Giving Thanks

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving full of family, food, and games. Tim's mom and sister with her family came and brought most of the food already cooked since cooking in my house generates too many smells. It was all super yummy and plentiful.

After dinner the dads took the kids across the street to a field to play football and kickball. They got a little muddy, and had a lot of fun....everyone except Lydia.

Lydia spent most of the time sulking about one thing or another. She decided that, "Thanksgiving doesn't have any good food for me, just moms and dads." She wouldn't play either, but at least she went out to watch. Here's her grumpy face.

Dad finally got her to cheer up and come play. She did play kickball and even wrestled a little with dad, Ali, and Kennedy. There were all smiles in the end and we are all thankful to have family and abundance. We are truely blessed in so many ways.

Twilight the Movie

I went to the 12:05 showing of this much anticipated movie last Friday. Thursday night the girls and I met at Red Robin to have some dinner and then wait in line for 2 1/2 hours. We had a great time just hanging out and pretending to be teenagers who don't struggle staying up 'til all hours of the night. The theater opened and in we all rushed. There were 13 in our group, so we didn't get to all sit together, but I did get to sit with 2 other fun gals. As the screen became green with the dripping foliage of Eastern Washington everyone in the room got very excited. Then as the movie progressed some in the room were just too loyal to realize it, but the movie was terrible! The acting was bad, the cinematography looked like a home movie most of the time, and the story line deterred from the beloved book too often. Even the mushy sceens we all really wanted to see were so badly done that most in the theater laughed. Now don't get me wrong. I am a fan of the Twilight Saga. I don't regret going to see it because, hey it's Twilight; however it was poorly done. It's too bad because it does have a huge following. I wish another company could pick it up and do Twilight again and then finish the saga. I know that won't happen though. So, if you're a fan you'll probably want to see it anyway, but don't drag someone to see it with you (like your hubby) who isn't a fan. I am glad I went though, I had a great time with my girlfriends. Thanks Megan for orchestrating it all!

Let it Snow Let it Snow!

To add to my desire to decorate for Chistmas...it snowed this week. The girls got all excited and dramatically expressed their desire to go out and play in it. I hunted down the snow pants, gloves, hats, scarves, boots, and coats. Then we went through the arduous task of getting them into their gear (think Ralphy and his little brother). Finally they were ready to go out and play. They joyfully burst through the door and frolicked....for about 10 minutes. They declared they were cold and came back in. Of course they then needed hot cocoa. I guess that's what makes the snow fun, getting cold and then getting hot cocoa. At least I got a few pictures before they gave up.

Halloween

I know I'm a little late getting this up, but better late than never, eh? Lydia insisted on being a fairy princess butterfly, so this is what I came up with.

A friend of my lent me Ali's indian princess costume. I thought she was just adorable in it. We went to a friend's house for dinner and then I told Tim I wasn't feeling well and would hand out candy at home while he took the girls trick-or-treating. He thought that was fine. 15 minutes later, he and the girls were home. He told me they were done, but when I asked if they wanted to trick-or-treat some more they jumped up and down and cheered "YES!" So out they went again. It was raining a little, so they came home again in 5 minutes. Oh well. They still had plenty of candy. We all had a great Halloween.

Now, if I can just wait until after Thanksgiving to put up a Christmas tree.