November Catch-up!

November treated us well. So well, that we had our first snow! It was really just a skiff, but there was a 2 hour delay and the kids got some sledding in, so it was perfect and more than we had by Jan last year. Getting kids bundled to play in the snow takes time but they look cute!

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Mike thought it would be fun to buy and nut cracker and have the kids crack nights, they enjoyed it and I LOVED the idea because it brought back memories of my Nan and Grandads during Christmas. They always had a basket of nuts with a few nutcrackers. Man how I miss them.

These kids sure love their Daddy, and who can blame them, he really is the best dad ever!

Everett got to go visit the Dentist for the first time and sitting on me he did really well (im trying to not be in the picture) Daddy says his teeth are looking pretty good.

This sweet little lady performed in her first Primary presentation at church and she did superb. She invited several friends and neighbors and her kindergarten teacher came and brought her these flowers. She was over the moon that Miss. Brantley was there. She absolutely loves her. What a blessing it is to have such a great teacher for our sweet Vienna!

I just loved this little kiddos school pictures this year!

This was amazing! Even though it wasn't a tropical "relaxing" trip, just not having children to tend and care for was a treat in and of itself. We sure look forward to our next trip (wink, wink Mom and dad)

He walked out of the bathroom with this shirt on. I had no idea he'd even gotten it. Boy did he get lots of comments on it at the park. It was great! What a sweety.

These lego creations in downtown Disney were remarkable.

This picture doesn't do this justice, but there was an area of Hollywood Studios that was completely lit up and like the Scenske lights to music this was the same idea but on steroids. SO INCREDIBLE!

Disney World is hard to comprehend for us Westerners who love Disneyland and truthfully, I'm pretty sure I prefer California, but I'm so glad I was able to experience it with just Mike so when we come back as a family we know what its all about!

So usually there are long lines to see characters and especially Mickey, but there was absolutely no line to see him and so we had too! 

We had such an amazing ward family in Cleveland and so we always spent Thanksgiving with a big group eating, playing games and crafting. Afterward all the ladies would get together and go shopping for wee hours of the night or our sweet neighbor Georgie would come over so Mike and I could go. Last year my Mom and my sister Lanae were able to join us for the festivities and shopping and we had Amanda here to come over and be with our kiddos. We had a blast!

 Luckily we were able to go to Steve and Tiki's this year for a great meal. Thank you for having us!

Here is what our home looked like a few days before black Friday this year, which is like a sin in my home, but I was anxious and it takes time.

We took over a homemade cheesecake from scratch for T-day dinner and Mike did it all on his own. It was perfect! We both enjoyed it. It had a kick, It was called a Southwest Sweet potato cheesecake and it had chipotle chili powder. The only person willing to try it was Peggy.

Here is me and my little buddy eating our yummy Thanksgiving dinner!
I wish I would have taken more pictures of the kiddos having fun. 

Here comes December!