Thankful

We're thankful for gfreat friends to have a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner with.

We're thankful for the delicious food we had to eat!

We're thankful for the tons and tons of snow we got that day to play in.

We're thankful David actually played a game!

 It was a wonderful Thanksgiving.   

Pie Night

This is the coolest Thanksgiving tradition ever.  Only I never want to host it and hope we're always just invited over to my friend Kristi's house because she made 10 pies for the occasion!  So everyone brings a pie and we all eat and sample a gazillion different pies the night before Thanksgiving.  Heaven!  That way our stomachs are stretched out for the big day AND we got to eat lots and lots of pie that usually I'm too full for.  Happiness!  Thanks Johnson family for this new tradition!

 Speaking of pies, Sierra's been baking up a storm!  She made these beauties this past week.  Delicious! 

In the kitchen

My sister has done it again!  She made this darling apron for Sierra.  Could there be anything cuter than this in the kitchen?!?  She is so dang talented!  

Sierra made a delicious pumpkin pie tonight.  Yes, with a homemade crust that turned out better than any I have ever made.  I'm about ready to turn over the kitchen reins to this girl!  At least for all the desserts anyhow... 

November 7th

Winter came early this year! 

Sibling Bonding???

At least they are all on the same couch, right?! 

Options

Other than stare at the ceiling, this is what David's been up too...

 

This last picture makes David very proud - he is voting!  There was a huge snowstorm on Election Day.  The roads were terrible.  He didn't dare take the chance of being on the road to go to our voting place.  So he called and had his ballot delivered.  And this really nice man came, waited for David and I to fill out our ballots, and then took them back.  Wow! I don't think a single person that he voted for won, but at least he did his part.  :)

Thank you Mother Nature...

 for waiting until AFTER Halloween to snow.  NOW we can be excited it's here...

Door Bell Ditchin'

My all-time favorite Halloween moment this year was this:

We had received an anonymous basket of goodies with a mission for us to pass it on to three families within the next 48 hours.  We were up for the challenge for sure!  So my two little helpers got dressed up in black (all on their own) and off we went to deliver the goods.  Well, it turns out it was a little bit scarier then one of my helpers anticipated.  But he wouldn't give up and helped at each house even though he would get so stressed out!  It was so funny seeing these two little black shadows run as fast as they could after ringing the doorbell.  I'm laughing just remembering it.  Next time I need to get video instead.  What a wonderful new Halloween tradition! 

Spooky!

Pumpkins

My kids LOVE pumpkins.  Not just because it's fun and they get to carve them.  Their love goes deeper than that.  They name them and play with them and sleep with them.   They develop quite the relationship with their pumpkins.


Sierra went artistic this year and made a witch flying over a full moon.  It was amazing!

 This is Skyla's vampire pumpkin.  It was the thickest, hardest pumpkin I have ever tried to cut. 

 Yes, I am allowing my 5 year old to yield a knife.  He designed, carved, named, and decorated his pumpkin by himself.  He had the time of his life.  And still has 10 fingers.  Thank goodness!

My little pumpkins!

Now we're just waiting for the moose to come and enjoy them! 

Calories

I have drunk probably 10,000 calories of this happiness this week.  Stephens Limited Edition Pumpkin Spice hot chocolate.  It is divine.  Thank you sis!!!

The boy who skipped Halloween

Once upon a time there was a little boy who did not want to go trick or treating.  And there was nothing his mommy could do or say to convince him otherwise.  Because this was a very stubborn little boy.  And so for reasons unknown to even the universe, though his mother pleaded and begged and threatened, he absolutely refused to go.  So his mother gave up.  And he was finally happy.   The end.  

P.S.  For the record, I have to make it known that this whole incident was NOT because he didn't like his costume.  He chose his costume all on his own and loved it.  Here's proof - a very happy and smiling mummy when we did a test run of his costume for the school carnival.