Thanksgiving

This year we spent a quiet thanksgiving at home with just our little family.  My Russian host family was supposed to come visit but they ended up getting sick and canceling. It was fun with just our family, but kind of anti-climactic at the same time. Ultimately it was amazing to have Ron home and to have our little family all together for a few days.

Our thanksgiving feast!

Our pretty thanksgiving table

Hayden helped me inject the turkey

Ron made me pose for the camera. He said I needed some recognition.

After dinner grace and Hayden made a "special" thanksgiving dinner.

Hayden's Party

I have the opportunity to be the room mom for Hayden's class at school. On the Friday before Halloween we had our first class party. We made little fall trees our of brown paper bags, and played games like pumpkin bowling, pin the face on the jackolantern, and hot pumpkin. Afterwards we enjoyed a halloween cupcake.

I had such a fun time being in Hayden's class that afternoon and putting faces to the kids he talks about. I know he was so happy I was there too. He wouldn't stop beaming and kept running up and hugging me. 

Indy Boo Zoo

This last weekend was the annual Indy Boo Zoo. Ron and I decided it would be fun!  We headed down Saturday morning, ate lunch with two of our most favorite missionaries Sister Lowry and Sister Smith, and then headed to the zoo.

The kids got to go trick or treating around the zoo, check out the animals, and see some of the events like bears bobbing for apples.

It ended up being rainy, but the temperature was perfect and ended up being lots of fun!

Grace wanted to be Elsa 

Hayden was the Red PowerRanger

Little Rosie was an owl. I just can't get over how cute it is!

Heaven.

Two of my favorite things.

Indiana Fall colors and my children. Can't get any better than the two of them combined.

Hayden Ronald:  5.5 years old

Grace Emma: 3 years old

Rose Marie: 9 months old

November continued....

After a year of sitting in our drive way, Ron got the Taurus up and running perfectly!!! He is awesome.

We copied up and played by the fire. We love lazy days.

We rode sandy the penny horse, after we learned about bucking broncos and bull riding.

Enjoyed our mornings before daddy goes to school...

Grace and I went to church play group on Tuesday Mornings while Hayden was in school

Hayden had to go have his ears checked and hearing tested.

I made 5 delicious pies and a Turkey for Thanksgiving.

Then we gathered with some friends and had quite the feast!!!

We played dress up and decided to be a pirate cowboy because we couldn't decide which one to be.

 

For our Saturday date night Ron and I went and saw mocking jay... So good by the way.

Grace likes to come with mommy to set up singing time. She loves playing with mommy's props.

It was a great month, and to say I am excited for December is a complete understatement! I can't believe I get to meet our sweet new baby this month!!! 3.5 more weeks! We will save that for another post.