Thanksgiving at Grandma Obe's

Michael's grandpa Oberlin is fighting some pretty major health battles lately and has been feeling a little down. We celebrated Thanksgiving early at their house last Saturday. When we got there Dylan ran over and jumped up on his lap. It melted my heart, he is such a great person, and someone that Mike admires very much. Keep in her your prayers in the coming months.

Hanging of the greens.

We almost always get our Christmas stuff out and up the weekend before Thanskgiving. We started tonight and it will take us until Sunday to get it all done. The bigger (nicer) tree is done upstairs and tomorrow we will decorate the top of the cabinets and put the other tree up in the basement. I will also try and get the outside lights done too. The kids were so excited, it is hard not to get really crazy for Christmas when the kids are this little. More pictures to come. I hope the holiday spirit is finding its way into all of your hearts.

Little Turkey

Dylan had his fall program at pre-school today. He did such a terrific job. Michael, Mom, Dad and I went. He was a little imbarrased but he spoke clearly and rembered his part, reciting the months of the year. He has grown and matured so much in the last few months. This preschool has been terrific for him. I am amazed by how much he has learned. We went out for lunch after and had a nice time with the grandparents.

Welcome Winter

The kids nagged all day to play in the snow. I was wanting to get some pictures for our holiday cards so they finally wore me down. It was crazy cold too. We do not even have snow boots yet so everyone was really cold. They played outside for about an hour and then we warmed up with some hot chocolate. I think I got some good shots, so some of you may be seeing these photos again in your mail box in a week or so. This weather has us all really excited for Christmas, it went straight from Halloween to Christmas this year. I cannot wait. I will have to post a photo of the Gingerbread house we decorated. We are all in the mood and getting ready to put our tree up toward the end of the week. It always sounds like more fun than it actually is.

Tick Or Treat

Thane was dressed as Joe Dirt, it was so funny. Kylie had on fake eyelashes and the little girls thought that they were so cool.

Went to Duane and Amy's to go trick or treating in Angola again this year. Even Michael was off work and got to go with us. The kids had a great time and they got to play lots after going around the block. They ran around in the yard for hours. Then we all had dinner together and went to the church for thier annual party. It was fun and boy were the kids tired. Thane even dressed up, it was too funny.

Miss Buch's Class Halloween Photo

I got to go in and see Maddie's class all dressed up for Halloween. It seems a little surreal that Joel and Maddie are in Kindergarten, it honestly still feels like yesterday that Kylie and I were pregnant with the kids. Time sure does fly. It make me a little bit sad, but proud at the same time.

Fall Camping

Macy had to ride Dylan's old bike because she wore hers out, even if she looked a wrieck she was still super cute.

Avery was very focused on her beautiful pumpkin painting. They kept busy doing crafts the whole weekend, it wore Kylie and I out because as soon as one craft is done they were ready for the next one.

Dylan was really impressed with these. He was wanting to show his dad, they were at the campfire drinking a beer while Kylie and I took the kids to the nature center. LOL.

Dylan was so tired on the hayride I thought he was going to fall asleep. We had to keep talking to him so he would keep his eyes open.

Here is the only picture I managed to get with whole group. They were really good and they really did actually get along as well as it looks in this picture.

Okay, as Megan keeps reminding me I am the world worst blogger. Michael moved our computer to the basement and just got us back online, and I have been lazy. SO we are going back a little ways here. But at the begining of October we went camping with our friends the Thane and Kylie and family. We had a great weekend. I just cannot say enough how much I love to camp. The kids are so great to watch and their little bodies are so tired when you lay them down. We got to have some time without the kids in the evening after they retired to sit by the fire and have some drink. Thane and Kylie are so laid back that we seem to do well with each others kids. Hopefully we can keep doing this and giving our kids some great traditions to look back on.