Thanksgiving 2014

A couple days before Thanksgiving, the children made thank you cards for their Primary teachers and we delivered them along with a treat.

Thomas delivering to Sister Butt and Sister Oleson

Emma delivered to her teachers, Brother and Sister Waters but I couldn't get a clear picture of her on the dark evening.

Thanksgiving morning with these cuties. It was the first year we had our very own Thanksgiving in our own home with our little family.

The children made cute little table displays to hold name tags as well as candy turkeys.

This is what our family room looked like all Thanksgiving day long. LEGOS, LEGOS, LEGOS! I had to lay down a lot through out the day because of on going contractions...but it was  nice.

Thank you to Derek for all the help in preparing the wonderful food. We made our very first turkey ever! :)

Grandma and Grandpa Phair came over later that evening and joined us on an outing to the gas station to drop off pies to the employees who have to work on Thanksgiving.

We ended the day with a fort in Thomas and Emma's bedroom where they slept that night. 

Happy Thanksgiving!

I am mostly thankful for this cute bunch I get to be with forever. I'm grateful for how patient and loving they are with me. 

At the beginning of the month for Family Home Evening, we put together a 'Gratitude Tree" in our family room and cut out some leaves to write things we're thankful for throughout the month.

Thomas started out that he's thankful for Jesus.

 Joseph is thankful for Prayer. During family prayer, he's always the first one folding his arms reverently. :)

 This was our tree by the end of the month. We do have so much to be thankful for.

Halloween 2014

 Meet the Winnie the Pooh family!

Kanga, Roo, Pooh bear, Owl, and Christopher Robin himself.

Another fun theme. We'll keep it going as long as it will last. :)

 

Oct. 24, 2014

Our ward Trunk or Treat. The kids had fun with their friends and eating as much candy as they could get their hands on. 

 

October 29, 2014

We FINALLY got around to carving some pumpkins! Joseph painted his and worked ever so hard on it. SO cute!

 Emma concentrating on drawing out her face.

 We were totally proud of the older kids and how they jumped in to carving on their own. 

Look at Thomas go!

 

 

Derek pretty much rocks at carving pumpkins. He was up until 3am carving these bad boys. It's his once a year thing where carving is more important than sleep. :) They turned out AWESOME!

Thomas went as Spiderman for his gymnastics class earlier that day. He really wanted a painted mask...so this is what I whipped up last minute. He liked it and that's all that matters. :)

October 31st, 2014.

 Emma's bus stop friends the morning of Halloween.

 I was able to come help in Emma's classroom Halloween party.

 Here is Pooh bear right before he left to Preschool. I could squeeze him.

Halloween evening!

 Let the Trick or Treating begin!

 Emma with Uncle Dylan, the Wizard.

 There he goes!

 The coolest "Frozen" house. So SO cool!

 After all the trick or treating and hanging out with at Oma's and Opa's, we headed over to the Beeton's to see cousins. Lucy was Audrey Hepburn :) What a cute bunch!

In the morning...

A couple mornings ago, I was looking for Emma to hurry her a long to get ready for school.

I found her in Joseph's room reading to him.

She has been loving to read to her little brother and HE is loving it as well. 

Even though she was running late for school, I couldn't hurry this one along. I had to capture it in a picture. I love them so much.

Emma has been such a great help to me as of recently. I know sometimes it's a little much for her to have the responsibilities she has as being the oldest but I am grateful for her each day.
I'm grateful for each of our children and the love and laughter they bring to our family. I love how different each and every one of them are.

Raspberry Picking...

Every year at Raspberry season, my family has a tradition that started way back in 2008 to pick at a Raspberry Patch in Payson.

They came extra early this year and so we made a last minute trip out there and got our pickin' on.

 Joseph was really only interested in rocks, dirt, and picking raspberries out of my bucket to eat. :)

Emma working hard.

 Thomas and Daddy very focused.

 Once again, Joseph playing in the dirt.

We got a good amount to start with for the season. We had to get out of there quick before the storm came rolling in on us. 

We got dinner at Cracker Barrel afterward. Good times are had. :)