A Thanksgiving to Remember

I don't think any of us will ever forget Thanksgiving this year. We missed it. Yep...that's right. We were pretty much not allowed to show up to dinner with our families this year. Not that they didn't want us there, or maybe they didn't. We were all sick. Each and every one of us. In fact, we have never been that sick before. Or maybe just not all at once. It was a horrible Thanksgiving week of vacation, and we didn't even get better in time for the actual holiday. I know I sound very negative - but it was REALLY that bad.

Despite our illnesses, we definitely made the best of the situation. Everyone was functioning at that point, and kind of had an appetite. We made our own special dinner at home and even used real dishes for the kids (they usually are stuck using plastic ones!) Kylie made a place card for everyone and we actually had a lot of fun. Most of the night was spent making jokes about how pathetic looking we all were and how funny it was that we were sitting around the table in the manner that we were. Check out our awesome night....



Nothing like some manicotti and broccoli for Thanksgiving dinner......


Here's the low down....Chad - eye almost swollen shut, me - TIRED, Cameron - double ear infections/major coughing and no pants because of an early spill, Kylie - can you tell we hadn't even brushed her hair yet that day? (Lucky I had finally decided to take a shower!) Hilarious family picture! Too bad you didn't get to see David....who hadn't showered yet! :)

Then for the real Thanksgiving dinner with

my family we finally got to do on Sunday night.

Thank goodness for real Thanksgiving food.

Here are the cousins at the kiddie table!






After dinner.....Karaoke!!

Breakdancing (headspins)....

and lots of singing!

We had a great night together with the family....we were especially

grateful for not being sick anymore!!!

Just had to add in these random pictures of Chad's first grade feast, and Cameron's feast at preschool. We had a lot of fun and ate lots of food!

LOVE the fruit loop necklaces!

Halloween Happenings!!!

Halloween was A LOT of fun this year. We had so many fun activities to be a part of, and so many things going on. Between Trick-or-Treating, the pumpkin patch, our church Trunk-or-Treat, our school Fall Festival and lots and lots of school activities - we were VERY busy. Here are some pictures of our fun times!

First, we were off to the Pumpkin Patch to play and have fun. (We never really buy our pumpkins there - but it is a fun place to go play! :))


We realized that Chad is a bit afraid of heights....didn't want to go very high.

Kylie, on the other hand, was loving it. I was very surprised.

Give Chad a couple of years and he might do the same!

CUTE KIDS!

Pumpkin Carving.....
Check out our October weather! No shirt, Mom!

All lit up for Halloween night!

Check out the awesome costumes Grandma made us!

Scarey Dog (according to Cameron)

Pippi Longstocking

ROBOT

Cameron's Preschool Halloween Party and Costume Parade

Shoveling in the good stuff.....yep.....pretty typical!


Fun Preschool Friends

Costume Parade and Singing for the Parents.....too cute!

Cameron loved every minute of the spotlight and knew the
words to every song!

He decided to wear last year's costume to school -

Thomas the Train, of course!

Halloween Night was a Sunday, so we decided to hang out outside with neighbors and family and hand out candy to the trick-or-treaters. We had a lot of fun together sitting by the fire. It was kind of nice to stay home for once!

Cameron, Chad, Kylie, Delaney, and Vincenzo

Check out our new cousin Baby Alex....too cute!

Random picture....kids got to get their faces painted for

free at a local restaurant right after Halloween.

They were very excited!!!

Day Out with Thomas

We decided it was the perfect time to take Cameron to meet Thomas the train. He is pretty much in love with trains, and plays with them all day. He loves to watch Thomas on T.V. in the mornings and knows all of the characters on the show. Thomas was coming to our area in November, and he only comes once a year. I was worried that he might not be as excited next year - so we decided to go! I am SO GLAD that we did. We had so much fun and it was awesome to see it all through his eyes. It was also wonderful to have one on one time with just David, Cameron, and I....something that pretty much never happens. Here are some fun things we did that day.

Very excited when we finally
told him where we were going!

Sir Topham Hat

Riding on Thomas!!!

Posing on the Caboose...

Riding on a Trolley Car

Cameron's First

(and only)

TATOO!

The best part of the day for him was

just playing with all of the different

train tables at the end of the day!

He could have stayed there for hours!

Such a cute boy!

Sharks Soccer Party

Another year of soccer ended and we had our team party on a Friday night at the busiest pizza place in town. The kids had lots of fun playing games, eating, and receiving their trophies. Chad had a great season and really improved from last year. He is getting more and more aggressive and really getting into the game. The most goals he scored in one game was six - and he was very proud! I think he was even more proud of his trophy!

Some pictures from his last game...

TEAMWORK!