from the night...

During the intermission Candice went out to get a snack and came back with all this. I think the crown fits her. I also got a picture of Abigail waving goodbye to all the characters, it was really cute.

A group picture...

And the collage of our self-portraits...Candice helped Abigail take her first self-portrait, not bad for her first try.

I have to say that I had a great weekend. Thanks to all my girls for hanging out!

New addition to my Blog....

Yesterday I had a friend introduce me to a new music group and I am now a fan! They are a Finnish rock quintet, called Sunrise Avenue. With the discovery of this new group I decided it was time to add a little music to my blog, so that everyone can take a listen to Sunrise Avenue. Enjoy! (PS-Isn't the iPod, really cute?)

(Remember that the cute little iPod is free, so sometimes it takes a minute for it to load and play. :-))

Happy Halloween!!!!!

Halloween has not been my most favorite holiday but over the past couple of years I am gaining a greater appreciation for it and I have had some fun dressing up, too. Halloween this year was a lot of fun. At work we had a Halloween party, with a Costume, Salsa and Pumpkin carving contest. Then in the afternoon kids come and trick-or-treat. Since Mike works at Novell too, they brought the boys down and they stopped by for a visit.

We took the pumpkins from the contest and had them as decorations for our picture back drop. There were some cool looking pumpkins, the Frankenstein won the contest. This is a cute picture that Jodi got of the boys. (Higher up on the wall it does say, "Halloween Novell 2008")

When I got home from work I found a party going on at the house. We ended up having the whole family (expect for Ryan, we missed you!) out for a quick dinner in a pumpkin before everyone loaded up on sugar. I thought Amy looked so cute with her "pumpkin" belly.

Michelle and the kids patiently waiting for dinner.

Here are all the Harrison girls, Michelle, Jodi, Wendy, Alisa and Amy. I thought everyone looked SO good. Alisa made a great Cruella, Michelle looked cute in the hat and I loved Jodi's tights! (I already commented about Amy's cute belly.)

Seth was Curious George, which totally fits him. He is such a monkey and climbs on everything.

So, I did a collage of the grandchildren pictures (plus Amy :-)). Yes, I know they look the same but I couldn't decide which one to post.

Here we have Tanner and Talmage with a little attitude. I just had to post it.

All of the grandchildren walked over to Aunt Diane's to trick-or-treat before going their separate ways. I managed to get all of them in this picture.

As part of my costume I thought I needed some Henna. I bought this Henna kit from Good Earth and had a guy from my team put it on me. I think he did a fantastic job!

Doesn't this compass look awesome?

October Bdays & GNO

I am a little late with this post but, better late then never...right? Last Sunday we celebrated the family October Birthdays! For some reason we didn't get a picture of all the birthdays together. So here are a few random shots that I took of the night. It was fun to get together and hang out with the family for a little while. Happy Birthday Amy, Jason, Michelle and Aunt Diane!!!

Then on Tuesday we had a Girls Night Out. It had been a couple of months since we had one and it was nice to have all the girls together.We had a yummy food...of course. Then some of the girls worked on Christmas card designs with Amy our, Photo shop and design Queen. :-) (My blog always looks SO cute thanks to Amy!) They made some Christmas tags and we just talked of course. The women in my family are amazing and fun to talk to, so it was great to all be together. Here are the few random shots I took from the night.

Debra and I with a self-portrait...and this picture completes the whole group for the night. Thanks for coming everyone, can't wait for the next one!

Plants....

When we moved to our new building, I inherited a couple of plants from Tyler. So, keeping that in mind I tend to forget that they are there up on my cabinet. After I got to work today I noticed something pink attached to the plant. I think someone is trying to tell me something...

To my credit, I'm pretty sure that this plant looks the same as it did when Tyler gave it to me. But it does look pathetic, I will try to do better about remembering my plants.

Peek-a-Boo

Last month we moved buildings at work and we now each have our own cube. So, a couple of weeks ago I was sitting at my desk minding my own business when all of the sudden the outlet cover and a pen came flying at me from the side. It caught me by surprise but it was pretty funny. And now you get to witness the reenactment. So, here is the outlet all put together and pretty. But on the other side of the wall...

Cory is plotting his attack...

and there it goes!

Now do you see the surprise look on my face? I'm thinking, what the heck just happened?!?!!? (I'm not going to lie, this picture cracks me up. I'm just pleased that I was able to get one picture without me laughing. I'm not a good actress.)

And here is the hole. But it's actually pretty cool because we can talk through it and I feel like there is actually a real person on the other side of the wall.

Now you get to see what we see when we look through it to talk to each other. I think these are fun pictures, I hope you enjoy them.

Anyways, I just thought I would share some of the random things that are entertaining while I'm at work.

Go Bold or Go Home

I know that many of you will think that I am CRAZY, well I think you already know that and this will just confirm your thoughts. I just have to say that I am a HUGE fan of Del Taco and I love their advertising campaign right now. I just thought that I would share it with you for those who don't frequent Del Taco or may even live where Del Taco is not available. If you haven't visited your local Del Taco lately, I highly recommend it. Especially on Tuesday nights, it's taco night! Just as an FYI my favorite is a #6 with a Spicy Jack Quesadilla, it's YUMMY!!!