Happy Birthday John!

John celebrated a big birthday this year. Let's just say it rhymes with "shorty". =P We had a nice party with family. He got a turkey frier and an 18 year old bottle of wiskey. Sounds like a dangerous combination!

Happy Thanksgiving

Claire had fun getting ready for Thanksgiving at pre-school. First they learned about the Indians and had a pow-wow where they dressed up, ate Indian food and danced.
Then they learned about the Pilgrims and had a Thanksgiving feast. Claire did a prayer for our family where she was thankful for "houses, horses and family". Later we learned that we cut her off before she could give thanks for pigs.

That turkey sure takes a long time to cook! The girls and their cousin passed the time playing and watching a DVD on the smallest screen in the house.

But the wait was worth it! Gotta love those turkey legs!

Being turkeys with Aunt Kim:

First Grade Picture

We got Emily's first grade portraits today. Isn't she cute!!?? She decided after she got them back that she wanted one of the other backgrounds - a library, beach scene, forest, etc. But I like just being able to see her.
Also, she lost her 2nd tooth last night. She didn't put it under her pillow though because she wanted to show it to everyone at Thanksgiving dinner. Lucky for our family, the tooth fairy will come tonight and she can just talk about it instead.