Christmas in October

Why do you hear Christmas music here on our blog today? A brief explanation...

So for most of the world, October 1st marks the date when kids begin to plan out their costumes; when moms break out the Halloween decorations and when you can find every old cheesy horror movie on late night TV. I have to admit I've never been a big fan of Halloween. Don't get me wrong -- if you want to give me some candy I'll take it, but don't make me dress up for it. If I have to dress up I'd rather just go buy some candy and save myself the hassle. With an attitude like that, October 1st has little to do with Halloween at the Thomas household. So here it is --October is the "pre-Christmas" month.

What does that mean? It means that the boys get up on the roof to get the Christmas lights hung -- it just makes sense; we live in a climate where snow is likely to fall in late October. But the real events triggered by the passing of September are that we start watching Christmas movies and listening to Christmas music. Some say it's just wrong; that it's too early to start watching little Kevin McAllister take down Marv and Harry, too early to head back to Vermont with Bing and Danny for a little White Christmas, too soon to enjoy Tim Allen in any of his 3 Christmas movie offerings (trust me, I could go on and on); or too early for listening to Bing, Frank, Mel, Harry (Connic Jr.). It's one thing to listen in your own house, which we do. Nothing brings on the Halloween spirit in our home like carving the pumkins with Harry C. Jr belting out a lively version of Sleigh Bells. It's all together different to listen in your office and in the car -- out where all can hear and judge and laugh and... Well, I am here today to publicly announce that WE LISTEN TO CHRISTMAS MUSIC IN OCTOBER. Sorry if this offends your Halloween spirit. It's just what we do. If you feel compulsed to short change us when we trick or treat as some sort of retaliatory defense of all things Halloween, then so be it.

And for all of you who worry that we're also short changing Thankgiving -- not so fast. I love it and give the holiday it's due. You see, in my mind, it's the PERFECT mid point of our Christmas holiday season. This also marks THE weekend when you must change over all decorations in the home to Christmas. Just do it -- you'll thank me later.

I have to admit that I've been muting the Christmas music in my office when people walk in -- not necessarily because I can't hear what they have to say, but because I've been a little embarassed to have them know I'm listening to Christmas music already. No more. I'm out and proud of it! As my good friend Johnny Mathis put it "its the most wonderful time of the year". That's my story and I'm sticken to it.

It's 9:30 NOT bedtime

Hi there - Taylor here!
How's everyone? I'm fantastic. I am 15 for the record and i drive our large, hugish bus Cozmo whom we've named lovingly after Cosmo Cougar of the BYU cougars...hee.
Right now it is only 9:30 although mother thinks it's bed time and sends us all to bed anyways. She knows i won't be asleep until probably 10 or 10:30 yet it's been insisted that i get to bed at 9. She is the only one that will actually go to sleep now...tee hee.
Well, i'm going to Bingham. We just got back from UEA weekend which was four days of pure bliss and joy for me. On Thursday, after a hard and stressful 3 day week filled with bad chicken sandwiches, gay spanish teachers, and cold sleety rain, the weekend was finally here. I spent my thursday doing pretty much nothing....wasting time...i'm pretty good at that. Then at 5 i went and helped mary with her 5 o'clock lesson. I was supposed to ride after but then i forgot to call my mommy and she came too early to pick me up and then she didn't want to leave so i had to leave my poor tykers alone and unridden...poor guy. Then on friday i went tothe BYU game with Craig and my dad and Chuckles and me and Craig got a Cougar Tail which is a 3 foot (yes - you heard right) long Maple Bar...yummy! THe funny thing was that me and courtney ate half of that huge delinchious thing in the first quarter and then felt so sick we couldn't finish it. Haha we are tards....just kidding...tards is short for Retards..and that is a lie because i am NOT a retard...maybe a turd..no no you have that wrong...i'm neither a tard or a turd. A turd is a poo. Anyway, we had these "scottish" guys behind us (they weren't really scottish) who would yell "Eurrrrrhhhhhhhhhhhunnnnhhhhhhhuhhhhhhhh!!!!!" every time the play was about to start. They also spoke in fake accents...tards...now they are the REAL tards. Then we had this idiot in front of us who would yell at me because i was kicking him. Not really, i didn't even touch the guy...tard...and then he'd chat with dad and chuck like he was this nice guy but you and me both know he wasn't.
Then i had a rodeo on Saturday and rode Tyke in the events and did good and ate cookies and burned my tounge on hot chocolate and ate pizza and breadsticks. Yum! Then i slept at Aunt Malia's for General Conference. We played "after the manner of the adverb" which was freaky hilarious! Then we played signs and grandma T kept forgetting she had the sign and forgot to pass it...my sign was a gun. Then we played the laughing game and spencer was trying to make Amanda laugh and jumped out from behind the couch hissing like a cat. I laughed and almost peed my pants. Then Alana stuck like 5 candy corns in her lips and looked like she had teeth and that was really funny.
Now it is 9:40 and i must retire to the bed that belongs to me. Well, first i am going to put on my "sweeeats" (said in the Nacho Libre voice) and then go to bed.
Well, good night
(maybe i'll do more tomorrow....after all, i still have an hour til i really go to bed :D)

It's Fall

Today is October 5th and we are loving this FALL weather! We had to add our favorite rap music to the blog! We had everybody dancing and Taylor video taping all the 80's dancing!!