Thanksgiving Week

What a fun week of Thanksgiving activities we had! We went to parks, a fun kids climbing place, a museum, did go-cart riding and gun-shooting, cooked out, hosted Thanksgiving, had family stay with us, shopped, etc. The weather was once again just perfect!

 

We also put up our Christmas decorations this week.

 

And like I said, we were able to host Thanksgiving this year at our new home. It was so much fun to get out our China, crystal and silver and use it! We sure missed my parents, though, but did our best without them.

 

My brother Ben and his wife Emily and their 2 girls stayed with us for a few days, and Kim's family of 6 came over for the big day as well.

 

This was the grossest museum we went to - it was all about bodily fluids; you know, snot, vomit, poop, all that stuff that totally amuses kids. Very interesting...We even made homemade boogers. Hence the name "Grossology Museum".

Trick or Treat!

What a fun, exciting day for kids (and adults!). Sydney asked every 30 minutes all day long, "how many more hours until we trick or treat?". It was a fun way to meet lots of new neighbors, and we walked around with lots of new friends. But as usual, we ended the night with a Halloween-themed dinner at the Hurst's (we've been doing this for 4 years now). She's so sweet to do this each year, and we really look forward to it. It was also nice to go back to our old neighborhood and drop by the Haarala's house (our next door neighbors) and see them and their kids. We all mentioned how different it was this year w/o them! Anyway, a very fun night filled with TONS of kids and TONS of candy!