Scout

He's growing up too fast! No more blue shirts in our house for a few years!! On to boy scouts :)

Smile :)

This is the face I get when I ask Levi to smile. I love it :)

Free Toys = Happy Emma

It's here! Emma has saved special stickers from her littlest pet shop toys and sent them off and today is the day!! The free pet shop came!!! Oh the excitement in our house :o) it really was quite magical. I'm pretty sure she thought they had forgotten about her ;O)

Friends!!

Yep, we look a little uncomfortable. My Mom took this picture, and even though Jandi and I were kinda uncomfortable having our picture taken I'm glad she did!!! My mom knew we were going to be the best of friends!!! It's a little scary how alike we are! I am so thankful that somehow we have both found our selves in this crazy place! I am also super excited to have a craft buddy ;o) I kinda feel like I'm in high school again. So thank you Jandi for being amazing!!!!

Thankful tree.

We have a thankful tree every year. The first year I cut our leaves by hand. It wasn't to bad, but this year I had to cut over 120 of these and that's with Matt, Levi and I sharing. I am so glad for my silhouette!

The first year we did this we just taped the leaves to a string because we had no room. As our family has grown we have changed things up a bit and cut out a paper tree and stuck the leaves to it. This year we "made" a tree.

(Libbie jumped into the picture, so cute)

Our kids really love this tradition. They get so excited at dinner to fill out their leaves and tell the family what they're thankful for.

I was really surprised the other night when Emma said that she is really thankful for Ely. When I asked her what made her thankful for this little town she talked about our house and the mountains. About all the fun we have as a family. And the best, that we can ride our 4wheeler right out the back gate and into the mountains.

Sometimes I worry that moving here was not the best move, but this thanksgiving season I to am thankful for where we live and who I live with. I am so blessed to have the most amazing family ever!!!

So there it is. A Thanks Giving tradition I hope my kids will take with them to their families :o)

Happy Halloween :)