Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to all of our friends and family!  Our greatest wish is for everyone to be healthy, happy, and kind to others.

The kiddos had another snow day on Tuesday so Mommy and the kids had more FUN outside!  We ended up with about 3 feet of snow!

The snow fort that Mommy built...too bad ALL of the fort melted Thursday through Sunday! sigh.


Backyard view!


Playing in the snow


Our first snow man of the season.  The snow was not great for packing (the reason for the small snow man)


School work:
Addie




Ayson









On Wednesday after work, we went to Grandma Collene's for the Thanksgiving Holiday.
Daddy took the kids out "hunting" in the new blind (Daddy bout the blind so that the kids could go with him) on Thursday morning.  The only time Daddy saw a deer was when the kids were with him (who smelled liked turkey and were NOT quiet...lol :)






Happy Thanksgiving to all of our friends and family!


The red heads, Babs and Addie with Mommy behind the camera:)


Ayson played outside with his cousins after Thanksgiving dinner.  They made a huge snow ball while Kaela was building a wall.


Addie getting her hair braided by Grandma on Friday while visiting with Uncle Shawn.


Miss Annie and Mr Bob sent Mommy a video of the train that Daddy dropped off with Mr Bob on Tuesday evening...so that Mr Bob could determine if the train still works...it works!!!


On Friday, Daddy and the kiddos (Mommy had to work) went to Grandpa Chuck's for another Thanksgiving meal (no turkey at these festivities:)
The cousins "cheering" their juice barrels.


It was Kaela's birthday (Uncle Shawn's too) on Thursday (Happy Birthday, Kaela!) so she celebrated with both Grandma and Grandpa.


Addie getting cozy with Andrea (Pama's son's girlfriend:)


Daddy sporting the new cowl neck in blaze orange that Grandma Collene made for him!


Ahhh! Relaxing at the house on Saturday:)


Ayson building a house in Mindcraft (at least his thumb got a workout;)


On Sunday, we got our Christmas tree!  Ms Erin told the kids last year that there was an elf in the barn so Ayson was intent on finding the elf and spent the first ten minutes looking for the elf and NOT for a tree. As an aside, our Elf on the Shelf, made an appearance Saturday but then forgot to move on Sunday morning...oops!


Ms Erin was SO nice!  She made the kiddos there OWN little trees to put in their rooms!  Thank you!


Two little elves helping Mommy and Daddy decorate the tree.


The kiddos decorating their trees.


Ta Da!

Holy Snow Day!

The kiddos and Mommy had a snow day and Daddy worked from home. We started the morning off with about 6 inches and as of this evening, we are at 2 feet of snow!

We went outside before and after lunch.
Before:
Addie in the foreground with Ayson as an orange speck in the background.


Snow angel!


Fort building!


Addie "helping" Daddy shovel snow in the driveway.


Lol, with the kiddos helping, more snow ended up in the driveway than out of it!


Ayson wanted Mommy to bury Ayson's lower half in the snow :)


After lunch:
The spruce trees next to the house.


The kids had to almost swim through the snow!


Mommy starting a snow fort in the side yard


Ayson helping Daddy shovel the driveway...again!


Where's the mountain?!?

Sleepovers and Hi Winter!

The weather was unseasonably warm this week through Saturday afternoon.  Both kiddos went to the dentist this past week and are still in the "No Cavity" club and got their picture in the "Book of Fame." The kiddos had friends over for a sleepover on Saturday and Mommy is done for the rest of Sunday ;)

Earlier this week, the "kids" checked out the American Flier train set (~1960) that Grandma Collene gave to Ayson and Addie. The train engine does not work and Daddy and Ayson are going to visit a friend/neighbor this coming week to see if the engine can be fixed...fingers crossed!


Hi Baby Doll!


On Saturday, Mikhan came over for a SLEEPOVER!  Since the weather was outrageously warm, we made sure to spend plenty of time outside.


Ayson wanted a friend to spend the night too so Mommy also invited Caleb over (Daddy was at Grandma Collene's hunting).
The kiddos checking out the last of the raspberries...each kiddo managed to eat one last berry!


The swings were already down for the winter, but the teeter totter was still lots of fun!


Interesting, both boys thought chalk was "boring" and yet they were the ones to draw the massive dinosaurs!  The beginning stages of Ayson's "long neck" dinosaur.


Mommy wanted to get one last Smore event in over the gorgeous Saturday. By 3 pm on Saturday, Mommy noticed the clouds (signalling the cold front) starting to move in from the west, so the kiddos ended up having a mid afternoon snack of Smores!!! (It started to sleet/hail by 6 pm!)


The girls had so much fun playing together! The boys would get bored first (with what they were playing with) and then the boys would ask the girls if they could play too...in this case teenage mutant ninja turtles against princess and Barbie dolls :)


Mommy made "skillet" cooked pop corn (FIRST time EVER for Mommy :) for the kiddos Saturday night!  The directions were on the side of the popping corn bag...fyi.


Sunday was a drastic change of weather.  Luckily, Caleb's mom planned ahead and Caleb had his snow suit and boots...along with the long sleeve shirt that was worn on Saturday!  Mommy had plenty of Addie's winter clothes to share with Mikhan.
Where's the mountain?!?!?


Brother-sister hug before things got ugly (meaning before Addie felt like she was being pushed down the "mountain" of vegetation/sunflower stalks:)


"Knock, knock"...Hi Mikhan!


Addie makes a great joker...especially with the frown!


Daddy got home just before lunch on Sunday (no deer this weekend) and processed all of his jalapeno peppers for drying and cooked up a storm in the kitchen.