Thankful ...

Our Thanksgiving holiday was absolutely wonderful. We had a great trip out to Colorado to celebrate with the family at my sister, Tracy's house. The weather, the kids, the food - we couldn't have asked for better from any of it. So thankful when things come together so nicely = ) Below are some photos of other things we found to be thankful for this holiday ....

Here we are thankful for fun "King" and "Queen" hats at BK!

Thankful to gather 3 generations together.

Thankful for silly family photos and woodcarved moose slingshots from Aunt Tracy!

Still thankful for the slingshots and a big yard for target practice!

Thankful for my sister and for awesome hula hoops made by http://hoopmamas.net/

Thankful for spare PVC pipe to make "Transformer Arms" for Gage = )

Here Corey is thankful for this delicious snack plate!

Thankful that our Grandma was able to make the trip to Colorado and for Tracy hosting this houseful of crazy people = )

Gage was very thankful for turkey. Here he is "eating like a mogwai!" That's a reference to the movie Gremlins - if you have never seen this movie I feel a little sad for you. Go watch it and be thankful = )

Thankful to spend time with my dad and that he is now retired and much less stressed!

Riley loves his Aunt Tracy and shows his thankfulness with a big ol' bear hug!

The boys are very thankful for Tracy's iPad ... and so were the rest of us ... it allowed us quite a bit of quiet time while the boys concentrated on their games = )

Thankful for the man cave - beers for the big boys -
and power tools for the little guys!

Oh, and more slingshot action, too - those things really were a hit! = )

Thankful Dale has a sense of humor about a slingshot being aimed at his head ...

Riley should be thankful Dale is only kidding about putting him in the turkey fryer ... Gage was ready to defend big brother = )

It appears Gage was thankful for sleep at this point ... the blankie over his head cracks me up!

Corey having a good time and just being thankful in general.

Hope you all had a great holiday and much to be thankful for as well!

What happened to Halloween?

So, in all the craziness of this fabulous Fall, I somehow missed to make a Halloween Post. My dear little Gage pointed this out to me while I was putting together the Thanksgiving post. So, satisfy my observant redhead and commemorate the occasion, here are a few pictures from Halloween ...

Spiderman Riley and Power Ranger Samurai Gage

with their Trick or Treating Jack-o'-Lanterns

While Trick or Treating, Gage stubbed his toe ... so both boys required extreme medical attention and needed to make use of every splint, aircast, bandage, brace, and wrap we could find. Oh, and of course, crutches. So dramatic!

(The scary thing is, we have all of these devices in our house because I had to make use of them for myself over the years. Poor boys have no chance with a klutz of a mother like me! = )

This picture wasn't actually from Halloween, but then almost everyday is Halloween at our house as the boys seem to be constantly donning a costume of some sort. Here they are wearing one of their favorite creations ... Underwearhead Ninjas!



Finally, this one has nothing to do with Halloween, but I thought it was cute. One evening Riley decided he wanted to play Four Square. However, it was chilly and close to bedtime, so we were not heading out to a park or playground. In the time it took me to put away a few laundry items, our ingenuitive little fella created his own Four Square area in the kitchen. So creative! We had so much fun playing until the tape couldn't hold out any longer. Good times!