Happy Thanksgiving!!

Caden does not enjoy getting his picture taken lately...which is really annoying while we are trying to get a good shot for our Christmas cards!!
Gampy Mark loves his dessert!

Addie with Zac and Alexa

Gammy Pammy with Great Granny Frannie and Pam's sister, Mimi....it was great to have her here visiting from Georgia for Thanksgiving.

Daddy's little firekids!

Happy Thanksgiving from Addie!!!

We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We have a lot to be thankful for this year....our beautiful and healthy children top our list. We had a large meal with lots of family, and we are definitely grateful for the meal and to have our families so close to us to share in the holidays. We know there are many people that are not as fortunate as us and our thoughts and prayers are with them.

Addie and Caden are getting so big, as you can see from the pictures here. We are getting excited about Christmas already. Caden wrote his letter to Santa with help from Mom, of course. I think the only thing he cares about these days are his Legos and the long list of Legos that he wants Santa to bring.

We hope that the holidays don't get too busy for you and that you are able to take some time to spend with family, friends, and all those close to you. We are trying hard this year to remember the real reason for Christmas and to not get caught up in the all the hustle and bustle. Caden has been saying his prayers each night and grace before his meals...we hope that the spirit of Jesus continues to be with us through this holiday season and in the new year.

Happy Halloween!

The only dinosaur we know who is scared of everything! We had to carry Caden around most of the night - thank goodness we had lots of people with us to help out!

It was great to have our Uncle Tay-Tay with us for Addie's first Halloween!

Yummy Nerds!!

I love my Gampy Mark!!

The most ferocious leopard you will ever meet!

Addie dressed in all black on Halloween and looked like a burglar...here she is in her get-away car!

The peapod below was too hot so we settled for the witch shirt.

Not a great pic of Jay, but the only one I have of our little peapod!

We hope everyone had a Happy Halloween! We had a party at the firehouse for the kids last weekend. Last night we went to Trick or Trunk at one of the schools here. The town sponsors this safe place for kids to trick-or-treat. People bring their cars, decorate their trunks, and give out candy to all the kids. The firehouse brings a fire truck and decorates it. Jay was in charge of this for a few years. This year he passed the job onto another firefighter, but still helped decorate. The firehouse won first place for the decorating contest - Go Company #3! We also had a big slumber party at our house with Gammy, Gampy, Aunti Kara, Auntie Becky, and Uncle Taylor (Tay-Tay as Caden calls him). Enjoy the pics of our fun night!

Rainy Day Fun

So we were stuck inside one rainy weekend. Thought these pictures were cute. Caden just inherited lots of train tracks from a student in my class and we've been having lots of fun building with them!