birthday buddies

Thomas turned 3 this week and we had a tons of fun celebrating! We had a fun birthday breakfast together with the whole family & then played, played, played & played some more with his trains! This little guy finds no greater joy than playing trains...Then we watched Abby perform in her Thanksgiving play at school. He repeatedly walked onto the stage to give the turkey, Abby,hugs:) We ended the day by celebrating at "Noah's house" with pizza & cake. Noah & Thomas share a birthday so it was the perfect way to end the day. Thanks Kroons! As I tucked him into bed, I sang to him..."Happy Birthnight to you, Happy Birthnight to you...." He was almost asleep, but rolled over and smiled as he said, "Sing to Noah too!" Of course I did... Sweet boy, we love you! Happy 3:)

God send us snow!

Winter arrived last week. We went from 40 degrees and ugly brown a week ago to -15 and snow, snow, snow today! Love it. Well, love the snow. The negative temps aren't as easy to love, but it's part of the game. I'll never forget standing outside as the first snow fell last week and Thomas' giant smile as he exclaimed, "God send us SNOW!"

Winter is growing on Owen. The first couple of days that we played in it, he wasn't very impressed to say the least. Many tears as he looked down and probably wondered, "And how am I supposed to move in this?!!" By week's end, he was happily sledding down our hill over and over and over again though. It's a good thing, because there's a lot of winter ahead of us!

pumpkins a glow

Here are the kids in their costumes...Thomas was a spider, Claire, Little Red Riding Hood, Owen a dalmation and Ella a spa girl.

Fun with friends!
John & Stacey DePriest have an amazing Halloween bash every year. Every corner of their home (& property!) is decorated. This year was no different! Thanks for the invite guys:)

She's 21

Autee turned 21 in October, so we celebrated with some of her closest families. Fun times!