Thanksgiving Weekend

Nate's parents came up on Wednesday to spend Thanksgiving weekend with us.  It was such a special treat to have them here for over three days.  We spent our time eating lots of good food, playing, going to Adventure Park, shopping and building lasting memories.  It's just a bummer that they have to say goodbye tomorrow. 

 

Special thanks to Grandpa and Grandma Klauser for coming to spend Thanksgiving with us.  We love you both lots.
 

Ladies' Night

Last night I had the privilege to join some of the greatest women I know to celebrate Nicole's 30th birthday, as well as spend time catching up and laughing a lot.   I just hope it doesn't take us another year to do it again.

Special thanks to the husbands for watching the kiddos so we could really enjoy our night.

L to R: Kelly, Sarah, Natalie, Nicole and Jenny

 

Stool Silliness

This is what happens when I leave my three children alone for a few minutes to go put clothes in the dryer.  I really have no idea who did it first, but if I was to guess, sadly I'd pick Kallen!

Bedtime Bliss

This view of Nate reading bible stories to the kiddos I get to see every night right before we pray, give hugs and tuck them into bed.  Absolutely perfect way to end the day!

A Moment of Calmness

With Thanksgiving, arrival of baby boy, Nate and Caleb's birthdays, and Christmas all happening soon, it's been a little chaotic around here trying to get things prepared.  Thankfully tonight after dinner I was able to capture the kiddos calmly and lovingly reading together.  I quickly snapped a few pictures and then couldn't help myself but sit and read right along with them.  It may have lasted only five minutes before one got up, but it was just what I needed for the night.

First Snowfall

Kids woke up this morning to see a few inches of snow on the ground.  As you can see from the pictures, it was beautiful, and brought them a lot of excitement and joy.

Oh yeah, Caleb is really confused now why there are no presents and birthday cake for him today.

Little Helpers

Nate recently found a man on Craigslist that was wanting people to come pick apples off his trees for free. Whatever you picked you got.  Needless to say, Nate did two hours worth of picking and it shows, we have bucket after bucket full of apples in our garage.   We then wash, peel, cute and freeze the apples to use throughout the year in desserts, crepes, muffins, etc.  Well we decided to put the kids to use and they really enjoyed themselves for over an hour.  They took turns washing the apples, drying them off and then carrying them from the laundry room to the kitchen so they could be peeled.  Video is just a glimpse of what our Saturday morning looked like.

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