Laughs for Breakfast

Some mornings when I'm eating breakfast, this is what I get to see:

What a cute boy.  I'm so glad he helps me start the day off right.  Even if it does take him 40 minutes to eat the stupid pop tart.

Santa came early? What?

We've been telling Will that if he is a good boy that Santa might bring him a bunkbed.  Well, since the baby is due around Christmas time we thought maybe we could have Santa come a little early so Will could get used to his bed before the baby comes.  So on Thanksgiving night, our friends helped take Santa's early delivery up to Will's room and Jeremy put it together the next day while I went black Friday shopping (at 1:00 pm, I just don't wake up early).  Will was so excited, he was even happy to give his firetruck bed to one of his favorite little guys in our ward, Aiden.

He looked so small in his new bed, probably because we were used to him being cramped in his old bed and hearing him hit some appendage multiple times throughout the night.  We let him sleep with his Christmas lights on and even though he fell out of bed once, he slept like a champ.  Maybe someday we'll convince him to go up onto the top bunk.

Happy Thanksgiving

I have so much to be thankful for, it almost seems a shame to try and just make one day of it that now is turning into just another shopping day.  That is why Christmas follows right after though, right?  It reminds us that we can be thankful all year long and to become more Christlike in the process.  Here is a snapshot of our Thanksgiving.  We had a couple of friends over to enjoy Jeremy's turducken.

A couple of my favorite ladies and a delicious turkey leg.  Heaven for a pregnant lady right?

The final product, a chicken inside a duck inside of a turkey (thank you Liz for taking a picture!  I seem to forget to do this every year).  Yes there were plenty of leftovers, we ate them for 5 days straight and I enjoyed every time.

Will getting Arielle all nice and sticky with his "lick kisses".  It's like we planned it by giving him a sucker first.

 

Festus was happy to have some attention.

Alan and Liz getting mauled by Will and Megan.  They sure are fun, I can see why the kids won't leave them alone.

And how better to end Thanksgiving evening than with a nice Batman story?

Probably with this that Arielle made:

I am so thankful for many things in my life, but most of all for family and friends.  And I loved being able to spend the time with them on my favorite holiday.

Pictures of Fall

Every fall I look forward to the beautiful colors that burst forth with deep red, vibrant yellows and burnt oranges.  I love going to the Maple Grove forest preserve in autumn so that we can go crunch in the leaves and soak in the season.  It was a little harder to take pictures this year with Festus on the end of his leash going after some little animal, but it was a lovely afternoon and we enjoyed it thoroughly.