Thanksgiving Week.

We started the weekend off sick, BOO! But made the most of it anyway. It gets dark a little before 5 here. We gave the kids each a headlamp and let them ride there bikes till bedtime. It was hilarious to sit and watch them!

Lulu loved having the flashlight. 

LOTS of Wii time. It is the best threat EVER for Landon. 

Lulu thinking she is big playing the wii with her siblings. 

Lots of crafts.

Lunch dates with Dad. 

Play-dough. It's a little bit tricky when we pull it out and the Foof is not napping. 

Crazy tramp hair. 

We spent the afternoon at Ricochet for one of the days. The kids love is and a great way to ware them out! Lacey thought she was pretty big out there on the tramps with the kids. 

These boys could have played dodgeball the whole time. 

Big jumper!

Every time I turn around she was backing up to drop down into the foam pit. 

They would bury themselves and then pop-up like wack-a-moles!

Crazy bunch of munchkins!!

Digging for the bottom in the foam pit. 

I need one of these floor games at my house. 

A little Harry Potter action going on. 

The weather is beautiful, so we soaked up some vitamin D at the park!

Connie invited us over to her dad's house. It is a kids dream play-place.  Lots of space to ride bikes, treehouse, mounds of dirt, chickens, and even a bobcat ride!

Probably the highlight of their week!

Family Pictures 2014!

Another successful tripod family picture session. We are cheap and there is no one in the valley that takes pictures. So I practice with the kids and they do pretty darn good for looking at a camera and smiling while the little light flashes. I sure love this little family of mine. 

No session is compete without a crazy face one! The camera will take 9 pictures in a row. We told the kids to just keep moving and making crazy faces! Jer wins the prize!

Thanksgiving 2014!

We stayed put for this Thanksgiving. I made mini Thanksgiving meal all week to get a little taste without having to cook it all in one day. Especially since my kids don't eat that much, and my hubby can only eat so much:) 

I try a new turkey every year to make with the kids. This year was a cupcake with recess. Might be my favorite one so far. The kids love to help out in the kitchen. 

The finished work. 

Leah's Turkey. 

Goose showed me his and then ate all the toppings off. I'm surprised they stayed on for a picture! 

All the turkey's together. 

The kids helped me put up the Christmas tree. Even though we pulled the Christmas stuff out first thing in the morning, it wasn't done until after the kids went to bed. For being a day off, it turned out to be super busy!

We rented a redbox and on our way to return it we saw a homeless lady. Back at the house, as we were eating dinner, Jer suggested taking some of our meal back to her. The kids couldn't eat fast enough and filled a plate full to take to her and each wanted to bring her one of the turkey cupcakes they had made. I sometimes feel like I am screwing up as a mom and pray constantly that my kids turnout okay. It's times like this that I am grateful for their little spirits that the Lord has entrusted me with and the example of unconditional love that they have. They each bring so much joy into my life. It's hard being a mom, but I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. 

The kids setting up their little Christmas tree. 

Lulu helping take the ornaments off the tree. 

The day ended with a little rough housing with dad. 

And some sleeping giant!