Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving started out just like it always does. The guys up at the crack of dawn to play football in the annual Turkey Bowl, Val in the kitchen cooking, Pumpkin pie and raw stuffing for breakfast. A typical Thanksgiving for us. About 8 I ran out to take Nana some stuffing for breakfast. We had extended family in town staying at her house so I stayed a while to visit. We were having a great time catching up when the phone rang. It was Val calling to let me know that Paul had been taken to the emergency room with what they thought was a broken collar bone. So off I went still in my pj's to meet Lance and Paul in the emergency room. Paul and I sent the next 3 hours there waiting on x-rays and medication. It wasn't the ideal place to spend our Thanksgiving morning but what are you going to do.

He got released just in time for us to make it to the church for communion. Something our church does every year. The church is open for a few hours with all the pastors available for you to have communion with your family before the days festivities begin. It's a wonderful time for our family to be together and to remember what we are most thankful for before we are caught up in the hustle and bustle of the day ahead.

After communion we headed home for showers and to get ready to head up to Julie's for the day. We enjoyed a day full of family, delicious food and being thankful for all we have. As you will see we did get caught up in the day and the photo department suffered. Maybe next year i'll remember to slow down and savor the memories a little more. Happy Thanksgiving!

Lance and Paul ready for the turkey bowl

Paul, Grandpa and Daniel

Food coma

Evan and Addison

Aren't they the cutest things ever

Peyton and the boys

Ananbelle, Faye and Sloan

Julie

Athena, and Daniel with Wyatt

Wyatt

Josh and Zac

Oreo Turkeys

I love holidays and everything that goes along with them. I also love crafty things especially ones that kids can get involved in. I had some of the cousins over for the afternoon and decided to do some holiday fun crafts. We decided on oreo turkeys. They are so cute and the kids loved putting them together.

Faye and Sawyer working away

Wil and his turkey

Having fun

Sawyer's turkeys

Aren't they so cute.

Paint me a Story

ur local Color Me Mine has a class once a week for preschool age kiddos called "Paint me a Story" The kids get listen to a story and then paint something that goes along with the story they just read. This month they made a turkey hand plate in honor of Thanksgiving. It's so precious. It's something that will always remind me of just how small Sawyer used to be. This month our friends Violet and Blaire joined in the fun. Augie and Owen were there too. The kids had a great time together and really enjoyed the painting. Here are the pics of our time together.

Listening to the story

Blaire, Owen and Stephanie

Augie, Erin, and Violet

Sawyer's hand

Violet, Sawyer and Blaire

Lunch at Chipotle to finish out our special day

Halloween

We had a very low key Halloween this year. We were just about a week away from our move so we thought it best to keep it simple. After dinner the 3 of us got our costumes on( yes, you read that correctly. We all had costumes this year.) and headed out for some trick-or-treating. I didn't get any pictures of us while we were out because I stupidly forgot our camera. So you'll have to make do with what I had. Enjoy!

The costumes

Our little Mario

Princess Peach and Mario

Luigi and Mario

Off we go!

Harvest Festival

Sawyer's preschool puts on an amazing harvest festival/carnival every year for Halloween. It has tons of games, arts and crafts, bounce houses, costume contests, food, all the candy your kid could ever hope to get, etc etc. I really could keep going but I think you get the idea. We got Sawyer all dressed up in his costume and headed out for some fun.

All ready to go

Playing some games

Candy

Our friends the Palmers joined us for the fun