Thanksgiving

Another Thanksgiving in the books, and it is so apparent how much we have to be thankful for! How blessed we are to have happy healthy kids, and family that we love surrounding us today and every day! Here are some fun pictures of our Thanksgiving.

  

We took some pictures for our Christmas cards, and we bribed Marek with this sucker before hand so that he would cooperate. Surprisingly, it actually worked.

McKenna playing peek-a-boo on the sofa.

McKenna and Nana playing a hand-held game.

Bobs and Babes relaxing on the sofa before dinner.

Gotta love Brandon's squinty eye pictures...totally makes me laugh!

A McKenna sandwich

Marek and Nana eating dinner.

Brandon stuffing his face with turkey and mashed potatoes.

McKenna was a big fan of the mashed potatoes as you can see by how much she has on her face!

Marek reaching for the tray of black olives. I honestly think he must have ate more than 20!!

Taking it easy on the sofa after dinner while mommy and daddy cleaned everything up.

Sissy and Bobs having a cuddle. :)

Love Marek's face in this picture! Such a silly one he is!

Snow

We woke up to a huge snow fall today and I knew before Marek even got up that he would more then anything want to play in it! So, after running some quick morning errands I bundled the two of them up and we headed outside (that took a while to say the least). The truly funny part is that both of them were really only interested in eating the snow, not really playing in it! Oh to be young again! Here's to many more days of eating...I mean playing in the snow!

Marek feeding McKenna snow

Trying to pick up the snow with her mittens unsuccessfully

Happy

That tastes good!

Big brother helping Sissy walk around in the snow

Snow angel

More eating!

Finally getting the hang of walking in the snow

Halloween

To start off the day we went and visited my grandparents, Bob's and Babe's, to get some special treats and let them see the kiddos in their costumes. Marek got a little confused and upset that we weren't actually going trick-or-treating, but we got through it. Marek was so excited this year. It was really cute. However, with excitement comes a little bit of craziness and frustration as well unfortunately. We finally headed out to trick-or-treat at 5:00, yes really early, and did a whole loop around our neighborhood. By the end of the loop we had two tired out kids that were ready to go home, and so were we! Here are some pictures of our little spiderman and zebra. Happy Halloween!!!

 

Pumpkin Carving

I am almost certain that Brandon and I have carved pumpkins every year since we have been together (nearly 12 years in all). It's no secret that we LOVE Halloween, and decorate for it just as much as we do Christmas. So, pumpkin carving is something we definitely look forward to! This year Nana got in on the action and "helped" Marek carve his pumpkin. It was messy fun and we loved every minute of it! Here are some pics of the carving fun.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heather's, Brandon's, and Marek and Nana's

Green Bluff

After church today we headed up to Green Bluff with Nana to take advantage of the beautiful weather to pick some pumpkins and enjoy all of the fall festivities. We started at Siemer's where we went on a "train ride" around the farm. Marek LOVED it! He had a big grin on his face the whole time. After that Marek tackled the HUGE blowup slide. I was pretty impressed that he climbed all the way up to the top and went down by himself! The kiddos then played a few rounds of feed the pigs (they were big pig cut-outs that they could throw bean bags into the mouths). Unfortunately, McKenna enjoyed putting the bean bags into her own mouth much more then the pigs.:) Then we had both of the kiddos pick out their own pumpkins. After that we headed to Harvest House, where Marek and McKenna both got to ride on a pony and pet a multitude of animals in the petting zoo! I love fall! Here are some pictures of all the fun.