Thanksgiving Season!

For Thanksgiving Season, we stayed home and had a great time spending together as a family....we continued our Family Tradition of inviting neighbors for our "Pie Party Before Thanksgiving" and had a BLAST! Sorry, no photos...forgot to get the camera out but we had some yummy pies! We normally have Thanksgiving dinner for lunch, so we can get a nice nap...which we did and had leftover for dinner.

My family, I have been truly BLESSED to have!!!! We all told each other, what we were grateful for....Isaac was grateful for our dog Bean, Nathan was grateful for the Earth, and Mya was grateful for her family and yummy food.

My kids and my life...they have truly been a blessing in my life...they taught me that you can truly love someone unconditionally and the same.

 

This year, it SNOWED! Not just a little but a ton and we took advantage of it and played in the snow! It was the first Thanksgiving for us here, that it snowed.

Nathan and Bean...best buds!

Isaac playing peek a boo with mom in the trees.

 

 Even Bean, had a great time! He looked like a rabbit hopping in the snow!

The snow made for great pictures of my kids, in our forest and also of our trees.

Nathan and Mya attempting to build a snowman...so Blake taught the kids how to really build one and it was huge!!!

 

To say that we had a good Thanksgiving was a understatement....we truly had a BLAST!!!

Which One?

So I took some photos of my kids for our Christmas cards this year but been having trouble choosing one and my hubby is just leaving it up to me....so help me out and let me know which one is your favorite.

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It was so hard to take these photos because except for the last two, they complained that they were cold and couldn't smile for me....after about 50 photos later these were the best ones. Somehow, my children just couldn't smile all at the same time because they would just mom too happy!

Be Careful For What You Wish For....

 You definitely need to be careful for what you wish for....especially with snow...in my last post my kids were so excited about the snow but sad that it melted so quickly but two days later they got what they wish for but with a vengeance! This is what we woke up too beautiful but freezing!!!!

                                                

 We thought for sure that school was closed but no, even though we were having a blizzard, they were still open! So we decided our best option was walking...we pulled on our snow pants, boots, gloves, hats and a sled!

 Look how deep the snow is...it was definitely a workout on our legs!!!

 The sled was for Mya...I thought it would be easier for her and for myself , that she was transported this way!

 Nate had a blast pulling his little sister!!!

Off to school they go...side note, Mya was the envy of all her classmates, they thought it was so COOL to come to school on a sled.  I was also nominated for best mom by a mom yelling out of her car, for pulling Mya on a sled after school....The Joy of Snow!!!

To A Child, Getting an inch of snow is like winning the lottery!

Yesterday November 18th, was our first official Snow Fall and as I said it in my title...to a child, getting an inch of snow is like winning the lottery!!! My kids were so excited for the snow and the possibilities of playing in it. I also have to admit that I was excited too...I felt like a kid, so I can totally understand how they were feeling. We walked to school in the morning and it was so fun... that we were late!!! My kids had a half a day at school, so my kindergartener came out at 10:45 and my boys at 1:00 and as soon they came home, they went straight to our backyard... to built snow forts! Nate and Mya was building one together and Ike was building his own, so they could have a snow fight. They were out there for a hour having a great time, until someone came in crying but overall, they had a BLAST!!!

 Also yesterday was Bean's 2nd Birthday!!! We are so grateful for him and the many adventures we had have with him...

 

he's a great addition to our family!!!!

A Haunting We Will Go....

Halloween is one of my favorite holiday! It's the one season that I go crazy decorating the outside of my house, just asks Blake!!! I become a kid and I love everything about Halloween except scary movies...can't do those anymore ever since having kids! I would have nightmares just looking at their commercials...crazy huh! 

Fun Decorations!!!!

To decorate our pumpkins we have these potato head like parts that meant for the pumpkins...my kids have a blast using these pieces! 

This year was especially busy for me because I was nominated to be room mom to Nate's and Ike's class, which means that I plan the class parties! Thank goodness, Ike's class was simple and the kids planned their party but Nate's, it was all me! I roped some moms in the class to head up some stations I decided to do but it was definitely stressful!!! Also Mya wanted me to help at her party and to dress up too, so never the less, I was at the school all day but the party was successful!!!

Class Parties

My kids was so happy to be in their costumes!!!

Dark Vader...yes he has been this before but we finally put our foot down on Harry Porter costume! Being Harry for 6 Halloweens is TOO MUCH!!!

Combat Warrior....so COOL!!!

Pilot...she's so AWESOME!

This year Blake dressed up too for Halloween...too bad, no one knew who he was and it was such a good joke!!! He got confuse as a bishop with a orange tan but he was John Boehner and he even had a pack cigarettes in his pocket. My friend asked me if I could be a fortune teller at her Halloween party..so I was a gypsy! I couldn't find a costume that wasn't sleazy, so I made my own and I think it came out pretty good!

Mya is with her good friend Sam.

We were invited to several parties and we had a great time at both of them...good food and good friends!!!

After the party, we headed to our ward's trunk-o-treat, which was really three wards and the parking lot was packed and my kids had a tons of candy!!!

 

Mya and Sam at the trunk-o-treat...because Halloween was on a Sunday this year and here in Washington they celebrate it on the day it fall, this was all the trick-o-treating my kids were doing...but they were able to give out candy to those treat-o-treaters that came to our door.