Thanksgiving

We had a very special Thanksgiving this year with my son Ben and his beautiful, new wife Shelby. They also brought a friend who could not be home for Thanksgiving. Oh, and lest we forget Kane, aka Kandy Kane. (their puppy):) The food tasted good, and we shared lots of laughs. Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures. :( I had planned on it but we were so busy visiting with each other, and being entertained by all three dogs, that it slipped my mind. :( We will be seeing them over Christmas break though, and I will definitely take pictures!
Meanwhile, here is Elijah holding the adorable turkey that he made at school. And Jimmy, with his new turkey hat, which is ridiculously hilarious. It plays music and the legs move to the music. LOL

These two.......:)

Some cuteness.....just because

Caleb is waering his Despicable Me 2 hat, made for him by his running buddy, Patricia. She does such a wonderful job. I love it!

I love this picture of Liam. so dang cute!

Elijah is proof, that there is nothing cuter, than a little boy in pajamas!

 We love Olaf!

This was a project that Elijah's class was doing. You are supposed to make a disguise for the turkey to wear, so he can't be recognized, and eaten. LOL Parents were to work with their kids. Elijah didn't want to do it, but, I on the other hand was very happy to do it!

Happy Birthday Jimmy

And just like that, he's 28. How did that happen? The years go by so quickly.
Jimmy chose Duck Dynasty for his birthday theme and Buffalo Wild Wings for his birthday dinner. We had a great day celebrating my first born son. I love you Jimmy, you are my heart and my inspiration.

He doesn't drink it, he just likes to order it. ;)

He got his fart blaster :)

I love these two so much.

And the girls sang to him and made his day!

We then, came home for cake and ice cream.

Happy Birthday Jimmy, love Mom and the Smurfs

Happy Halloween.......

Well, for everyone except Liam , that is. The weather was awful. We had wind, rain, temps in the 30's, and then if that wasn't bad enough, it started to snow. Liam doesn't like all of those factors combined (me either), so he cried the entire time we were trick or treating. :(  His three brothers were happy, although Elijah was ready to go home soon after we started too. He didn't cry however and was quite happy trick or treating, even if the weather was annoying. Here are a few pictures before we left.

Jimmy was Garth at the costume party at school.

Dr. Caleb is in the house

Cutest little Superman ever!

My silly Buzz!

No words, except that he cracks me up!

Carving pumpkins

These two crack me up. They had to wear gloves before they would put their hands into the pumpkins. LOL I have to give them credit though, at least they did. Jimmy avoided the situation by refusing to come out of his room until it was done. Oh yes, he did! :) And Liam kept his distance too.

They did a good job and even put the seeds into the bowl. :) Trust me, I loved the help, even for a few minutes. I still had to finish cleaning out their pumpkins and both Jimmy's and Liam's, and also carve all four. Let's just say I'm glad that it's done, and I didn't require a trip to the ER. I swear one day, I am going to slice my hand. Yes, I'm that clumsy!

The finished product. Caleb's is on the left. He requested a happy pumpkin. :) Next, is Liam's. I gave it a tongue sticking out, to mirror Liam's favorite expression. Then the little one is Elijah's, whose only request was, that it had to have two eyes, one nose, and one mouth with one tooth. LOL Then there is Jimmy's on the right. He wanted me to make it look like Trigger, our Yorkie. Sorry Jimmy, I would have messed that up big time and probably ended up with a shredded pumpkin. His second choice was a pumpkin with a big smile. I can do that. :)

Happy Halloween!

Autumn here...

I love Autumn! And Autumn in Michigan is absolutely beautiful. These pics were taken in our yard. I wish the trees would stay this color all year. So pretty!