I am thankful for...

These two smiling faces are the BEST!!!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving and have so much to be thankful for (mostly that no one got sick from my cooking!) I made all of the Thanksgiving dinner this year and tried a new recipe for the turkey from my friend Shanan's blog. I also used her recipe for cranberry sauce and pumpkin cheesecake. It was all delicious!! You should definitely check out her recipes, they are super easy and always yummy!!

The day before Thanksgiving was Seth's birthday. I made him German pancakes for breakfast (my first time ever and I am pretty proud of how they turned out!) Seth had to go to work for a bit, but after that we went to dinner with the kids and just spent the night hanging out as a family. It was so much fun! Happy Birthday babe, we love you SO MUCH!!!!!

Snow day...

School was canceled because of snow...

Can you believe that??? Well, actually they canceled school because of snow/ice on the roads. But still, isn't Oregon crazy, they can't handle even the littlest amount of snow. I sure hope everyone else is enjoying their "snow day!"

Dancing fools...

The kids love dancing and David has learned some new moves that keep us entertained. Here is a video from last night while they were watching Sleeping Beauty. Sorry about the quality, it was taken on our phone. (be sure to check out the post before this one too!)

our newest addition...

We got new couches! I have never had new couches before. Our old ones were hand-me-downs from my cousin years ago and they got lots of good use, but it was time to retire them. I have been eyeing a leather couch set for almost a year now and when they went on sale I had to get them! I even had an additional 10% off coupon, what a deal! Here are some pictures (Please ignore the mess in the background!)

Before...



After...

contest...

They are giving away one to some lucky winner. Maybe that winner will be me:)

A special visit...

Today we took Kimmie and David on a special visit to see Papa. They haven't been to visit him since he went into the hospital over 2 months ago! He was finally able to have his trach removed and is no longer hooked up to any machinest, so we thought it would be good for them (and for him!) to visit. Since it is Halloween they went in their costumes and he even had a little goodie bag filled with candy for them. They were both a little shy while we were there, but when we were walking to the car Kimmie turned to me and said "wasn't it so nice to see Papa!"

She really loves him so much and misses him a lot!

Here is our handsome little Mickey

and our beautiful Minnie

big hugs before we head out to trunk or treat

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Pumpkin patch

Seth had to go to the pumpkin patch for scouts last week, so we decided to tag a long. This kids had a blast and it was a very fun little activity. Enjoy the pictures...


Kimmie, Brandon & Dax

running around the pumpkin patch

loves!

our handsome little man

CHEESE!!!

Kimmie painted my nails....and skin:)

after our manicures