Happy Thanksgiving

Wishing All of you a marvelous Thanksgiving!

I hope you are all having a wonderful day with thankfulness, food, family and friends, and a great day of feasting!

i love it

Where do kids come up with their funniness?

C had G in the car with him the other day.

G, who is 4, was lamenting over how he can 'get' some money

( I believe he is 'saving up' for a dog).

C, trying to encourage him said, you can help mom and you can do little jobs.

to which G quickly replied, 'there's no jobs in this town!'

beads

Sundays tend to get a little long around here.

J asked me to make her an anklet.

I made her one and put it on her.

Then she said, no mom, all the way up pointed up to the top of her leg.

We did it, she was so pleased.

I think she only left them on for 5 seconds.

oh the little joys

Niagara Falls

We have been having some gorgeously sunny days around here lately. We took advantage of them and went to the Falls.

So pretty!

On the Canadian side

We always take the kids over the canadian side at the other side of horseshoe falls and let them pick a treat. Usually they pick suckers. We went and they were 5 bucks a pop! I coaxed them into buying something else.. we got to the check out and they too were 5 bucks a pop

We always walk from the american side to the canadian side. The kids enjoy it and there are some great views. For some reason, probably no stroller, this time it took forever and we were exhausted. We ended up carrying J and G on our shoulders the entire way back. Next time, note to self, bring a stroller.

kids

Don't kids just honestly say the FUNNIEST things?

G the other day was giving me great chuckles all day long.

We have been singing the latter day prophets song with our kids lately

(they started learning it in primary and we have just kept going with it).

He was saying family prayers the other night and he said, 'thank you for president Monson- and then a little pause, and he added- and George Albert Smith.'

I looked at C and we both were trying hard not to laugh.

He was also putting together a puzzle of the states the other night. He asked where Utah was and where New York was. Then out of the blue he asks, 'where's New Orleans?" I start laughing because, really, what 4 year old has heard of new orleans. He looks at me and says,

'ya know, mom, it is a REAL place'

J cracked me up the other night.

She has had a runny nose and proceeded to wipe her nose on her shirt. then she looks up at me and says, 'mom, you need to wash this shirt, there's nose all over it.'

Family Pictures

I can honestly count on my hand the amount of times that we have had family pictures taken.

The reasons being;

2 boys who insist on running and not holding still

a husband who grumbles about it

never quite sure what to wear

and a little girl who goes absolutely stoic in her face

(No amount of bribery seems to help any of this)

ps it was FREEZING

BUT

a huge thanks to MEGAN for being so patient and capturing our family

(I really love the kids indivdual shots!)

she found a great little spot in Buffalo

I love this family picture of G.

He had been praciting his smile all morning long and this was his best ever!

This is J, a little sassy and really sweet.

I think this is the only picture she is actually smiling in.

it is her

I love this of G.
this sparkle in his eye is just his personality

I can't believe how big K is getting.

He is such a great little man

I'm not posting my favorite family picture because I'm putting it on our Christmas card,

we gotta have some new material for December.

Thanks Megan for being so patient despite the craziness and freezing temps!

You did a GREAT job!