Family Pictures

These were taken last month in the woods across the street from our house.

Hilton Head

Garett's Aunt and Uncle rented a beach house for the Thanksgiving Weekend and invited us to join them. What can I say....It was AWESOME. The weather was perfect. The water was nice enough to play in. The house was HUGE and we got our own suite. The only down fall was I left our skillet there, bummer. Thank you Tom and Vicki for having us.

Garett wasn't able to leave school to join us. He really missed out.

This is my favorite picture. Penny, Lucy and Mallory are all taking turns eating table scraps. Mallory thought it was the most fun she has ever had!

During low tide the beach is perfect for riding bikes. We didn't have a bike that had training wheels so Preston decided that he would try riding without, however, he kept getting distracted by all the people, shell, sand, water, etc.

This is the boys favorite part of any vacation. CABLE!

Because I had so many babysitter I got to do a lot of stuff. One of my favorite things was just hanging out with my boys. My second favorite thing was crashing while roller-blading.

Mallory loved the beach and she loved all the attention she got from everybody.

Aunt Vicki, Preston, Spencer, and Lucy

After a few days at the beach we headed back up to Ft. Bragg to have one of the best Thanksgiving Feast I have ever had. Plus, Julie made 7 pies. Then I went Black Friday Shopping, it was the craziest year ever. I can't believe how many people were up at 3 am.

On Saturday we got down all of the Christmas stuff. Love it!

Surprise

I love my friend Julie. She is swell. This month she turned 30 and knowing that she wanted nothing more then to have a party, her hubby and I planned an 80's themed surprise party. The planning and organizing was not the easiest. First off it was just strange to be calling somebody else's husband and second she lives 2 hours from me. But everything turned out great and she didn't have a clue, as you can see in the first picture.Julie lived behind me when we where at Ft. Bragg. She is my favorite running partner, even though she is much better then me. My kids are best friends with her kids. She is so funny and cracks me up as shown in the picture as she proudly models the 80's outfit I bought her.

Happy Birthday Juls!

I also want to just say Thank you to my hubby who took care of the kiddos while I prepared for this totally awesome event. Thanks Garett.

Pilgrims and Indians

November has been a crazy month. First the trip to Minnesota (see below post), then to Ft. Bragg/Beach/Ft. Bragg (post to come soon). We have done so many great things but the greatest of all was the boys Thanksgiving day feast! The kids sang a few songs and then we ate a nice lunch including a dessert table which was double the length of the food table. Wait, the biggest surprise of all is that they boys actually sang. Preston has had 2 primary programs and never sung a note. Spencer sings all "Day and Night" but never in front of people. I was of course crying and busting with pride which was strange because all of the song where about chopping the turkey up. Preston being a Pilgrim and Spencer being an Indiana is rather perfect for their personalities. Loved it all!

PS- I would like to thank my friend Jenny who attended this event with me since Grandmas and pa couldn't make it, something that Spencer had a hard time understanding.

PSS- just to explain the "Day and Night". Garett has an bad habit of listen to songs to death. Seriously, he is like a teenage girl drooling of Justin Beiber. The song Day and Night was his latest crush. Spencer fell in love with the song too and can sing most of it. So literally he sings "Day and Night".

Spencer peeking out from the mass of kids. So cute!