Keeping up with the Joneses: November 2006

Thanksgiving!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We had a great long weekend. We started Thanksgiving day at Sean's parents house. His brother, Scott, and his wife Stephanie and their two kids, Sam and Isaac (she is also prego and due the end of Dec.) came up from Kalamazoo to visit. Heather and Aaron were also there. We had a lot of fun playing outside, the weather was SO nice! Thanks to Heather I have the following pictures to share:
Julia NOT putting her hands in the water.

Ethan with the turkey he made at school.

"How does this thing work?"

Ethan being cute.

Scott, Stephanie, Sam, and Isaac.

Family picutre!

Aren't they precious!? What a good big brother.

Do you know how hard it is to get a good pic of 4 little ones!?

Thanksgiving Dinner.

Family Photo

Then we went to my parents house for Thanksgiving dinner #2. I don't have any pictures to share. I think my sister Annette took some with her digital, so maybe I will have some to share later. We also celebrated Amy's birthday, since she turned 23 on Thanksgiving! My brother Louie, his wife Amy, my sister Annette, sister Gina, and her two boys Cameron and Christian, and of course my parents were there. We had another yummy dinner and had a great time. I am so thankful to have such a wonderful family, and to have been blessed in so many ways.

Then Firday we relaxed at home, just the four of us. It was really nice to just have some alone family time. The rest of the weekend was filled with taking care of things around the house. We got our Christmas lights and decorations up outside. I shocked myself on a borken light, oops! It burned my finger, and it still hurts. Here is a tip: unplug the lights before replacing a broken one! We also got rid of our loveseat, which gives us a lot more space in our living room. And on Sunday we got rid of our two cats. I had put an ad in the Record Eagle and this lady with two daughters, 8 and 9 years, took them. Hopefully they will have more time to give those cats the attention they need. We went back and forth about giving up the kittys, but we really didn't have the room for them and with another baby on the way, we would have even less time for them. We also did some organizing and things around the house. It feels great to get things taken care of!

Ethan is doing really well in school. He loves going and seems to be doing really well. He has gotten 5 stars everyday so far. Go Ethan! Julia has been talking a lot lately, it is so cute. We got her 18 month pictures back, I will post them soon.

I only have 3 more weeks of work left, yea!!

So, what were you thankful for at Thanksgiving?

Thanksgiving Already?!

I can't believe it is already time for Thanksgiving. Didn't Halloween just get over!? I don't have too much to update. Julia and I have been sick, and now Ethan is coughing a little. Ethan started a new preschool program at Long Lake Elementary today. He is really excited about it! I have a cute story about Julia. Most kids hate having their nose suctioned with those suction balls (you get them from the hospital when you have a baby). Well, she has been REALLY stuffed up lately, and I decided to clear her nose. The first time I did it she didn't like it, but I think she realized what I was doing. I have done it twice since then, and now when I do it she claps and smiles!! It is so cute, as I suction her, she sits still and closes her eyes, and then when I finish, she claps! Too cute!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving! We will be spending the day between our two families. I am looking forward to the pumpkin pie, yumm!!!

Ethan says he is thankful for the turkey that he is going to eat!

I am excited about being done with work, only 5 weeks left. Hopefully I will be able to get some more of the "do to" things checked off my list!

Happy early Thanksgiving!

Halloween Pictures!

Ok, I just got two rolls of file developed (they are way too cute!) and I posted the pics last night, and they didn't work. So, I had to mess with blogger to get it all figured out. I posted three different posts with the new pictures. Enjoy and let us know what you think!

The next few pictures were from the downtown halloween walk on Friday. It was so busy and CRAZY, but we had a blast!

All smiles!

What a great picture

Ethan looking silly with some "gummy teeth"

Working hard to clean out their pumpkins.

She knew what to do!

They played with the guts forever!

How cute are my kids!!?

A ghost for daddy, a pregnant pumpkin for me, a spider for Ethan, and a duck for Julia. I carved all of the pumpkins, but the kids had a blast cleaning them out!