Thanksgiving

This year for Thanksgiving we went to my moms. My mom and sister Stacey did most of the cooking for our dinner and they did an excellent job!!! Thanks guys for all of your hard work. Everything tasted so yummy. It was nice to be surrounded by family and to be able to enjoy one another's company. After dinner my mom surprised all of the grandchildren with a super fun activity. She got them all sorts of cookies and candy to make a train. They all had a lot of fun and each one made their own special creation. (Of course they ate tons tons of goodies while making it too!!!!)

Carter was laughing so hard at his Grandpa. Nanna was holding him and Grandpa kept putting the cup on his head. Carter would lean over to make it fall off and he would laugh the biggest belly laugh over and over again. He thinks his Grandpa is the coolest! He was even saying "Gampa", sooooooooooo cute!


We also got to see the FABULOUS lights on my parents house. Each year after Thanksgiving dinner they turn the lights on for the holidays. Dan does such an awesome job with is lights. All of the grand-sons have a gingerbread man with their names on them. The grand-daughters have angels. The kids get so excited to find their name each year. I just love all the lights!!!!!

Thanksgiving Eve........

The boys both had Thanksgiving feasts at their schools. The teachers had food for them to try and they got to make some Thanksgiving crafts. Last night we watched the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving specials as a family and the boys kept cracking up at little Woodstock. It was so funny to hear them crack up. I remember how I would look forward to watching the Holiday specials each year with my family while growing up. Today we made the Turkeys that you see above. My mom asked each of our families to bring a centerpiece made by the grand-kids to Thanksgiving dinner. The boys had a fun time making ours. I can't believe that it is already the Eve of Thanksgiving. Where did 2008 go?

Silly boy faces.........

I've been a slacker on my posting lately.....but I am back! We have been busy with all the kids activities and then the past few days I haven't felt well. On a brighter note......I am happy to say that I am about 95% finished with my Christmas shopping! YEAH!!!!! Here are some pictures of the boys : )

Proud mom : )

Tonight was awesome! Keaton entered the reflections contest at his school and he was one of the 5 kids chosen in his category to move on to the next level. He was so cute waiting to see if he would get a certificate for entering or get a trophy and have his picture move on. He didn't even want to look/listen each time a name was called out. He was so nervous!!! Dumb mom.....didn't bring the camera!!! Duhhhh!!! Anyway I would show you his picture but I don't have one. :(
I will try to explain the photo LOL!!!
On a large poster sized paper he drew a big Dinosaur sitting on a rug watching t.v. and eating popcorn. On the t.v. was another Dino.
My neighbor is keeping all of the finals, maybe I can head over and snatch a photo before she sends them to the next level???

I am so proud of him!!!!! Way to go Keaton : )

Breakin' Babes LOL!!!

I have been having fun with a site called JibJab that my sister Melissa introduced me to. It is such a crack up! I put together a bunch of silly e-cards that I sent out. I put one on the bottom of my blog for all to see! It is of my mom, sis Amber, and I. Just scroll down to the bottom of my blog, click on the big arrow, wait a bit, and then see how goofy/silly we look. If you think it is dorky.....just remember that lame things make me laugh!!!! Have a great day everyone!!!!

Oh no, not again!

Keaton is sick now! I thought our turn with the flu was over!? Poor kid! Time to get out the clorox wipes again! Yuck, yuck, yuck!!

Keaton's rock collection

Last night Keaton finished up his rock collection project for school. We tied his project into our FHE and the kids thought it was fun. He worked hard and it turned out well. The part the kids liked the most was how they had to put vinegar an the rocks to see if they would fizz. Only one of the rocks fizzed but they had to do it over and over again because they thought it was so cool.