Thanksgiving 2012

This was our year to go to Grandma & Grandpa Peterson's house.

It was a small group this year...Just Grandma & Grandpa, Julie & Trent's family & Our family.

We had such a nice time & enjoyed a very yummy dinner, played games & talked.  

It was a lot of fun!

 Eli, Zack & Abe

I love this picture of Eli...

He got a HUGE drumstick!

 Quinci & Tyler

 Trent & Julie

 Libby & Eden

Steve getting his beverage of choice to enjoy with his dinner...

Grandma brought out all of her fancy dishes from Denmark... 

The table looked so beautiful!

 Cute Sammy!

Me & Steve

Sophie loved sitting at the "big" table...she was ready to dig in!!

 Sophie, Eden & Quinci...

Sophie thought Eden was "her" baby.  

She kept trying to hold her & pick her up all night!

 I love my little "cheese"!  

I'm so thankful for her sweet & funny personality!!

I had to get a picture of Grandpa...He's always so good to do all of the dishes & clean up everything!

And 

Of course we had to get a picture of Grandma & Grandpa together...

Thanks for all you do! 

 We love you!

It was a such a nice Thanksgiving & we all have so much to be thankful for!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Happy Halloween 2012!!

We always start our morning at the school Halloween Parade!

 Grandma & Sophie waiting for it to start!

 Tyler's first parade!  He was the Ninjago "Zane"

 Jazzy was a kitty cat!

 Libby was ready for a Masquerade Ball!

 Zack & his best friend Noah were "Harry Potter"!

Then the 6th grade did a dance to "Thriller" ...

 Libby & her friends!

Libby & Jasmine

 Then when we were leaving we passed by Tyler's class & got a picture with his cute teacher!

Halloween night...

 All ready for trick or treating!

Libby looked beautiful in her costume!

 Tyler was an awesome Ninja!

 Zack made a great Harry Potter!

 Sophie was a "meow-meow"!

 Her cute little tail!

Then we had some "scary" visitors show up at the door...

 It was fun for the kids to do a little Trick or Treating with Grandma & Grandpa Peterson!

 Sophie got scared really easily this year, but was happy with her sucker!

The kids had a great night & of course they loaded up on all kinds of candy!!

I love how they separate it all into piles & count how many pieces they got!

  Happy Halloween!!

Pumpkin Carving 2012

My kids love to carve their pumpkins!  

Me?  

Not so much, because I always get this job...

My kids are grossed out by this gooey slime!

Libby cleaned most of hers this year though...

My favorite was Sophie...

She was content to hold hers & then she kept giving it kisses!  It was so cute!

They all worked really hard on their design!

They turned out great...

 Steve's Masterpiece!

 He was having me hold it so he could get his reflection in the knife!  It wasn't really working, so he took matters into his own hands!

This is how that turned out...

CrEEpY!!

 Zack's wolf turned out awesome!

 Zack: wolf, Steve: smiley, Libby: flying owl, Tyler: Bat

All lit up!!!
Now we were ready for Halloween!

October Birthday's...

The celebrating started on Friday for my Dad's birthday!

We went to dinner & had a great time...

Libby & Jazzy were happy to share his birthday dessert!!

Then on Saturday my family took me to dinner at Italian Village...it was so good!

My birthday was on a Sunday this year.

I had a great day & was spoiled by my family...

 They make me feel so loved!!

 Steve & my kids are so good to me!

After church they made me an omelet & crepes for lunch...yummy!

Then we headed to my parent's for dinner & the Halloween Party...

 It is hard to get a picture of all of these CRAZY kids!!

 They all looked great & were so excited!!

Then we had dinner & celebrated the OcToBeR birthdays!!
Grandpa's is October 26th & mine is the 28th.

John & Marli share a birthday on the 30th!!

The whole birthday crew!!

These are some pictures for SHERRY...

She just had to get a picture of me admiring my birthday "sunset"!

Then she got one of my beautiful birthday "moon"...

They really were beautiful!!

Then Shane gave my dad such a wonderful gift...

He drew a picture of the Ray Bether's truck my Dad use to drive. 

 He even made the frame!  It was awesome!

It was a wonderful weekend!!