We Give Thanks

We are so thankful for the wonderful meal that Uncle Chris prepared for us and the yummy desserts Aunt Elyse and Kasia brought as well. Check out the turkey we made out of food for an appetizer-I found the recipe with a neighbor and thought it was so cute! Above all though, we are thankful for our amazing friends and family that we are able to share everyday with. We love you all and as you can see from these photos had a wonderful Thanksgiving meal and time being together.

Birmingham & The Great Outdoors

Before our Thanksgiving feast we spent some really nice outside time in the beautiful weather! The kids enjoyed a local playground in the morning and playing on their cousin's swing set and out front. The boys enjoyed some soccer time as well. By far the greatest hit was making a leaf pile and jumping in it! We also got some amazing photos of all of us "kids" and our "own kids". A great, fall adventure that we don't get where we live in Florida. They had a blast throwing the leaves up and burying Mommy and Aunt Nicole in the pile. Next post-feast and hanging out after dinner!

Birmingham Buddies

This will be the first of several posts from our wonderful trip to Birmingham over Thanksgiving weekend. The kids and I drove up to see my sisters, Brother in law and niece and nephew and a great time was had by all. We arrived on Thanksgiving Day at lunchtime, so decided to have our feast on Friday. Ethan and Jillian had so much fun hanging out with Brayden and Layna around the house. Later that day we went to see the new Muppets movie! The boys are definitely the rule followers and much more mellow than the crazy girls. So funny to see the similarities and some of the differences between them all! Stay tuned for Thanksgiving pics!

Fall Festivities

What a blast we have had enjoying some beautiful fall weather and activities with family and friends. Right before Halloween we took Mia to a pumpkin patch to pick out our pumpkin. Ethan kept sitting real still with all the pumpkins and wanting Mia to pick him up and then act surprised b/c he wasn't really a pumpkin. hilarious! Then daddy carved the pumpkin with us and Jillian stuck her hands right inside that gooey mess! Check out the pictures of the tie dyed halloween shirts they made with him, too! We had a wonderful day with Miss Jen and Alexa at a huge festival at Hudsander farms. We played games, ate yummy food, rode a train made of barrels, went on a hayride and Ethan, Alexa and I finished the 25 minute corn maze!

My Turkeys made Turkeys

In preparing for Thansgiving the kids did a great clay project at the local pottery place. They rolled each part separately, including the outline of their hand in clay and then attached! I love the way they painted with such nice fall colors. What an awesome keepsake to try to preserve and set out for years to come each holiday season as the kids grow!

Happy Halloween

Halloween was a real hoot this year with both kids fully embracing and enjoying with each other and their friends! Ethan was the friendliest pirate ever and Jillian the cutest Belle around. Thank you Mia for helping us get ready. She told Poppy that he had to be the beast as he carried her around the neighborhood! We now have more candy than we know what to do with as they dad a huge round with Dad too-but lucky for us they don't ask to eat a lot at a time. Friends below joined us for part of the walk-Alexa, Brayden, Hunter and Lilllian!