Thanksgiving Week

Our Thanksgiving week started the Thursday before Thanksgiving since Christian was out of school the Friday before and the whole week of Thanksgiving. We had so many fun things planned and the kids had a great time. We started out by hitting the park once Daddy got home from work. The boys played some basketball and then we went and played on the play set. Monday I took the kids to an inflatable play house. Megan and Ryan were both really scared of everything when we first got there but by the end they were loving it. They had slides, jump houses, toys, games and these funny animals to sit on. Tuesday was a trip to Disneyland. We had such a great time, it was really crowded but it was fun to go and just hit a couple of rides and then head home.

We stopped at the Lego store in Downtown Disney to do a little shopping for Daddy for Christmas!The kids were exhausted as we left they didn't even make it to the freeway before they were fast asleep.Wednesday we went to see Dan and his team play in their playoff game. Unfortunately they lost but it was such a good game and Dan has gotten so much better since the last time we saw him. He is so fast and agile it is so great to see him play.We had such a wonderful Thanksgiving. Beside my Brother and his family who are in Texas the rest of us were all together. It was a wonderful day, the Patriots beat the Lions, we had great food, great company and played fun games. I am so Thankful for such a wonderful Family! Then about 9:15pm my Mom and two sisters headed out to do some shopping. We hit Toys R Us, Old Navy, Kohl's, Target, Bed Bath & Beyond, Best Buy, Sam's, Home Depot, and Staples. Now I only have 3 gifts left to get and then I am done Christmas shopping. It was totally exhausting but I am glad that I did it so I can fully enjoy my December!Here is my Mom getting some shut eye out side of Kohl's about 2 am. It was about 40 degrees outside. At this point we both thought we were crazy but I am sure we will do it again next year!

Sunday Fun

A couple of Sunday's ago the kids decided it was dress up time so they all got in old costumes and were playing around. Then Dan surprised them by getting in his old army uniform. It was so much fun!

Apple Picking

A couple of weekends ago my sister's family, my brother's family and us decided to go and pick apples up at Oak Glen which is in the mountains about an hour from us. Dan ended up having to work that Saturday so my mom offered to keep Megan which was a big help. We all had such a great time and the day we went it had been raining in the morning so everything was clean and beautiful. We bought a box which holds half a bushel and shared it between the three families. Picking apples will definitely be a new tradition for us but next year we will make sure Dan has the day off.Jessica found these apple crates and thought we could use them to stand on to help the kids pick the apples. The kids loved it cause they could reach the higher ones by themselves. Our full boxJust passed the apple orchard there was a walking trail so we decided to go and explore a little. It was so fun because the leaves were changing colors and falling and it really felt like fall. We don't really get to see that where we live.Playing in the leavesAfter picking apples we decided to pick up lunch from a little BBQ place and have a picnic. Well it started getting windy so the picnic wasn't a great idea but the kids didn't mind. Ryan found this chair at the shop and just loved it.

18 months

I can't believe that Megan is 18 months already. It surprises me everyday to see her doing such big kid stuff like getting her own shoes on or jumping. We had her check up last week and she is doing really well. She weighs 24.4 pounds and is 30.25 inches tall. She has 12 teeth with 2 more coming in. She can say about 8 to 10 words but she mostly just grunts and cries to get what she wants which we are trying to get her to stop. She is generally a really happy girl, she loves to be around people and it is really cute to see her start to mother her dolls. She started Nursery at church and loves it except that Ryan is still in there until January so it is hard because he is constantly trying to protect her and she does not like that at all. She refuses to have anything in her hair which is frustrating because I will do her hair in the morning and she will have pulled it out with in two minutes. With in the last couple of weeks she has learned to climb up onto everything so that is challenging. She is also very dramatic she can go with laughing and smiling to a totally tantrum just because someone said no. She has started only taking one nap a day and is still waking up at least once a night. She plays hide and seek, gives high fives and knuckles. She loves to empty all my cabinets. She loves Christian and Ryan so much and every morning she greets us all with a huge smile which is the best way to start the day. We totally love her and are so grateful she is apart of our family. Her new favorite place to be is on Ryan's bed and one day I walked in to find they had dumped all the toys onto his bed and were having so much fun playing together.

Halloween Weekend

We had such an incredible Halloween weekend. It started with Friday night Dan taking Christian and Brittany to a Haunted House. It is at this park near our house and it has 5 different haunted mazes and a haunted hay ride. They totally loved it but were so scared. In the picture below Christian and Brittany didn't want to get close to the Monsters so that is why Christian is cut out of the picture. On Saturday night we had our Church Trunk or Treat. We had dinner, the kids played games, went through the spook alley, and then went trick or treating out of every one's trunk. Megan and Ryan only made it to about a quarter of the cars when they decided they didn't want to do it anymore.Ryan and his good friend Andrew.Our decorated Trunk.Megan was so tired by the end of the night but she had a great time.My friend Julie teaches Sunday school with me and our kids told us we should come to the party as each other. It was really easy she works at Target so I came as a target employee and she came as a Mom to baby Megan. The kids absolutely loved it!Sunday night we celebrated Nathan's 5th Birthday and passed out candy to trick or treaters. Nathan had a Super Mario Brothers theme so all the kids made Mario carts. It was such a cute idea and all the kids loved wearing them and racing around except Megan!