Gobble Gobble and HO HO HO!!!

  Our 1st Thanksgiving/Early Christmas in our new home was a SUCCESS!!!  We had Hank's family from Tacoma here for a slummer party.  There were 7 adults and 5 kiddos running around enjoying each other's company!  I am so glad we have the space to accommodate everyone!  I am truely THANKFUL for the LOVE we have as a family!!!!

Making turkey crafts!

 

Dishing up plates...

Madisen and Kaleb enjoying their food!

Drew and Gavin

Family photo

Robblee Family

Cousins

Julie, Hank, Michelle (siblings)

Early Christmas presents

C.U.T.I.E

Cindy and Michelle

Drew and his BIG RIG!

Kaleb trying to ride the John Deere!

 

Kaleb was sad he didn't have anymore presents to open...

 

 

Here Comes the Snow!!!!

I've been waiting for the 1st snowfall at our new hosue!  And it came in with a BANG!  The boys bundled up first thing and enjoyed making snowmen... snowballs to throw at eachother (of course)...tried to drive the John Deere tractor in it... and just having plain old FUN!!! Last year Kaleb wasn't mobile enough to enjoy playing in the wintery white stuff...but this year he is gung ho!  Hurray for me being I don't have to walk by his side every minute and try to keep him from falling down!  He RUNS, JUMPS, SLIDES, and CLIMBS in the snow! We also got to enjoy the snow up at Grandma and Grandpa's in Chewelah!!!  WE LOVE SNOW!!!!!

The new picture pose, I guess!... but it works for me! LOL!

Helping grandpa clean off the deck.

His new picture taking pose! HAHA!

All bundled up!

SO BRIGHT!!!

Great smiling boy!!

So cute!!!  Hiding in the snowy forest!

HAM!!!

 

Packing the snow to make a ball!

"NOOOOOO" says Kaleb!  Love his spiderman boots... they even light up!

 

First snowfall at our new home!  I'm speechless!!!

 

 

Fall Family Photos

I have always wanted to take family pictures up at Manito Park in the Fall season.  Since photograhers are sometimes a little spendy, I decided to take the pictures myself (using the self timer on my camera and tripod.)  To be quite honest... I was a tad bit nervous!  I really wanted the pictures to turn out and I prayed that the boys would be somewhat cooperative!!!  We even went out and bought color coordinating outfits just for the pictures!!!  The only instructions I told the boys was to look at the blinking orange light and SMILE!! HAHA!!

 First attempt... turned out pretty good...

 Drew is sooooo used to getting his picture taken! He was easy!!! HA!

 I seriously sprinted to get in place before the timer ran out and the light flashed.

 My Big Boy!

 Not too sure about the whole picture thing...

 Silly boys!

LOVE!!!!

 Got him to smile with saying... "Kaleb, what time is it?"  TAP TIME... and he started laughing! HA!!

 My SWEET HANDSOME BOYS!!

 This one was tricky... set the timer, ran, got Kaleb on my shoulders... JUST IN TIME for the picture to take.

 Hank and his boys!

 Surprisingly the boys focused on the camera... SHOCKED!!!!

 I AM IN LOVE!!!!

 Fun picture in the tree... Hank was holding up Kaleb! 

 My LOVE!

 Hank snapped this one!

Last one before the battery went DEAD!!  HAHA! 

 

I was soooooo HAPPY with how the pictures turned out!  

Trick-Or-Treat!

Another Halloween has come and gone!  The weather was AMAZING as we wondered through our new neighborhood trick-or-treating.  Drew dressed up as Spyro from Spylanders (I don't even know what they are) but he wanted to be a dragon and that was the only costume left at Walmart.  Kaleb (thank goodness for hand-me-downs) was the CUTEST little tiger EVER!!!  He didn't like his costume at first but then as he noticed everyone else in theirs, he gave in.  Our neighbors, the Hernandez Family and my niece, Lyla and her mom, Jonna, trucked along with us, as well!!  It was so much fun!!!  Next year Drew informed me that we need to get bigger buckets for candy... the boy's buckets were literally overflowing!  HAHA! OH and how can I forget Hank's costume... ummmm I am kind of speechless!  He was a 80's rocker with NASTY, and I mean, NASTY teeth!!!  HAHA!

Tiger and Spyro

Cutest face!!

Crazy Daddy and his boys!

Werid!

Lyla, little miss Pumpkin

Heather and her girls along with Drew and Lyla

Kaleb finally got up there to get some candy!

The twins stayed home with their daddy so Kaleb and Lyla could ride!

Kaleb figured out this trick-or-treating thing right fromt he get go!!

Drew, Lyla, and Kellie (my cousin met up with us)

I dressed up as a "MOM"!  Original huh?!?

 

Until next year....