Thanksgiving

We had a fun Thanksgiving this year. My sister and brother came with their families from Indiana. We had 6 adults and 10 kids in our house. The kids had so much fun with their cousins. The food was excellent. Nathan did a great job on the Turkey and Stuffing and all the sides ended up yummy. I tried a couple new recipes this year and they were good!
Here is a picture of the guys after playing football. Jordan ended up with a riped shirt, Nathan with a riped pocket, and they were all VERY muddy. They had fun though.Here are 9 out of the 10 cousins. E was the oldest at 8. It was complete craziness, which is always fun.

We got up early on Friday and headed to the stores. My sister Carrie held down the fort while the rest of us tried to get some great deals. We ended up getting most of what we wanted. All the big items we wanted we were able to get. Now we just have to wait for Christmas!

Fall in PA or What we have doing lately.

Soccer is finally over, and so is our Primary Program, so I feel like I can breath a little better. We spent last week being sick, but we were still able to do a few things! Here are some photos from last week! Enjoy!

Fairy

Dorothy

High King Peter

Russian Princess

Again!

We celebrated another birthday yesterday. Our only son J turned 6. He is full off energy and excited about life. His sisters love playing with him and he keeps us entertained. He loves to create things out of knex and Lego's. He gets so involved in his play that it can get hard to tear him away from it. It is fun to have a little boy in the house!This is his birthday present from us. He loves it. We are having a friend birthday party on Saturday. It should be a lot of fun. Hopefully I will be able to post pictures soon after!

First Day (at least it was a month ago)!

Here are J and E on the first day of School. They started August 24. It's been great for them and they are both really loving school!

J started Kindergarten this year. He loves his teacher and being in school.
E is now in 3rd grade. She got glasses this summer and had been wearing them only at school until she lost one of the screws. She doesn't like them ,but I do. I think she will try for contacts as soon as she can! E's comment about school "I don't like summer vacation. I would rather be in school". Very typical for E.

Time Flies!

This little cutie turned one in August. She is a joy to have in our Family. She loves to be in the middle of things. She loves giving kisses and snuggles. She also likes to have things go her way, and if they don't you had better watch out! We love her and are so glad she is in our family!

Here is the aftermath of the cake. We made a chocolate butterfly cake. She LOVED it!

H also started walking right after turning one. She loves being like the big kids! It is so much fun to watch her as she toddles around. I also love her face when she accomplishes something. She gets the biggest grin and is so proud of what she just did. I will have to try and capture that!

Home again, Home again, Jiggity Jig

Well we are alive and surviving our first week of school here. We made it back from our long vacation and are all under the same roof again. Nathan had to spend a month of his residency taking classes in Washington D. C. , so I had him drive me out to Idaho so we could spend the time with family. My Mom was able to drive back with me which was a life saver. You're the best Mom. The next few entries are of our trip. Enjoy!

Leaving

We left for our trip on the 16 of July. We made it to Idaho in 3 days. Here are some pictures of our trip out.

We are on the road.

H slept a lot on the trip.

This is what we saw a lot of the last 2 day. Not much.

The Kids watched a lot of movies and colored, and slept.

It was a very uneventful drive out which was nice.