Thanksgiving

Unbeknownst to me, one of my children took a few pictures of our Thanksgiving prep. I got a hair net from helping at Brett's work, so I decided to put it to use.

We were able to do Thanksgiving dinner with some friends from church, and after the dinner we played games. It was a good time.

Nature's Beauty

We were greeted one morning by this. Not fun to drive with, but quite lovely to look at.

The Maxi

I took the girls out shopping. They were hilarious. Claire grabbed anything she thought was cute. It didn't matter what size, she just grabbed it. All three if us were in a dressing room trying things on. Claire really liked this dress (an adult size medium), and both of the girls tried it on. We did not buy the dress.

Cross County Banquet

Caleb earned a varsity letter in cc this year. It was on a Tuesday evening, and we had a parent/teacher conference right after swim practice and the banquet right after that (notice the swimmer's hair).

The Gems I Find

This is one of the gems I found on my phone when I was flipping through it. Claire is a silly girl.

Prin Problems

Prin would jump into the outside door. Here she jumped through the door. She broke the clips off the bottom, and came right through. She scared herself, and me too. I'm just glad she didn't break the glass.

Couch Cuddles

I get to have some nice warm bodies close when I try to take a quick nap on the couch.

Back At It

We are in full Swim Team mode. Caleb is swimming with the high school and Eli and Emily are swimming with a USA club team.

Puppy Love

Claire has a cold and is up coughing during the night. She was extremely whiney before school today, and I asked her if she wanted to stay home and sleep. She chose to stay home. Here she is on the couch with her blankets. (Silly Prin)

Zombie Lunch

Before we left Des Moines we went to Zombie Burger.  Brett got a cereal shake and we got some fun burgers. 

Wicked

Brett and I went to Des Moines last night and went to the musical "Wicked."

We had a great time.

Halloween Fun

The girls went out trick-or-treating last night. It is a little different here, they assign a night as "beggars night" and set a time for the children to go door to door. Fortunately this year it was actually on Halloween, but they only had from 5:30-7:00 to be out. I think hey got quite the haul for their time out.