Happy Thanksgiving!

The Handsome Man had a Thanksgiving program at school. This is his last year at his Christian preschool so it's probably the last Thanksgiving school program I'll get to see for him. He was so cute!

Happy 2nd Birthday

We celebrated the Princess's 2nd Birthday. I can't believe she's already 2.  She is our funny, crazy, wild child.  She can make me laugh and lose my patience all in 10 seconds (or less)--almost all day long.    Here are some pictures from her party with our family.

Opening Gifts...

Cake...

Happy Birthday, little girl! We love you!

Family Raking Day and Movie Night

Remember that beautiful tree I posted yesterday? This one?  The leaves are no longer on the tree. They still look pretty on the ground but it's time to rake.  Rake, sort of, since Ben has a ridiculous leaf blower that does most of the work.  We just had to rake them onto a tarp and drag them to the street.

Here's my crew after they helped me rake the first batch leaves onto the tarp.

 

And then a ninja pose. Not so sure if this is what ninjas do, but I guess that's what they think they do.

We tried to be good helpers. Ben tore the ACL in his knee and possibly something else as well so he's not his usual self (aka...a work horse). Don't we look like a serious bunch?

Here's the work horse himself. Raking leaves with a very bad knee and no crutches. Hope he can walk okay tomorrow.

And off we go to the street. (I really was helping. Someone has to stop and take the pictures though.)

Then, after long day's work, we relaxed for a family movie night. Cars 2. (I know, we're a little behind the times.) And, it's our first time in 3D.

Happy Fall!

This is the tree in our new backyard. I'm about a day late in taking the picture because some of the leaves have already fallen.  It's a fun conversation when we talk to the kids about autumn....that God created all these beautiful colors just for this time of year. The leaves could all just turn brown, but they don't.  I'm so glad that He decided to do this...

Snow!

This is a first for us...snow in October.  The leaves haven't yet fallen so the snow was heavy on the limbs. Many limbs fell and downed power lines.  We were without power for about 50 hours; many are still in the dark.  Our school district closed for two days.  Here's the sight outside our front window. (You can also see the color we picked on the wall, our new curtains and a little bit of our new living room furniture.  I'm hoping to get some before and after pictures soon.)

The kids loved playing in the snow. The Munchkin was a shoveling machine and helped her daddy for a couple of hours. She even shoveled out a few neighbors. The Handsome Man helped a little too. The Princess surprised us and loved playing in the snow. Of course, she kept her paci in most of the time. She's totally a paci addict. :)

While we were without power, the house got a bit chilly.  We did a lot of living underneath covers.  We went to my parents to charge up our phones, laptops and DVD player. That came in handy.

Our power came on while we were out trick-or-treating on Halloween. It was glorious to come home and have a warm house.  We couldn't have asked the Lord for a better time to have heat!