Thanksgiving 2011

Thanksgiving this year was everything I was hoping for - at our home with good food and even better company! We kept it small-scale and laid back, so no hurrying around or stressing out. Since it was just us and the Davey's we picked out the menu ahead of time with only our favorites - it was the best!

"Happy Turkey Day!"

(Nathan's picture says "day" but it's kinda hard to read since his letters started big and ended really small!!)

Natalie rockin' her supercute new dress!

Getting ready to set the table

Tyler, Arthur, & Nathan coloring pictures while they wait for the feast to begin

Our Thanksgiving Feast!!!

We made our pies the day before - Banana Cream, Chocolate Pecan, Berry, & Pumpkin (courtesy of Costco)

Let the eating begin!

Of course Parker decided it was time to eat as well so I got to watch everyone eat while I fed him (it's ok, I was happy to wait and enjoy my food!)

Full bellies = happy men

Our big 3 week old!

Parker woke up so it was time for pictures!

This baby sure does make me smile :)

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Halloween 2011

I guess it's about time I put up our Halloween pictures, and I figured I should do it before adding all our Thanksgiving pics! So here was our Halloween this year as told in picture-form:

We carved pumpkins!

The Bat (Nathan's), The Longhorn (Dan's), The Cat (Natalie's), The Ghosts (Anna's), and The Happy Face (Tyler's)
At our ward's Halloween Party

Nathan was Batman this year and Tyler was a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle

Can you see what's missing from the table in front of Tyler?

Yep, he ate all that candy corn!!

Natalie chose to be a Blue Macaw bird this year for Halloween

Did I mention you can't buy a blue macaw costume?

It had to be made...

We owe Aunt Karin a huge THANK YOU for helping sew Natalie's wings and help with the overall costume - we couldn't have done it without her help!!!

And isn't Natalie just the most beautiful blue macaw ever?!

Like Father like son



On Halloween we got to visit Dan's work for a little trick-or-treating:

the kids love visiting his work!

Silly Face!

Hanging out waiting for Daddy to finish working...

fortunately they found things to keep them busy :)

Batman!

Our little Ninja Turtle!

Then it was time to go home and go trick-or-treating!

All set to go...

And they're off!

I stayed on the front porch and handed out candy...

It was a great Halloween! The kids got lots of yummy candy to their delight, we were able to go to all the fun activities, and I didn't have a baby on a holiday (I did NOT want a Halloween baby!) Our sweet Parker was so good and waited until the next day to join our family.

Happy Halloween 2011!

The Warm-up Suit

Parker sportin' his warm-up suit!

Natalie loves and holds Parker any chance she gets :)

Nathan lovin' on his baby brother!

Of course this is Nathan's favorite pic with Parker (as only he can fully appreciate the finger in the nose!)

This baby just cracks me up!

BIG yawn :)

Gotta love that cute bum!!

Bonus: Can you guess what quote this is from?

"Why are you wearing pajamas?"

"They're not pajamas, it's a warm-up suit!"

"What are you warming up for?"

"Super-cool stuff, you wouldn't understand"

"Like sleeping??"

"They're not pajamas!!!"

That's Tyler's favorite quote and he says it all the time: They're not pajamas!!