Happy Thanksgiving 2010

Our day started with WHIPPING CREAM!!! for breakfast, and cinnamon rolls,

It ended with a sugar coma on Granny's couch...

or maybe we were just tired of all the stuff that took place that day...

. We ate pie...

we played cars with Dexter...

seriously these big boys are the best, they spent so much time hanging out with the little ones, Sam fits well between them with his monster cheeks!!!

Sam took food matters into his own hands he chose a little vegetation.

LOOK AT HIM!!! Beautiful!!!

Sun in the wrong spot but he is still Beautiful!!!

Looking for leftovers under the table or maybe his feet that are missing...

Uncle Big E was here for the Feast!!! Sam met him for the first time and seemed quite comfortable amongst his muscles...

The girls and I were doing a little shopping and we came across this tree and...

SNOW!!! the white blurs are snowflakes or bubbles not sure...

We played outside for hours Nate arranged baseball and a pickup football game. PURE heaven...

Catcher Kate, Go Mae!!!

Wagon Rides...

Fire Hydrant peek a Boo...

More rides...

MORE PIE!!! YUM!!!

ETHAN'S SLICE OF HEAVEN his exact words when I said time to eat was WHAT I AM NOT EATING!!! Nate responded that it is a must, He started his day at football at the park with cousins and ended his day at Granny's playing more football, I even heard someone say to him after being outside for hours, was Ethan I am tired we have been outside all day, but through much coaxing he got them outside for more ball. Ike and Ethan trying to win the ball in 3 flys up.

One armed Locke winning the ball Ethan didn't even care about the head lock just play with me...

Dexter, Locke, Mae, Ike, Tucker, Ethan, and Kate took a break for a picture with Big E. I don't remember the last holiday we had him here and it was good to see him and we made up for it in pictures....

Oh Ethan striking a pose...tucker, Ike, Ethan, and Locke.

He Won one!!! Thanksgiving was a magical day, Sam's first and our last with family for a few years but it was memorable, fun, the food was great and the company FANTASTIC, we have Nate's families this weekend so one more to look forward to!!! HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!!!

And He Is...

HOME!!!

I haven't heard the word Daddy so much in my entire life!!! But what magic it is to have our DADDY home!!!

While he drives...

We make welcome home posters because in 3 hours and 5 minutes (178 miles) He will be home!!! he just passed Seligman Az. not far from Kingman!!!

CLOSER...HE'S GETTING CLOSER!!!

His plan was to make it to Amarillo TX. last night, he actually made it to a rest stop just inside New Mexico, GO NATE!! slept a few hours and headed out early. As of 6 am he was half way to Albuquerque and as soon as he gets there he is 9 hours and 1 minute or 574 miles away. YOU DO KNOW THAT MEANS I WILL SEE MY HUSBAND TODAY!!!!! And he will get to see Ethan's last game of the season tomorrow. I am so super excited I can hardly stand it!!!

The Oregon (Michigan->Nevada) Trail

Hope I don't get dysentery...

Where in the World is Nate Mann?

He is 1,715 miles away or 1 day and 3 hours away. HE is in a town called Effingham Il. to catch some sleep before driving a long day tomorrow,back to us!!! I can hardly stand it!!!!! (It is on the right side of the State on I70 in case you want to look)

We will rock you

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Day off Day two, bit of November and poor Sam...

What else do you do in November but run through the sprinklers...DUH..Wilson

Gentry girl.

Day off at Mount Charleston didn't think there would be snow this low this early, I was wrong and who would have thought that it would be Wilson to throw the first snowball?

Sledding??? he doesn't get the idea of the word you need a sled Silly Willy

again who would have thought Wilson would be the first one in the water???

Sam and Presley sweet babes, wearing matching sweatshirts...not on purpose, they did share Binky's!!!

Three 3 year olds are way to cute, they ran, climbed, slipped and splashed together.

This is the only one I got of Kate my others didn't turn out she is the pink thing in the middle.

Ethan always finds some thing to climb and some way to pose

These two are hilarious...look at the next three pictures...

poor Sam what are we doing to you?

Nate's vision in full swing Day off day one!!!!

Nate built this backyard from scratch, knowing that it would be a child's dream and it is. You can see that the kids long for nothing to do ever. I have said it before I LOVE DAYS OFF!!! and today we have a house full of friends to partake of the fabulous weather, and tons of fun!!! on the trampoline Ethan, McKay, Devin, and on the ground Sam, Dallin, Gentry, Kate, Kennedy, Camden, and Wilson hiding behind Kennedy. GOOD TIMES!!!

OH MY GOODNESS he truly is DELICIOUS, and very easy on the EYES!!!

Time change, guess what time it was...6:20ish...my kids are not night owls!!!

This Month We...

Did alot of this because of the activities below...

Watched our baby grow up, start crawling, and climbing...

wear very sentimental clothes, That I did cry over...

give cheesy Chinese eye smiles for his dad at 5:00 in the morning...

learn to stand up to anything...please ignore my messy house it was project day...

figured out that we have the best looking Dorothy ever who's eyes really do match her dress...and trunk or treated with cousins.

wore snow hats is a plastic tote?...

ate a bag of chocolate chips by herself...

made Halloween goodies with friends...

ate sprinkles like puppies...

we hung out with batman (Enoch)they saved the day...Oh yeah the next series of pictures are totally for my enjoyment, Wilson was hilarious I couldn't pick just one.

We didn't look at the camera...

We held still finally...

We were obviously interested in something else.

We had two cute superheroes...

One who didn't mind pictures the other..

not so much...

We tried to help the crazy one...IT JUST DOESN"T WORK SOMETIMES!!!

We had a good time trunk or treating with lots of cousins and liked our costumes of a tiger, Boba Fett, Dorothy, Super Girl, and Super Man...

We had fun at our preschool party, where we had more superheroes.

We shared make up with other cousins at another party...

We cleaned our own pumpkins...

We partied at school...

We spent alot of time with GOOD FRIENDS!!! Dallin, Ethan, Sam, Wilson, Kate, Gentry, Kennedy...

We had our picture taken with Abraham Lincoln...

We watched the Confederate's beat the Rebels...

I went to my cupboard...

It wasn't bare...

We swung in Hammocks, played in dirt, and ate Burgers.

We rode trees...

We carved more pumpkins...

We ate dinner with cute kids... We painted with chocolate...

We lounged in chairs... We got Fantastic smiles...

From Papa Bird...and cuddles from Granny Bird...

We had a beautiful blued eyed tiger...

We took more funny pictures???...

We DANCED...

We took pretty pictures...

We enjoyed Ari's hot chocolate...

We learned about Johnny Appleseed...

We went on a field trip to Albertson's where we learned about Crab legs...

Produce...

We walked in a train...

We had Starbucks hot chocolate...

We all like cookies!!!..

We created a mini Boba Fett...

We had 3 girls swing us in a hammock...

We acted silly in pictures...

We went to a Birthday party at Pump it Up...

We celebrated with Mrs. Potato Head...

We did our best being creative with out the dad being here...

We decorated Papa like a mummy...

We partied with cousins...

We received an academic award and medal...We had a great month but so glad to see it go because NOVEMBER IS HERE and Nate will be home in 18-19 days YEEEEEEEE HAWWWWWWW!!!!!! Bring on November!!!