Thanksgiving 08

To take my mind off my enlarging belly I decided to host Thanksgiving at my house this year. I invited my parents, my uncle and his family and my brother Brian. I had a lot of fun cooking up the traditional feast and enjoyed everyone's company to the fullest. Everyone helped out with dinner.

Brian made the green bean casserole, it was the best I've ever tasted and it was gone in a flash.

Jasmine couldn't get enough of her Uncle Brian. Since he left she has been saying "Where Uncle Brian go?" at least three times a day.


The traditional olives on fingers.


Sitting down to the feast.



Kaitlyn and I shared a plate. She was so enamored with the glasses we had for our punch that she spilled ours all over Grampy. It was so funny we had to stop and take a picture before cleaning it up.



Hours later we were having such an enjoyable time with Bryce and Diane and the girls that we didn't want to see them leave. Especially Jazzie, she had been at her table eating dinner and decided to bring her plate to the door to say goodbye.

A day with Daddy

When Tony stays home alone with the girls he actually plans activities and enjoys playing games with them. I am so thrilled that his idea of a day home without mommy around isn't just a babysitting gig where he ensures that they are alive and out of trouble between football plays.

A few weeks ago he had the girls all Saturday while I was at my sister's bridal shower. Here is what the day consisted of.

Orange julius drinks for refreshing snack after blowing up some balloons to watch them fly all over the room as they deflate.

There was an art project.


And as if that wasn't enough fun...

They built a fort in the family room. When I got home they were wearing their fourth outfit for the day and didn't want mommy to put on Jammies only daddy could get them ready for bed.

Halloween 2008

We had a great Halloween this year, we got all dressed up and took the girls trick-or-treating, then my sister LaurieKae and her clan came and we watched movies and scarfed down pizza. We stayed up way to late because we were having way to much fun.

Trick or treating, Kaitlyn was sucking on a sucker she swiped from the bowl of candy we were passing out. Sneaky girl.

Jasmine loved cleaning out the pumpkins, she insisted on helping with every pumpkin's gutting. When it was all over and for days after she would see the pumpkins on the front porch and ask if we could do pumpkins again.