America's next top models

I may be biased, but man, aren't our kids CUTE? Todd is always trying out a new photo gadget/method and often our bedroom becomes the "studio" The kiddos all shower in our bathroom and so they often get asked to pose for daddy once they are snug in their pj's. They oblige, but often get tired of it, luckily, we have 3 models in the house, so no child labor laws are broken!!!!! I love going through cards and finding gems like these. Their faces crack me up, their daddy can always bring out the best in them!

Thanksgiving

Stacey and Mike were so kind to open their home to all of us this Thanksgiving. We had some great food, great company, and great times! While they were cooking away, the kiddos played outside, collecting berries with Nina. There is so much we are thankful for everyday! Thanks Stacey and Mike!

Thanksgiving Eve

So we loaded up Wednesday afternoon and headed to Nashville. I had never been to the Grand Ole Opry Hotel and they have just reopened it since the floods. The lights outside were enough for us! It was amazing how covered the trees were out front. We went inside and met up with Beth, Carey, Matthew, Louie, Granny, Will, and all the kiddos! We had a good time wandering around, but wandering it was. The place is huge with lots of steps and ramps and with kiddos, it was definitely an......adventure! We enjoyed spending time with them, as always, and talked the night away with Aunt Beth. It was a great way to celebrate Thanksgiving Eve with great people!

Turkey Shirts and Pops

I was feeling crafty before Thanksgiving, so I attempted my first applique shirt for Quinn. I just did it on my regular sewing machine, no where near professional, but it did the job! Here she is modeling her Turkey shirt!

I am Canon's room mom this year and the Thanksgiving Celebration had to have some pizazz, or so I thought! These grand ideas of mine are always so well played out in my mind, and then I have to actually follow through!!! I am a huge fan of Bakerella. If you don't know her, your life is lacking.....I think I am Bakerella, but I am NOT Bakerella. I like to imagine that I am though. Quinn and I attempted to make 50 turkey pops (no meat involved, they are cake pops, dipped in chocolate) for Canon's class, all the kids teachers, and for my co-workers. She was such a good helper!

4 hours later, yes FOUR, I had a gaggle of Turkeys. Are they gaggles? Well, I had a bunch. (Had to google it, it's a rafter of Turkeys although gang is acceptable, I knew you were wondering....HA!) Each one painstakingly hand made with candy corns for the tails, an m&m for their face, drawn icing black eyes, a small sprinkle candy orange nose, and a red fall leaf sprinkle for their waddle. Todd encouraged me to get the real camera, but after 4 hours of pretending to be Bakerella I could barely get my phone out!

My rafter of turkey pops ready to go! This is the last time you will ever see these!!!!

Happy Fall!

Too many fun pictures from a fun trip to a trail! Happy Fall!

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School Friends

Canon and Aidan have both made good friends at school. I go into Aidan's school once a week, at least, to do AR (accelerated reader) and try to eat lunch with Aidan. He always invites his buddy Noah to sit with us and they have made quick friends. Noah is new this year to Dogwood and I am proud of Aidan for making him feel welcome! They get along so well and it's nice to see great friendships developing.

Canon is also making fast friends at preschool. He and Cooper are so funny to me, they are both little, kind of blonde, and just funny little guys. We had Cooper over for a play date and they had a blast! We dressed up like Buzz and Zurg, and when they both wanted to be Buzz, I told them one could be the Spanish Buzz, so Canon ran around speaking "spanish" and dancing like Buzz does! We built rockets and chased and tickled. Good times, good friends!

Last Game for Aidan

In the van on the way to the game we prepped Aidan, last game, last chance to score a goal, this is your time! No pressure.....but wanted him to try his hardest, he hasn't scored a goal this season. And HE DID!!!!!!!!!! Todd is such a good coach he put all the players who hadn't scored yet this season as forward to try and let them all score and a couple did! We had a great last game, and I didn't bring the camera!!!! bummer....but here are his team pictures, with Coach Todd! So proud of all my boys!