Thanksgiving 2014!

Well we survived our first "Harvest feast" as big Kindergartners!  And other than the mother who almost beat me up over a juice box, it was a success.  The cafeteria was decorated with things the kids had made and they all wore their hats and paper bag vests.  Oh, and Nate ate enough mac and cheese for five adults.  Those are pretty much the highlights!

 Nate and his teacher, Mrs. Kelley

 Why do they look so big in the hallway outside their classrooms..

 Lilly's class with Mrs. Stinson

Thanksgiving at Mom's was a good day.  Great food, and although we missed family who weren't there, we still had a full house with my sister and her family, and later, my aunt and uncle and cousins.

Name cards placed oh so lovingly on the table by Lilly and Avery. :)

 The best pic I could get using my tri-pod (I hate that thing)!!

 Cousins had fun playing in the backyard!

 Time to play games inside!!  The kids had a blast playing "Guess Who" in between screaming/wrestling/chasing/tattle-telling, and asking for something to eat/drink.

 "Come on, Mommy, I'm fussy and tired.  Take me home and put me in bed!"

 Aunt and cousin skyping with other cousin because he had to work and couldn't come down..

 Aunt Alison getting in some play time with Mr. Fussy Pants.

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Thank you, Jesus, for your forgiveness and grace.  And for another year with oh so many sweet blessings to be thankful for.

Halloween 2014!

Halloween started off with "book character" day at school.  We have books for these guys, so I went with it!  Yay for getting more use out of our Halloween costumes!

Raphael (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle) and of course, Elsa from Frozen:

 Parade at school!

 Benny was a Vikings football player and I found a witch hat in the dollar bin at Target, so there ya go!

 Had a fun little get together with friends before we headed off to Trick-or Treat!

 Our carved pumpkins!

 Halloween wouldn't be complete without Grandma!

Hope everyone got a lot of good candy!  I know we did!!!!