Happy Thanksgiving!!

Farewell to the Fall Decorations......

I feel really bad that Christmas is coming so soon and that I have almost skipped over Thanksgiving. Brody keeps telling me that we can not put up the Christmas decoration because we have not had Thanksgiving. Well to give Thanksgiving some credit.....I am very thankful for a lot of things. This year has been very eventful for us and I am very thankful for my great family (my wonderful husband, my great kids, and my supportive extended family), our health (even though Michael is still dealing with injuries from his accident and the kids have been sick for the past week), our new house (so the kids can run around and not have to play under my feet, and of course all the extra spce to store my STUFF and decorate) and the gospel!

I hope you all have a Wonderful Thanksgiving and spend some quality time with your families.

Halloween...so they are a little late

Kid's Party...Brekka was a bumble bee, Brae didn't want his picture taken and Brody is hiding behind his alien mask.

The Real Halloween Night: Brody was an alien, Brekka was a scarecrow, and Brae was a dragon.

This Halloween was very busy for us. I started the month out by dressing up for bunco, then followed Brody’s school carnival, our adult dinner club party, the kid’s party (because the shop was already decorated), Brody’s class party and then….finally Halloween. By this time, I figured the kids had experiences the whole Halloween experience but boy was I wrong. Brody informed me that he had never been trick or treating door to door so I decided that the kids needed to do that. (Thanks Cari!) The weather was actually nice. Usually we have snow or rain and the wind is always blowing. The kids did enjoy it, but who wouldn’t when their sack is being filled with candy.
Also, this month my parents decided to surprise us by delivering Halloween sacks and balloons. They have been known to drive just over two hours to deliver us goodies, say hi for 10-15 minutes and then go back home. Crazy, I know but we love them for it. They are always so good to support us and do so many kind things for us. Thanks mom and dad, we really do appreciate you! (I think they were so excited that gas prices have gone down that they just need to take a trip at almost half the cost =})

Michael didn't want to miss out on the Halloween fun....

This is him before he left for work. (Notice his nose and lip)
Brekka loves to pout...she has been doing this a lot lately. I think it is so funny.

Michael made his own coffin for his Halloween costume.

Does he look dead? Wendy was Lil' Red in the Hood

Halloween Party
I love Halloween! I love to dress up, I love to decorate, and I love to party! This year for dinner club we had our party out in our shop. Michael did most of the major decorating (lights, the wall, the spider & web). My sister Cari helped me with all the other little decorating.

Annual maple bar/twist eating contest
Everyone had a lot of fun. Couples have to eat the whole thing without using their hands.
I had a hard time taking pictures because everyone was laughing so hard or they couldn't keep it in their mouth.

Wilma & Fred Flintston (Cari & Mitch)Hunters...with awesome duck calls (Mike & Jenise)

Thanks Michael for helping me with the PARTY! You are the Best!