Forever Friends

Let the Thanksgiving festivities begin.  Can you imagine 6 couples having that many children?  Seriously we must have lost our minds in LV.  Joe and Deb had us over for a night of delicious food and lots of fun.  After lots of begging, we managed to get all the kids together.  

Then, the other kids got together and as you can see by the three on the right, our boys are never going to grow up

I love getting to see everyone and love all the laughing!

Happy Thanksgiving

Now that Connor had a taste of the tradition of Conn Football on Thanksgiving morning, he now demands that we travel to Long Island to partake in the festivities.  After a morning of riding bikes to the field, playing football and being tackled by cousins, it was time to eat the delicious meal that Grandma prepared.  Garrett is so observant and actually told us all to say thank you to Grandma because she did not leave the kitchen all day.  

What a meal!  The weekend was filled with playing games, enjoying the outdoors, seeing friends and playing some more with family.  It was a great weekend and fun to visit. 

November Art & Accomplishments

The kids work so hard on their many art projects and I have no idea how to keep it all together - I thought a great way to keep track of some of their finest work would be to share it in the blog.

Garrett's Thanksgiving Turkey created in Kindergarten

Emily's Collage of Leaves made in her Llama Preschool class

Connor's Turkey and Scarecrow made in Second Grade

Second grade comes with many amazing new things including tests.  Here is Connor's most recent math test where he scored over 100.  Connor got all the question right including the bonus question.  We are so proud.  Keep up the good work.  

Mom's Birthday

The family threw me a great birthday party and I couldn't have felt more special.  The kids gave me the best gift of all - they let me take them to a portrait studio and as always took gorgeous pictures.  Also, they made me some beautiful homemade cards.  

 

Thank you for an amazing day!

Here is a sample of the phenomenal pictures we now have of our beautiful children.

A Successful Soccer Season

Team William & Mary played a great season and even these last two weeks in the freezing cold at 8 am.  They were one tough soccer team.  Connor hustled his last game to save three goals and played so well.  Congrats!

Pre-Team Gymnastics

Garrett started gymnastics in September and it was a huge success.  He is a natural and at the beginning of October he was invited to join the next level called pre-team.  The team is a small group of four boys who work on skills and technique.  Garrett is thriving and we are very proud of him.  Here he is vaulting today.

Happy Halloween.

As tradition dictates, we were very ready for Halloween at the beginning of October. The kids picked out their individual costumes and they did a great job.  They all pick the perfect costume for their unique personalities.  At school they had a parade and were so excited to dress up. 

Connor - our dedicated police officer

Garrett - Iron Man 3 (aka Captain America Iron Man)

Emily - Our adorable Cinderella

 

When they got home from school, it was off to Kristen's house to trick or treat.  We made it to more houses than ever and took home about ten pounds of candy.  Emily declared it the Best Night Ever because at every house they told her she was so cute and then they gave her candy.  It was a fun filled Halloween.  

A special medal should be awarded to Prince Charming who had hand surgery that morning and still managed to pull off trick or treating.  Now I am not going to disclose how many painkillers he was on but he still made it.  Go Daddy!