Thanksgiving Feast

I still consider myself new to the "blog world"
For some reason I cannot get my photos to load in the order that I want them to appear on my blog....so excuse the randomness of the photo placement.....

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We spent the weekend in Bellingham with Troy's family.
There were 8 of us...a pretty small crowd. Poor Kyle has no cousins to play with but he seems to be OK with that. He LOVES to play with his MiMi and PaPa and their dogs, Charlie and Maggie. It is fun to watch Kyle interact with Auntie "TT" and Uncle Nando too!
The food was DELICIOUS!


My 1 glass of Riesling! Yummy!


Kyle enjoying his soy chocolate pudding.




Kyle praying for the meal. Cuteness!





The turkey.

My favorite: Mashed Potatoes with Roasted Garlic and Smoked Gouda Cheese

with Gravy, of course!

MiMi cooking!

More wine.

PaPa carving the bird.

The Family Photo.

Turkey. Stuffed.

Flowers and Candles. MiMi is cute and festive with her decorations.

The table.

The Apple Pie. Tara did a beautiful job! It was great!

She also made a pumpkin cheesecake with Ginger Snap Cookies for the crust! AMAZING!!!


What a wonderful FEAST!

Now...I am off to the YMCA to work out so I don't gain 10 pounds!

Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Thankful!

It is the little things in life that I am thankful for this year:
Warm cups of coffee with French Vanilla Coffee Mate Creamer, cozy PJs, crisp morning air, sunlight beaming through the trees in my backyard. These are things I am thankful for this morning as I type.

My sister sent me some photos. Isn't this one cute???!!!???

My grandma, Doris, is 91 years old. She is a kick in the pants! I love her dearly!
The older I get, the more I realize how thankful I am for my family and friends.


Kyle is thankful for his blankies and stuffed animals! :)
You should see the routine of tucking him (and all of his animals) into bed each night.
It is quite a process!

I am a blessed woman! I have two boys in my life that mean the world to me: Troy and Kyle.
I am thankful for them!

Undefeated

Troy is a teacher at Everett High School. He also coaches boys and girls tennis.
The boys just finised their season UNDEFEATED!
Way to go boys!!!!

Early on in the season Coach Schwenke told his boys that if they went undefeated he would shave his head into a mohawk!

so...here it is!!

What a cool guy! His boys LOVED it! He had to shave it in front of the entire school at an assembly.

At least they shaved his head on Halloween. :)

I think it looked pretty good.

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!
We dressed up for Young Life Club on Monday. I was worried that Kyle would not want to put his costume on. I was right. It took a wrestling match to get him into the costume. But...as soon as he was in it and had the boots and hat to make the outfit complete...he LOVED it. What a cute little fire fighter we have! I will add more photos after the big night of trick-or-treating but I could not wait to post these photos.

Our little fire fighter!


Too young to drive a fire engine....I will ride my scooter :)




This is the best pose with the pumpkins on the porch that I could get out of a wiggly toddler!

Happy Halloween!

Best Buddies

Kyle and Ethan are BEST BUDDIES!
Ethan is 9 months older than Kyle and he lives across the street.
Kyle does not have any siblings or cousins yet so Ethan is the closest thing he has to that.
They LOVE playing together.
We took a trip to "The Farm" in Snohomish last weekend. They boys had a great time. They loved riding on the hayride, looking at the animals, jumping in the hay, digging in the dirt, and picking out pumpkins together. It is so fun to have a best buddy right across the street!

Kyle hugging Ethan on the hayride.




Looking at the tractor. Wow! It is BIG!



When they had this photo taken people commented on how nice they were to eachother sitting on the pumpkin. Some people thought they were brothers. (If they were brothers they would probably be pushing eachother off the pumpkin).



Holding hands in the field.

So sweet! Best of Friends!!

Pumpkin Farm

We LOVE going to the Pumpkin Farm!
We took our 1st trip to Carlton Farm in Lake Stevens on a sunny afternoon at the beginning of October. Kyle loved it! His favorite part was stomping in the puddles with his boots on.


These pumpkins are too big, mama!


Oink! Oink!




Rule: You ahve to be able to carry your own pumpkin to the car.


Kyle loved jumping in the hay!


Don't worry! More pumpkin farm blog entries are coming. We are going again next weekend!

Wacky Wednesdays

Every Wednesday I watch two little boys: Ethan and Caleb.
Ethan is almost 3 and Caleb is 1.
Add Kyle to the mix and I have three very active little toddler boys!
They keep me on my toes...that is for sure!

Ethan, Caleb and Kyle sitting on the porch waiting for the garbage man to come.

Eating breakfast.


Yum! Yum!

The playroom is always a mess! But they sure have alot of fun!


The garbage man arrives. It is an exciting moment of the day!

By the end of the day I am happy that all 3 boys are fed, clothed, diapers changed, naps were taken (hopefully), and we all had fun.....and I am EXHAUSTED!
We usually go for a walk, read books, do art projects, play in the backyard (digging), take EVERY toy out that Kyle owns and play with them (and try to share them).
Ethan and Caleb are very special friends and neighbors. We are lucky to have them in our lives! It is fun to watch these little guys grow up together.