Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas

Okay, okay, everyone stop yelling

(I'm starting to hear voices in my head, and my doctor says it isn't a good sign).

It is 10:30 at night and I am sitting here blogging. So....I am going to hit most of the holidays all at once.

Terresa and I cut out pumpkins for the boys, and all the kids in the neighborhood, to paint. Then we very nicely asked them to leave them all at our house and we decorated the yard with them. Yep, we had a very large pumpkin patch in our front yard for Halloween (and a lot of very sad little kids that thought that they painted for no reason....).

****We gave them their pumpkins after Halloween, so they could decorate their yards next year**** We really aren't that mean.

The other pictures are of the Halloween party that Allyson and I did for the boy's classes. (If you want to know how we got that gig, you are going to have to ask Allyson) ;) We made oreo spiders, played 3 different games, and then drank dry ice apple juice and ate cookies, while Allyson read a Halloween story. When all was said and done, it was a great time all around. The boys really love having us in their classes every once in a while.....which is good, because we have to do the Christmas party in 2 weeks :O.



Now for Thanksgiving (Brace yourselves)!

This was my view of Thanksgiving.... I didn't notice before, but there are LOTS of hugs in my pictures. Well, this is what my family does when they get together. They HUG!

Well, they do other things too. Like, they make food, and laugh a LOT, play games, watch football. You know what? I don't think anyone enjoys being around their family more than we do. AND I think that because we are so close, we make others feel extremely warm and welcome when we get together.

I want to thank everyone for making Terresa feel welcome. She hasn't stopped talking about the weekend. She loved every minute of it (especially the little kids), but the adults too. She felt very relaxed and welcome and I absolutely LOVE my family for this gift. THANKS EVERYONE!



I know it is early for Christmas, but I thought I would get a head start so that no one can yell at me for a while.

Parker and Dillon had their Winter concert on Tuesday night. They each had parts. Parker's group sang "Grandma got Run Over by a Reindeer" and they did the actions, it was pretty funny. And Dillon's part was with Santa as one of his elves. It was adorable. I have a movie, but I don't know how to change the orientation, so it is sideways. Maybe I will figure it out soon.

So there you go. Hopefully, I can keep my blog more updated so that these don't have to be SOOOO long, eh? All I can promise is that I will try. If I don't talk to you before Christmas, I hope you have the most memorable holiday of all.

Love, Jen