Celebrated Thanksgiving in Iowa

We had the opportunity to travel south to Grandpa and Grandma's to celebrate Thanksgiving this year.  We are so glad we did because we had such a great time.  The weather was BEAUTIFUL so we took advantage of being outside for a little each day.  While down there we spent our time playing lots of games, built with Dad's old Legos, ate yummy food, hit up some Black Friday deals, went to some parks, drove through the town's holiday lights display, and did some street fishing since the pond was not an option.  

Special thanks to Grandpa and Grandma for making us feel so special and for all the wonderful hospitality.  Love you both lots.

Happy Thanksgiving

This past Tuesday our church had their Thanksgiving service.  The entire service was devoted to worship and a time where the church body can come up and share what they are thankful for.  The first half was for children to share and all four of ours did; Elyse said, "Her family", Caleb said, "Food", Kallen said, "God", Ian said, "Everything".  I loved that they shared what they are thankful for, however, the thing that I enjoyed most was what our pastor Randy said, "Thanksgiving is the only holiday that God commands us to celebrate."  So on this Thanksgiving, a holiday I don't usually get super excited about I will enjoy every minute of the day.

Hope you all have a Happy Thanksgiving!  I sure will because I have a lot to be thankful for. 

Buddy Bear

Last Friday when Ian was chosen to bring Buddy Bear home for the week he was beyond thrilled!  Buddy Bear has come home now with every child and Ian asked him if he remembered anything because he had already been to the house and seen it. Ha!  Ian did a fabulous job taking care of Buddy Bear and bringing him with us everywhere we went.  I know he will have a hard time giving him up tomorrow but I'm glad he got the opportunity to do some great things with Buddy Bear.

Home Expo

Anoka county had their annual Home Expo today.  Dad signed up to have a booth and represented himself all day. He did a fantastic job and I know it took a lot of time and effort. The kids were also not going to pass up an opportunity to see Dad and get lots of free candy and stuff from other booths, ha. 

Urban Air

So I just happened to be going through my phone and came across these great pictures that I can't believe I almost forgot to post.  Last weekend when Grandpa and Grandma were here they took the kiddos to "Urban Air" a local trampoline playground.  The kids loved every minute of their 2.5 hours there.  They did lots of trampoline jumping, rope courses, wall climbing, jousting and zip-lining.  There's not a doubt in our minds that this will be a place we go again real soon.

Pumpkin Failure

So I don't know where October went as we didn't even purchase any pumpkins and therefore didn't have the chance to carve them.  Thankfully last Friday we went to Chick fil-a for lunch and they generously gave each child their own little pumpkin to take home.  Saturday morning the snow put a damper on my carving attitude so we brought out the permanent markers and let the kids decorate their pumpkins instead.  I told the kids I will do way better next year.