First snow of the season

It wasn't a lot of snow, but the kids were very excited to get to go out and play in it.  Matt helped them build a snowman, and I was able to get Baylee to smile for a picture.

Thanksgiving

I love Thanksgiving, it's my favorite holiday!  I just love being around friends and family, and really wish I didn't have to wait for a holiday to be with my family.  This year we had Matt's sister Melissa and her family, our good friend Slim, and my dad.  Even though hosting Thanksgiving is a lot of work, I still really enjoyed having everyone at my house.  I didn't get any pictures on turkey day, just too pre-occupied with cooking and chatting, but here's a couple to share...

Here's one of all of us, in the van, hahaha.  If you look closely you'll see the top of Isaac and Aaron's head!

Here's the kids watching a movie on the laptop

Our friend Slim, the hairdresser??

Here he is again as the handy man...

I'm very thankful for Slim helping Matt replace the window he broke while hanging Christmas lights.  Otherwise our house would have looked like this until spring.

Trick or Treat

The kids are the perfect age for trick-or-treating, no more strollers, no more being shy, & no more crying at the scary costumes.  I'll be so sad when they out grow this, I just love dressing them up.  Alivia, my little princess, had her costume picked out for months. Aaron the frog, played the part well, jumping all around.  Baylee the little lady bug, loved wearing her costume all day.  And Nathan enjoyed scaring the little ones with his skeleton costume.  We had a great time, with lots of fun activies, but I think the kids favorite part was being able to do all these fun things with Grandma.  My mom came to town for the weekend, and before that, Matt's parents for here for a few weeks.  We love having our family here, and can't wait 'til the next visit.

Fall Fun

Fall is here, and it makes for some great "playing in the leaves" photo ops!

 

Little Ballerina

Alivia has been taking ballet classes for about 6 weeks now, and she just loves it.  It's not easy getting a good picture of her dancing, but here are a few that Grandma Linda was able to capture.