Happy Turkey Day!

We have had some turkey fun and hope that everyone else does too. This year we are going to my Aunt's house and I am expecting it will be a lot of fun!

Since I am not hosting, I had time to think of a fun way to display fruit and veggies. The kids helped and I think it turned out pretty cute!
A few weeks ago we made pine cone turkeys for decoration on our mantel. Both Brice and Brianna had a lot of fun putting all of the feathers on. I think they are just so adorable!

I hope everyone has a nice day filled with friends, family and all the things we are thankful for. Fill your tummy's with delicious food and relax and enjoy!

When I asked Bricen what he was thankful for he said "Mommy and Daddy"

When I asked Brianna what she was thankful for she said "My Family"

I love my kids!

Go Beavers!

This is the second year we have gotten Beaver Basketball season tickets. We all went to the first game on Tuesday night and they did great! Brian and Bricen went to the game today while Brianna and I had a "girls day". The Rodgers brothers from the football team are usually at the game and Bricen got lucky enough to sit on James Rodgers surgically repaired knee for a picture and he autographed his shirt. To top the day, the Beavs won the b-ball game too!

Happy Birthday Bricen

Bricen celebrated his 4th Birthday recently. We had great celebrations that I know he loved. The family all got together at his favorite Mexican restaurant. He had enchiladas and a yummy dessert. About 20 family members joined us and Brice got a lot of great gifts.

He really wanted a Dino Party... so we had friends over today to celebrate his B-day as well. It was a lot of fun planning the party and seeing all of the kids having fun.
Bricen and Brianna helped decorate!

Got an ice cream cake... yummy!

What kid doesn't want to try to pop balloons! I stuffed them with plastic dinosaurs and they got to pop the balloons to get them. It was a little loud and a little crazy!

I know this one's blurry but it really captures the big roars!

The day of Brice's Birthday, he got to open his gift from us. A Leapster Explorer, he loves it! I am actually impressed with how well he knows how to play the games and all of the things he knows how to do on it.

Bricen is such a joy, he is outgoing and full of energy. I can't believe that it has been 4 years since my baby was born!

Halloween is finally here!

I went all out for Halloween this year. With having 2 parties, helping at Brianna's school party, dressing up for the ballet party and another Halloween party on Friday night, I can say the kids got great use out of their costumes and so did I. On Sunday everything we did had to do with preparing for Halloween. We had orange eggs for breakfast, pumpkin shaped quesadillas for lunch and made guts and eyeballs for dinner. We invited my parents, my brother and sister-in-law and Brian's sister (other sister-in-law) over for dinner and trick-or-treating. It was so much fun preparing everything and getting all ready! Bricen and Brianna were great helpers with the meatball eyeballs and Carmel apples!
We even dressed the dogs up, thanks to Grams for the dog costumes! Tucker was a skeleton and Lily was a hot dog.

When it was finally time to go trick-or-treating, the kids were so excited. They remember how much fun they had last year. Brianna is so shy and polite and Bricen is so outgoing and quite the ham! We had to keep telling him not to go into peoples houses, as he would step right in when they opened their doors. We had to tell him not to grab hand fulls of candy, that it was appropriate to only take one item unless they offered more. He would hold his arms up as soon as someone opened the door so they could see his spider legs. And Brianna, a quiet trick-or-treat, takes one piece of candy and says thank you and walks away!

Angie and I dressed up, it was pretty fun!

What a cute pumpkin!
Brice wanted to be a spider this year and I couldn't find a costume anywhere. So... I made it! I think it turned out pretty good and he loved it!

Look at that haul! We are never going to eat all of that candy!

Races

Halloween weekend, Brian went up to Portland to be on my Uncle Andrew's pit crew. Andrew was on a team of people who traded off racing all weekend long! It was a wet and chilly day, but Sharon, Everett and Dario picked the kids and I up and we drove up for the day on Saturday. It turned out to be a lot of fun!

Bricen and Dario are pretty good buddies and great cousins! I might see some racing in Everett's future! He was so interested in the race the entire time we were there. He helped with many things and you could see the pride and admiration he had for his Dad.

Switching drivers...

The pit crew making sure the car was in tip top shape!

All the kids with Sharon pointing out the cars!

School Halloween Party

I think it is fairly uncommon for a school to allow the children to dress up in their costumes at school. I think it is pretty fun that Brianna's school allows and encourages this. I helped in the class room earlier in the day and although there was learning involved, the whole day was focused around Halloween and the kids loved it!

One of Brianna's class mates Grandmother is the author of The Little Lady Who Wasn't Afraid of Anything. She has other books published as well, however this one is has a Halloween theme. Linda Williams came in to do an assembly for the children. She spoke of writing, editing, having someone illustrate it and then acted it out with her grandson. It was so much fun for the children to learn about and meet a real life author who autographed the book for them.

Back in the class room there were treats and a parade around the school. It was fun to see all of the classes parading around in their costumes!
They ended the day by playing candy corn bingo! What a fun day at school.