In other news, Grant took his first steps last Thursday. He took them while I was videotaping him doing something else. What luck! I'll work on getting the video on here soon. He has taken a few more steps during the past few days. We are excited, but I would like him to slow down on the walking just a bit.
And then, of course, Grant needed a matching one. But we couldn't leave out the other cousin that was born this year too. So I made her a onesie dress. And since I feel that a girl should not wear a shirt that says "HO HO HO!", hers says "JINGLE."
We decided to have Thanksgiving dinner on our back patio. To add some festiveness, we created an outdoor chandelier and hung it over the table, and lined the edge of the patio with icicle lights. The picture doesn't quite do it justice. It was so pretty! Just wait for our Christmas chandelier.
And we missed the concert at the Mesa Arts Center because one of my favorite cousins was getting married that same night across town. The house it was at was beautiful! And she was beautiful! And her sister, who was a bride's maid, was beautiful! Unfortunately I didn't get any good pictures of the bride in her pretty dress because the light was too dim by the time it started, but here's the lovely parents of the bride.
However, we still went to the after party for the concert. It was at de la Cruz Bistro on Main St. I'd never been there before. We just had dessert (mango passionfruit cheesecake). It was so yummy! The food smelled and looked amazing. We plan on going there sometime for a dinner date. 
We enjoyed the nice drive with Grandma & Grandpa Hurst. Grant did so well. Much better than our trip to Utah this summer.
Keith got to go to Switzerland for work two weeks ago. The flights there and back were tough, but he says it was worth it. The Gelato place, pictured at the top, looks a lot like one here in Phoenix that has the same name. We're still trying to figure out if it's the same people that own it. The gelato shop here is way good. It's on 40th St. and Campbell. And let me tell you, it's the real deal. Yum! So here are some pictures of Keith working hard.
My sister's Ann & Amber (and Amber's husband Michael) were here last week from Wyoming. I love spending time with my sisters. We swam, made lots of good food, played games, shopped, and just had fun being together with all our family. Here we are early in the morning the day they left to go back home. 
I also picked up this never-been-used glider on Craigslist before Grant was born. The zipper was broken and the people never had time to fix it, so they never used it. Come to find out, it wasn't as broken as they thought and my mom and I fixed it in a jiffy. We also got our swing and a Baby Bjorn with a fancy cover from the same people. We had to look for a while of course, and sort through the listings of stuff that's on its last leg, but it was worth it! 
Keith had a conference for work in San Diego last week so Grant and I came along for the ride along with his co-worker's wife and 3 year old boy. We had fun going to Sea World for two days, taking a quick drive over to Coronado Island and Seaport Village, and having our husbands meet us at Sea World one of the nights.
Keith's aunt got married in the Draper temple on Saturday. What a beautiful temple! The sealing room was huge. It's occupancy is 70! It was so nice to have a chair for everyone and room to spare. We enjoyed the sealing and then had a nice lunch at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. Notice the candy bar. All five of the mom's with the babies that had been born into the family recently were all there. It was fun to have all the babies together.
Our nephew, Ryan, was blessed on Sunday while we were there. He's so sweet. It was his first time to church since he was born 5 months ago. Grant had fun playing with him even though Ryan accidentally punched him in the jaw (note the picture on the top right). It was pretty funny, Grant's not used to being picked on. Grant also had his first babysitter that wasn't a family member. That was a big step for me.
