Football -- in the dark.

Christian convinced some of the girls to go outside in the cold and play football with the last remainder of light this evening and my kids wanted to join them, Brad stopped by and played too.

 We've been having some very pretty nights/ days.

 I didn't notice until I was going through pictures later how much Ella and Aidan were hugging each other and then tackle each other to the ground. LOL.

 I took these yesterday when the kids and I were riding around with Kenneth in his car.

Wagon Ride

It was a nice day, but on the chilly side, but around 3:30 after Ella and Britton were done with naps, it was time to get out of the house so we went on a walk. They ALL wanted to ride in the wagon so I'm needing something more like a train than a wagon to be able to fit them all. ☺

This picture is so cute, so I was really bummed that it's totally over exposed.

 In our house I just have organizational projects that need to be done, and the one really bugging me was under the kitchen sink. I like to save grocery bags to reuse as garbage liners and to bag up stinky diapers, but they were out of control. This morning I started on it while Cary occupied the kids since Britton and Ella REALLY wanted to help. I didn't get a good before picture because I had already emptied out one side before I remembered to take a picture.

Cary actually ended up being the one to hang the wire shelves on the door because I was making him nervous while using his drill. LOL. Obviously, the biggest difference is that I got a holder to corral the bags.
I feel better.

P.S. Pictures from game night over on The Haps!

Hanging Out (Post Thanksgiving Laziness)

 I forgot that I had been playing around with my white balance so the first few pictures are funky colored, but we'll go ahead and pretend that I did that on purpose.
Can I just say that it's been so nice to just be able to hang out at home and be lazy in the mornings. That's something we didn't get to do much of while remodeling the house so we're sure to enjoy now when the occasion does arise. Jordy came over and played with the kids and we just all hung out.

Earlier that morning when our alarms clocks went off, (our alarm clocks being Aidan and Ella coming in our room and asking for breakfast) Britton was already in our bed and Cary said somewhat sarcastically, "Children are a blessing." and Aidan said, "Dad, we're not blessings, we're kids." Cary responds, "Ain't that the truth."  I think I laughed for like 10 minutes about that.

Thanksgiving 2011

As usual with these posts, it's heavy on the decorating photos and not so much people. The decorations don't whine about being fat or making funny faces. ☺ Ok, but really it's kind of hard taking too many pictures once everyone arrives and you're eating.

 These were taken at the brunch that morning. This year the high school hosted a "Turkey Trot" 5K or 10K race, early in the morning, but we weren't involved with that this year. We were enjoying a rare, relaxed morning at home.

Ken and I had too much going on this Fall and we were having a really hard time with coming up with how to decorate this year. The creative juices were just not flowing. I'm not gonna lie (I have been watching way to much Yo Gabba Gabba) it's not my favorite setup that we've ever done, but it turned out alright.

 This year is the first year that I've spent Thankgiving without my parents. They headed down to Phoenix to be with my dad's family, and they were supposed to take Grandpa, but he decided last minute that he wanted to stay home. We've been keeping our eye on him and made sure he made it to the dinner. ☺

 Oh, the pie. Apple, pumpkin, pecan, strawberry-rhubarb, peach-raspberry, lemon, banana pudding, etc... how is a person supposed to choose? I'm not gonna lie (see? Too much Yo Gabba Gabba) turkey dinner is just "meh" to me. I can easily turn down the mashed potatoes and gravy, and the yams and sweet potatoes don't even make it to my plate. ☺ So really, Thanksgiving dinner is all about the dressing and pie for me.

 It was a very pretty day.