So much to be thankful for

Once again I am late on my Thanksgiving post, as usual.  But we had such a nice Thanksgiving I had to share about it, no matter how late it is. 

Wednesday night I got a night out with my girlfriends to see a local band play.  It was so much fun and a very much needed night out. 

On Thanksgiving day we watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade before we went to my brother-in-law and sister-in-law's house for lunch.  It was nice to be somewhere different for a change and Jay and Jess have a beautiful home in Jackson.  We had the traditional Thanksgiving lunch, with the traditional desserts.  I ate wayyy too much but it was all so delicious it was hard not to stop stuffing my face.  We were able to FaceTime with Chris and Kelsey who were not able to make it from St. Louis and we spoke with Whitney from Seattle on the phone.  All in all, it ended up being a good day and we were exhausted!

Friday night E and I took the girls to see "Rise of the Guardians".  It was Haidyn's first official movie theatre experience and she did surprisingly well.  She didn't sit the whole time but she wasn't running up and down the aisles and talking loudly.  Always a plus with a 2-year-old.  It was a super cute movie and we all thoroughly enjoyed it.  So glad we decided to go! 

We have so much to be thankful this year that it was easy to just enjoy ourselves and take it all in.  We have been so blessed with good health, wonderful friends and family and God continues to show us many more blessings every day.  We hope all of you were reminded of how much you have to be thankful for and know that we are thankful for all of you as well!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING (late) and MERRY CHRISTMAS SOON!

Trick-or-Treat, Smell my Feet

Okay, so I'm a little late on the Halloween post, but better late than never, right? 

It ended up being a beautiful night to go trick-or-treating.  Highs were in the 60's so the girls didn't even have to really wear coats or pants under their costumes.  This year Mallory went as Medusa, Isabella was a gypsy and Haidyn went as a dragon.  Haidyn's costume was a hand-me-down from when Mallory was 2, but the older girls' I bought new online.  They were all so cute!  Seeing Haidyn in Mallory's old costume made me a little weepy thinking of how grown up Mallory is now, but it was great I was able to get more use out of it. 

My boss' had given me some candy at work to give the girls because they weren't going to be home so they had candy in their buckets before we even made our first stop.  Our first stop, as usual, was to Jackie, my co-worker's house.  She always has fun things for the girls to freak over.  She had a witch's hand in the candy bowl that Haidyn wasn't too fond of, but Isabella thought it was great.  After her house we went to my grandma's.  She had bags all set up for the girls but somehow we ended up with Haidyn's bucket almost full by the time we left there. 

The girls with their great-grandma

After the stop at my grandma's we headed back to Round Lake to finish off the night there.  There seemed to be few houses with their lights on and not very many kids out, but the girls still came home with FULL bags.  The older girls had met up with some friends so they left with them and I took Haidyn around to a few houses. 

The munchkins with their grandparents

They are just too cute to be scary



Hope all of your kiddos had a good Halloween as well!!