Gingerbread Thanksgiving

This might be Haynes' favorite part of his Thanksgiving feast. I love visiting Gingerbread with Haynes. He literally doesn't want to leave my side...so good for a mommy's heart!




Ella had a fun feast too! She has so many sweet girlfriends in her class this year. I'm so thankful for all those sweet girls!!
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Haynes Cole

This kid makes me laugh...we were driving to my parents for Thanksgiving. I get to make Judi's green bean casserole for our family. I have to make 2 because people like it do much...Haynes on the other hand thought he was going to throw up because of the smell...I'm glad I don't take things too personally:-)
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Dessert competition

We celebrate Thanksgiving with my family the Sunday before Thanksgiving. We have a new fun tradition of a dessert contest and all of my kids love to participate.



Ella decided to make heart shaped cake pops. We made some with raspberry filling and then some with chocolate filling. They are adorable...just like her:-)



Port decided to make pilgrim hats out of cookies and candy. I think he enjoyed rating along the way the most.



Haynes won last year with a cute turkey treat. This year he made some pretzel candies that might be my favorite. I hope he is as successful as he was last year!!
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First walking injury

I picked Halle up from Mom's Prayer and one of the sitters apologized because she had some scratches. She apparently stood up by herself on the concrete and tried to take a step. I told her we were thrilled to have walking injuries...we celebrate everything!😉
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Halle beth

We brought an "oldie but a goodie" from our Greystone house. All of our kids have loved this toy Grandad and JuJu got for Port when he was a baby. Now it's Halle's turn....and we can't hardly keep the older three off of it for her to play on! This is after the big kids have gone to bed, otherwise there would be kids hanging from all parts. Our little one is moving all over and we are believing for a walker by Thanksgiving!
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Where have I been?!?

Last night a friend reminded me that I haven't posted anything since September, and the post was about July!!!
This is a picture that accurately describes what I've been doing...
We are in the process of building a new home and it couldn't be more fun! Unfortunately those nights I could sit and blog are long gone and now I sit and research types of door hinges and concrete colors! I absolutely couldn't do this without the help of my two families. This is a picture of me trying to do "it" on my own.
I'm meeting Jade and the counter top guy inside the house. Haynes, Ella, and Halle are in the car watching Leap Frog peacefully I think...Haynes comes in to the house after about 10 minutes to tell me Halle is crying. I tell him to get her a snack from the back of the car and I'll be there in 5 minutes. Haynes returns to the house 5 minutes later and explains she is REALLY upset! I finally end my meeting and run out to the car to find this....
Haynes chose a squeeze fruit pouch to give Halle as opposed to the goldfish. She was completely covered and beyond upset!
Oh how I love my sweet kids! 😉
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