Happy Turkey Day!!

Happy Thanksgiving to all of our friends and family! Our little turkeys are ready to eat some gobble gobble today! As Thanksgiving is upon us, we take time to reflect on all the blessings God has granted us. We are thankful for these two active little children that God has given us...for their continued health and safety. We are thankful for our families...that everyone is doing well and that we are able to share special moments with them. We are thankful for the baby-to-be that God has entrusted us with. We are thankful to live in a country full of freedom and opportunity where we are able to give all praise and honor to our Lord and Savior. May each of you be blessed for all of your thanksgivings!

From the Baby Files...

Just some cute things Carson and Ava have said about the baby to be!

Ava: (as she hugs my tummy) Oh, I love her...she's soo cute!

Possible names for the baby...

B'Jesse

Lightning McQueen

Carson or Ava (as if one of each of them isn't enough!)

Is our baby going to have any hair?

Both: Yes

What color?

Carson: Blue!

Ava: I want it to be purple!

How long does the baby have to stay in Mommy's tummy?

Carson: Two years!

More Leaf Fun!

We have been trying to get over to Aaron and Kaja's house for a few weeks now, but the weather was never very cooperative!  So we finally decided it was now or never...who cares if it was a bit cold AND dark!!  

Thanks Kaja and Aaron for letting us play in your leaves!!

Hawkeye Basketball Game

We enjoyed a fun outing to the Hawkeye basketball game on Monday night...thanks for the tickets Grandpa Don and Grandma Jan!  Carson and Ava had a blast...enjoyed the game, eating popcorn and drinking pop...they HAD to know where Herky was at ALL times!
Toward the end of the game Carson said to me, "Mommy, I wish Herky would come and shake MY hand." We knew they'd probably be scared when we were close, but we went down to the floor to see him.  
They were a bit intimidated, but at least we got some pictures!  They did give him "fives"...maybe next time they'll give him hugs!
Cheering the Hawks onto a victory with Daddy!

AWW!!!!!

The other morning Carson and Ava came into our bedroom at an early hour...too early to get up, especially since it was Mommy's day off, so we encouraged them to go back to sleep.  When I woke up a bit later, this is how they were laying....too cute!!

Mommy's Little Chefs

Carson has been very into helping me cook lately!  Here he is helping make the potato soup...picking out just the right potatoes to slice...

Dropping his potato slices into the water...

At first Ava was too busy to care...

Then, of course, she had to join in the fun too!

You can't tell, but she is NOT a good stirrer!  Flooded the stove!

The potato soup did turn out delish in the end!

Fun in the Leaves!

We finally got a chance to play in the leaves when we visited Papa and Grammy's house.  Mommy is a little bummed this year because we don't have our huge trees...no trees equals no leaves which means no cute leaf pics!  So she was thankful for this opportunity!

At the Farm

When we visited Papa and Grammy we got to visit a farm...looking at and climbing on all the tractors was pretty cool!

The cows got close enough we could feed them some straw...

Posing with our new friend, Audrey

Halloween fun!

We actually convinced Carson and Ava to scoop the goop out of their pumpkins this year!

Modeling with our jack-o-lanterns

Here's our trick-or-treating clan...Aunt Amy joined in the fun for the 3rd year!  It was a lot of fun watching them this year because they really got into it!  By the end of the night they had so much candy we had to carry their bags in between houses!

Trunk or Treat

Our church held a fun event the weekend before Halloween, called trunk-or-treat, where you decorate the trunk of your car.  It was fun...but a very blustery day!  We did a Hawkeye theme since we had our football player and cheerleader. 

The fire truck came so we got to check that out!

A cold cheerleader with a cute ladybug!

Daddy and his football player!