Happy Thanksgiving!

We are thankful for our Family and our Friends.

We are thankful that we are all healthy.

We are thankful that we have food to put on the table.

We are thankful that we live in a great neighborhood.

We are thankful for beautiful weather.
      (even if it's not snowing)

We are thankful for the blessings that we enjoy daily.

New Haircuts!

Hannah wanted to get her hair cut short,
so I took the girls and Henry to get haircuts.

You can't tell that Henry got his cut, but he had a
wicked mullet in the back that we had to get rid of.

They look so much better when a professional gives
them cuts instead of me. It makes such a difference.

BRING IT ON!

Snow! Snow! Snow!

Who doesn't love winter?

It's my favorite season by far.

We got our first big snow last night
I woke up in such a good mood.

I had to find the camera and start taking
pictures before it was even light out.

Checklist Item: Put the patio chairs and table away
Oops forgot!

It's a good thing that Steve is working from home today!

Yesterday this was my flower garden.

I do feel bad for the flowers that are still blooming.

The sad thing is that the snow is all melting
right now and will be gone soon.
It's a good thing that winter is just begining.

Glad it's finally over!

I am not a big fan of Halloween

So I am very glad that the weekend is over. However, we did get something amazing accomplished so it wasn't a total waste.

Friday: Here they are all dressed up.

Jonathon is some character from Aragon, but I can never remember who. Thomas is what we call a Skeletal Horror. Hannah is Hermione Granger from Harry Potter, and Libby is Mariposa, from the Barbie movie.

Steve wanted to take the kids out this year, and Jonathon decided he was to old to go Trick or Treating, so he stayed home and handed out candy (a decision he later regretted when he had to beg the others to share with him). I really didn't have to do much - it was quite relaxing. Henry was mad, because we would not let him sit and eat the whole bowl of candy like he wanted to. I didn't feel like finding a costume for him, He can go next year.

For Halloween night, we watched "The Black Hole". Steve remembered it as being kind of spooky and scary, so he though it would make for a good Halloween movie. The kids enjoyed it, but in my opinion, it was pretty hokey - special effects from 30 years ago are hilarious.

Saturday: We cleaned out the Garage - WOW!
We put if off for way too long. There was a couple of years of STUFF just piled up in there. We were not worried about it, because we figured it would all get taken care of when we moved.
NOW THAT WE HAVE DECIDED NOT TO MOVE
I am not going to spend the winter digging my car out of the driveway every morning. So we got to work, and it only took us a few hours. I wish I would have gotten a before picture to post - so everyone could see how bad it really was.

Here is how it looks now - my car fits!
If we can find a place for the bikes to go,
Steve will be able to fit his car in too!

I am so excited!

One last memorable moment from this weekend.

Saturday night we finally got the kids to bed
Hannah decided to sleep with a Green Glow Stick
I was going to take it away, but I thought that she would be fine.

WRONG!

For some reason, she decided that if she chewed on the glow stick, it would glow brighter. NOPE - it just broke open all over the place, it got in her mouth and she spit it all over. She was very distraught and told us that we needed to call poison control.

We thought is was pretty funny, because when we went in to see what all of the fuss was about, she was sitting in a mess of glowing green and her mouth was oozing glow in the dark goo. Again, wish I would have taken a picture - it was better than the special effects of "The Black Hole"!