Thanksgiving 2012

Thanksgiving for us was a very relaxing.  Im not sure that that can be said for most families around our country, but for us, it was!

Neil and I woke up and started our day with the Turkey Trot 5K.  This wasnt exactly relaxing but it was what we wanted to do.  It was our first time and was quite entertaining seeing people dressed up as turkeys, Indians and all sorts of festive decorations.

Then we went to lunch at Mimis with Rog and Gail.  They had a traditional meal that your could get or you could order from their menu.

After lunch we went home and started decorating for Christmas.  We followed up with a walk around our neighborhood.

We ended the evening with my sis at her in-laws.

It was a great time!

Thanksgiving crafts

It has been so nice to be on break.  The kids and I have slept in (well, ok, just I have slept in)  had many playdates with friends we dont always get to see because everyone is in school, and have done some "fallish" things to help us get ready for our Thankful season.

At school Justus got to do a wreath that he labeled each wreath with what he was thankful for.  Then because I am a room mom, I got to bring one home for Haven to do.

Js Wreath

Hs Wreath

Then we went on a hunt for leaves.  We painted the leaves then made a collage out of them, which I framed.

Today we made sugar cookies in the shape of a Turkey via our hands.  Then when Neil was home we decorated them and had them as a yummy after dinner treat.

Home Projects

This weekend Neil and I took on the task of covering up our pool equipment.  Now, these types of things are such a feat for Neil and me for several reasons:

1) we both are power tool illiterate
2) anything he and I want to do, we always come at it from completely opposite angles/outlooks

3) we are not handy


It took us three days.

Day one was cut the posts and set them in quickcrete.

Day two was cut the biggest panel and attach it using latches so it could be taken off easily in case our equipment needs some serious maintenance.  This was the most challenging day of all.  Its a good thing we both know how to hold our tongues and not say hurtful things in our frustration ;)

Cutting posts

Posts up, waiting for panels

Day three - much easier.  We finished all our cuts, hung our last two panels and our gate.  Whew....we sure got a lot done and for a couple who is so not good at stuff like this, Im pretty impressed with our outcome if I do say so myself!!

Cutting panels

All Done!!

Halloween 2012

Halloween always presents a conundrum for me because I want to go out Trick or Treating with my kids, but I hate to leave our house dark.

Soooo, this year, we forsook all and just went to another neighborhood and trick or treated with a family from our life group.  They invited our LG over and some family to eat dinner on their super long drive way and then we left to go Trick or Treating.  We had a yummy dinner and it was nice to be outside.  A few stayed back to pass out candy.

The kids had a great time and  scored lots of candy!!