English Country Dance!

On Saturday we went to an English Country Dance! This was the first official dance Anna and I have ever been to, and it was a lot of fun!!!!

The sunset (by the time we got there it was completely dark) ...



Dad ...



Ready to dance :)









Sadie, Geneva and I ...



Not many descriptions, but we had a ton of fun!!

Decorating with Grandma :)

Last Saturday we went to Grandma's and helped her set up her tree and decorate for Christmas :)

Mom always does the lights ...



Grandma telling Anna about each ornament :)



Grandma's little "Jeremiah" (as she calls it :) ...



Anna and I putting the decorations on the tree ...





Anna and Tammy :)



The fireplace ...



Anna and Rudolph ;)

Mom's Birthday!

Mom's birthday was on November 11 (I know I'm a little behind! :)

First we had pumpkin spice cakes and ice cream at Grandma's :)

(I don't think this picture needs explaining :)

Steeple ...



Dinner ... Dad took her out to dinner and a show at Marriott Theatre :)



Mom (the setting is a ship) :)



The stage ...



HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM!

Thanksgiving!

We have officially had the blog for a year!!! Thanksgiving went very smoothly this year ... which was nice :) We cleaned on Friday and Monday, made pies on Tuesday and did food preperation on Wednesday. It worked quite well :)

Spices :)



Pumpkin pie ...



Anna took a couple pictures of me ...
Me taste testing! (Definitely posed! It was unsweetened pumpkin so I wouldn't have eaten it anyway :)



Hogan ... through the view of the chair :)



Berries, for the pie :)





Mom made most of the pies ...



Anna had to peel all the potatoes ... "where's Grandma?" :)



Jacob made the blueberry pie ...



The table ... (Thanks, Haley for showing us how to fold the napkins ... it came in handy :)





The pie table for pie breakfast :)



Breakfast ...





Carving the turkey for dinner :)



Mom, Baudilio and Dad



Dinner time! :)



After dinner we went for a walk, but it was quite chilly :)

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!