Thanksgiving

I don't have any pictures to share.  I guess we just forgot to get the camera out.  We had a wonderful holiday!  Clay and Dallan played football in the morning with some ward members while the younger kids and I watched the Parade.  Then we cooked a yummy Thanksgiving dinner with lots of wonderful things.  Everything tasted great and now we are left with lots of leftovers.  I bought my pies and rolls from my favorite place.  We are so fortunate to live in this area where there are so many orchards and markets to choose from.  My favorite is the Lancaster County Dutch Market!  I am there once a week, so it was only natural that I would want to buy my pies from them!  I don't know what I will do when we leave this area.
So that's it, it was a relaxing day and everyone is healthy and happy, so I couldn't ask for anything more.
We are still debating on whether or not we want to decorate our home since we won't be here for Christmas.  Leah doesn't want to go and I have to admit, I really don't want to be away from our home for Christmas.  I am sure we will get over it.  We will look forward to seeing family and it will be great!

Halloween

We did very last minute Halloween celebrations.  None of us cared about it much, so the last minute stuff works well for us.  On Friday we spent the morning with Ryan at Butler's Orchard for his school field trip.  It was really fun and we wished that we could have taken the other kids with us too.  Then we went to help Leah with her costume parade and class party.  That night was our ward Halloween Party and we had a good time.

On Halloween day we went to a baptism and then had to run some errands.  We carved pumpkins in the afternoon and finished just in time to put them on our steps and send the kids out to trick-or-treat.  Our complex is perfect for trick-or-treating and we were so lucky this year because Dallan took Leah and Ryan for us.  Clay and I enjoyed watching a scary movie and passing out candy to the few neighborhood kids that actually go door-to-door.  These days there are so many kids that go to places of business or drive to a rich neighborhood and their loss is our gain.  Since we are among the few who like to stick with our neighborhood, we are the recipients of some major generosity.  Of course, we return the favor and give out huge handfuls of candy to the kids who come here.  It was an easy night and we all had a great time!

Picking  a pumpkin!

Hay ride

Slide

Photo op

rubber ducky derby

oooooo

Ryan loved this maze

So much that he threw a tantrum when we tried to leave

Mario

Meow

Gangsta

Gotta represent