Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year.  Kevin's mom, grandma and brother all flew in for the week.  It was so great to see everyone and meant alot to us that they came all this way to spend time with us.  The boys were so excited to see everyone, they practically jumped on them when they came in the door!  It was nonstop fun reading books, playing puzzles, making balloon animals and building airplanes.  The weather was absolutely beautiful and our guests got to experience the full spectrum, from sunny and pleasant to the first snow fall of the season!  We got to explore downtown and thanks to Grandma, she outfitted the boys in new U of M gear which they both loved!  We took everyone to see the law school and library and went to the boys favorite park to play and walk around. 

 

Thanksgiving day was nice and relaxing. I love getting to cook a full holiday meal for people.  I don't get to very often, but when I do, it's so fun!  The food came out great, and everything was ready (believe it or not) an hour ahead of schedule! We sat down and feasted on turkey, cranberry sauce, green beans, stuffing, sweet potatoes, rolls and pumpkin pie.  We had lots of leftovers too :)

It was such a great visit and made me so thankful to have our family stay with us.  It was truly a treat for us and we miss them already.  I hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

 

 

 

Lemon rosemary turkey

sweet potato casserole

Kevin carving the turkey

Go Michigan!

busy putting stickers on their airplanes:)

Uncle Andy and Grammy snuggle with Jacob before bed

Elijah "hiding" Uncle Andy with his jacket.  He thought
this was just sooo funny.

Wishbone pull!  Elijah got the bigger half, but Jacob didn't seem
mind, they just had fun breaking it :)

Grandma and Jacob taking a stroll at the park

In front of the law library

reading with Uncle Andy. Elijah was attached at his hip the
whole visit.

Jacob getting Grandma another book.
I think this was like the 5th one in a row!

Kevin's fine balloon creation...don't really
know what it is:)

Jacobs big thing now is jumping...:)

At the park, looking at the "secret"map to find our way back to the
playground

Mommy and Elijah

Our Thankful tree...

Happy Halloween

The weather decided to cooperate and did not rain on us! We started off down at the library with story time and trick or treating at the shops downtown.  This was the first time Jacob was able to actually trick or treat, and he LOVED it.  He was wishing everyone a happy halloween and saying thank you after picking his candy.  He didn't want to let go of his lollipop, just held it the whole time.  That evening we went trick or treating with some friends.  Elijah and Henry went running from house to house, and Jacob tried to keep up, he was definitely adamant about not skipping any home, and climbed up all the steps (all these older houses have tons of steps!!).  He really wanted that candy I guess.  We ended the evening counting our spoils, eating pumpkin cookies and sipping warm cider. Overall a very fun night.

 



 

We went to a corn maze a couple weekends ago with some friends and had a fun time.  They had lots of fun things for the kids to do along with cider and donuts of course! 

This was a pool of corn kernals.  After this, when I got home
I was dropping corn all over the place.

We can't seem to have everyone look at the camera...oh well:)

water pump duck races!

Elijah and our friend Phan

In the Corn Maze!