We are so thankful for family & friends... & turkeys!
(Pilgrims too)
We enjoyed a fun Thanksgiving Day celebration on our good friends' roof. The weather was amazing!
Austin & Caedmon being goofy
Ian & August are busy
We played a little bingo, enjoyed writing on our place mats what we are thankful for and even celebrated with a Thanksgiving Day Mad Libs!
Smile if you like to eat turkey!
Jenny & Austin celebrating in style
Our giggly almost 10 year old!
Sweet Olivet drawing a turkey
Cute family!
Didi with his disguise
Sisters!
"This is interesting" were the pre photo remarks.
Lil serving up some Cider "Wassail" and some Hot Cocoa!
We enjoyed quite a feast! Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, fried potatoes, salad,
gravy, rolls, spicy cold noodles, and pumpkin pie... yum!
Intense Viv getting every last drop of hot cocoa!
Happy to eat yummy food!
good friends
Augie wants a turn!
Who is this behind the mask??
family fun times
Brodes the day before Thanksgiving :( He was pretty sick for about 24 hours then felt fine!
(Though it's hard for a mama to see her baby sick, I loved having a day of cuddle time with August!)
Yummy meal: a curry soup with rice and a few sides. I was a little surprised all enjoyed it :)
smiles for supper time
Our "perspectives" art project
building a city
I love how creative kids are. They all had the same directions and all had very different cities.
Dass's little town
yummy pizza
This was a cute surprise. Lil and Cade took a couple hours to turn the girls room into a "Lazer Field." The littles were so excited to try to call through without getting zapped.
We have been so busy, girls night hasn't been happenin'. So finally Olivet and I got a couple hours to ourselves. Of course she chose to paint...
always glad for washable paint
Olivet didn't mind that August joined us for a little bit.
Tada!
Halloween ballerinas,
Batman,
2 Gymnastics Instructors,
And a Chinese Man
Made for fun trick-or-treating!
L & C's ROBOT from scratch. He had amazing skills like storing things inside his brain.
Lots of flowers for our "anniversary"!
It's been 12 years this month since our first date!
Lil holding baby Magnolia- her favorite thing to do in the whole world!
Sweet Maggie
Viv turned 5!
Lil made her quite the card
so did everyone else!
Lil also did the wrapping
yeay for markers & legos!
Viv's birthday was on a Sunday so we enjoyed her cake at our House Church!
All were glad to have a fun night with Charlotte, Rachel, Oswald & their folks!
Was hanging out in a basement on our 3 wheel bike eating spicy peanuts waiting for Krista to come down. The guards approached and began asking about how we can have 6 kids and what the American government is like. So I asked them what it was like to have one or two kids after coming from larger families and how they view their government. We had a few chuckles and I had Krista take our pic. This encounter didn't feel weird or strange in any way.
I asked Krista to drive so I could take some pics of interesting things along the way. It was a challenge because nothing seemed interesting or out of the ordinary. It all was normal.
We made it to our destination! Lunch with the ladies. I have enjoyed our once a month outing so much in the last few years. It's always a special and unique time to look forward to!
