Thanksgiving Weekend

For Thanksgiving weekend we made a real fast trip to California for some family fun. When we arrived on Wednesday afternoon we took all the kids to the duck pond. Thursday (Thanksgiving Day) my totally AMAZING Grandma and Grandpa took the Great Grandkids (ages 9-3) to the Wild Animal Park! They are awesome! Then only requirement was that Wyatt was on a leash. Mom, Aunt Jenny and Grandma made a delicious Thanksgiving Feast! Then next day (black Friday) I woke up early and went to Jo Ann's with my craft buddie Amy, and sister-in-law Holli to score some really cute fabric for 1.50 a yard! Then it was time to get ready for Jeff and Maria's wedding. They got married at Temeku Hills Country Club. There was lots of dancing and yummy food from Cafe Rio, and Grandma made a wedding cake that was so yummy! Wyatt and Ryker kept going back for more, I think they each had about 5 pieces. The next day (Saturday) my siblings and their families all left to go back home to Mississippi, and Utah. We were supposed to leave first thing Sunday, but we had some transmission

issues and didn't leave till late Monday night to arrive in Idaho Tuesday afternoon. It was great to all have been together, last time we were all together was 6 years ago. Time flies by fast.

Wyatt and Kendyl

Owen and Hunter

Hunter and Owen kept trying to grab the ducks.

Wyatt and Grandma Stephie

Grandma Stephie and Hunter

Owen and Hunter

The kids and great grandparents ready to go to the wild animal park. I made the kids all matching shirts that say gma & gpa's safari, and on the back they each have a number.

The back's Oldest to Youngest

Owen & Kendyl

Thanksgiving Dinner

Jeff & Maria

Wyatt's 1st day of Pre-School

Today is Wyatt's first day of Pre-School!!! He was so excited! He wouldn't let me take a picture of him until I took a picture of his spider man backpack first. He was 2 teachers, Mrs. Carole, and Mrs. D. There are 3 other kids in his class so far so the student teacher ratio is awesome! He makes the 2nd boy, and there are 2 girls. i can't wait to go and pick him back up at 11:45. In a week or two he will start taking a bus to and home from school. The bus comes at picks him up and drops him off at our home. He is growing but so fast. It was a bitter sweet experience dropping him off at school this morning.

Hangin up his backpack and Jacket

Wyatt & Mrs. Carole

Wyatt & Mrs. D

First Snow

Today we had our first real snow. It was Hunter's first time in the snow since he was one (he had no memory of it). This was Wyatt's first time. They went out to play around 5pm today when the snow really started coming down. The boys had snowball fights, threw snowballs at me, and at the sliding glass door. Hunter made a snow angel and tried to get Wyatt to do it but he didn't want to lay down (never does). When Tyson came home he attacked the boys with snow balls and then together they built a snowman. We used a carrot of course for the nose, olives for the eyes, red wired yarn for the mouth, ribbon for the scarf, and twig branches for the arms. Wyatt had to have a carrot to eat too cause the snowman's nose was looking mighty tasty to him. We finished our evening taking the boys to Artic Circle for dinner and play, and then Tyson and hunter went to the college basketball game. It was a great evening.

Last of Halloween Crafts

I didn't finish these before Halloween, but I had them all cut out, and I just couldn't move onto all the Christmas stuff that I have cut out before I finished these. So here is the last of the Halloween crafts.