Thankful

Grandma Francie, Papa, Uncle Roger and Uncle Will came in for Thanksgiving and it was fun to have our first houseful of overnight guests in this house.  We had board games, puzzles, football on tv, a little driveway basketball, and of course, lots of cooking and eating.  Julia was very interested in Thanksgiving for the first time and loved helping grandma make pies.  It was also the first year that all of the kids were able to sit in chairs at the big table (no more high chairs!) to eat dinner with the family.  It was a little sad not to have any more babies at the holidays, but then again, it was much more calm and sane.  Next year we will have to convince Auntie Nicki to bring her new baby who should be born this winter!

This is my favorite picture from the weekend of Julia and Grandma Francie making a pumpkin pie.

The One

This was one of those afternoons when we weren't really doing much of anything but it ended up being a pretty great day.  The kids and I were raking leaves in the front yard and they were having a blast jumping into the piles.  I took about 20 pics and none were good except this one, which might be my new favorite picture of the kids.  It's the little moments like this that I want to remember.

Kinnick in Purple

We braved Kinnick Stadium in purple with Willie the Wildcat and lived to tell the tale.