GoBbLe GoBbLe!

(Our poor couch GROANED)

(From Left to Right: Ron (my dad), Terry (my mom), Me, Heather (my niece) and she is holding Madison, sitting by Sunny (my brother) and Ann (sister in law) and she is holding Matthew. In the front is Jeff and Bethanie).

Thanksgiving for 2010 is over. And, we GOBBLED too much. OY! We saw the last of the left overs, and froze some of them too. The neatest part of it all was that *I* got to host it this year! I love hosting Thanksgiving at my house. I love preparing all the food, having my family at my house, smelling all the goodies! It was also neat because since my family came for the evening meal, we went to Jeff's mom and dads and all his brother's, wives and our nephews were there! This was awesome to see all our loved ones in one day.

The weather was fairly nice, but cool enough to burn a fire. It was just an all around awesome day (weekend).

Busy Busy!

We have been very busy with life. My mom is healing very well from her back surgery. Sadly, Jeff's dad is having problems and MIGHT be facing back surgery as well. We wont know for a few weeks, but he has been in a lot of pain. We are plugging away with school, and school events. We have been working on art and the kids' art galleries. Thanksgiving is a week away, and I am really looking forward to ENJOYING the holidays this year for once. The last 3 years I spent my time with my nose in books, and worrying about finals, kids, shopping and cooking. This year I feel like I really have the time to just go and have fun.

Today we are going to eat Thanksgiving lunch with Bethanie at school! I am so excited! I love eating lunch with her!

2010 HaLLoWeeN...

So, this is the last post on Halloween. :) We really had a great time. We started off at Grandma and Grandpa's (White's). Then we did a few houses in that area, and went to the haunted mansion up on the hill. Matthew and Bethanie went along with it all quite well, but Madison was not having ANY of it. They purposefully scare the kids (which more worldly kids would really enjoy), but they were really gentle with her. They only told her they wanted her skin and tried to not pop out at her. At the end, one of the men revealed his face to her, which I appreciated. :O) So on we went. Matthew tired out fairly quickly after the Trunk or Treat. So he went over to Grandma's house to help hand out candy. We finished off for another hour with the girls. It started to get windy and it rained a little. It was a really great time. Our neighbors, the twins across the street came by in their costumes. It is the lower right picture. One of the boys dressed up as a blond curly haired cheer leader. The other was a drum major. It was hilarious! Madison made a gorgeous Snow White in her black wig and fair skin. Bethanie was an awesome flapper girl. I really admire her beautiful figure. LOL! Matthew was a VERY handsome Knight. He had a sword and shield to protect his loved ones. All in all, we were EXHAUSTED, but had a great time. I am not sorry its over. There is a lot that we put into Halloween. Now it is time to look forward to Thanksgiving! *I* get to host it this year!!!