Seven Acre Wood

Finally on the last day of Thanksgiving week, we got to take a break!  We had a fun time playing at 7 Acre Wood--zip lining, miniature golfing, and enjoying all the outdoor play structures.

Tyler and Claire spent most of the time on the ziplines

Thankful for our family and friends

Slowly updating my blog... Tim spent Thanksgiving week putting in French drains so our backyard wouldn't be a mud pit every time it rains.  He and Phil worked all the way up until the turkey was ready to be carved, and then some more the next day--what hard workers!  Thanks Jana for the pictures!

Tim's looking a little worn out!

I was really worried when Tim started cutting our street curb! 

Tim with his old friend, the trencher

Scott and Matty playing minecraft before the feast

More photo ops

Thanks for the beautiful dress, Mom!

Tim is the best dad ever, seriously.  He's better at putting Emy to bed than me!

Halloween

Lily the fairy

Tyler the box

Sir Scott the Fearless Knight

Claire aka Annie from The Magic Tree House books

The best part of trick-or-treating was walking along the most festive street in our neighborhood, where the houses were decked out with every Halloween decoration imaginable (so glad we don't actually live on that street :)

Photo shoot

One day I realized the days were flying by and Emy was growing too fast!  So I took a day off of regular life and tried to get some good shots with my camera.  This is Emy at almost two months old with the kids!

M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I

Tyler loved being a part of the fifth grade musical!  The kids have an awesome music teacher this year.  We have a backseat ensemble (Tyler, Claire, and Scott) on our "bus" that treats us to almost daily renditions of Mississippi (from the musical) and all the Phineas and Ferb hit songs.  We love our music!

Tyler was the proud M for the Mississippi 

song

We love you, Sariah

Tim's youngest sister Sariah unexpectedly passed away in October.  We love her and miss her.  She had a loving, bright personality and a big heart.  We hope and pray that she is at peace in heaven.  We were grateful that we could go to Colorado and show our love and support for her and the family.

Sariah, beautiful inside and out

Almost all the Tim's siblings and their families were at the funeral, and the entire chapel and gym were packed with family members and friends.  She was loved by so many.

All the men and boys joined Zane in digging Sariah's grave.  It was a touching and unifying experience for them

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The kids got a chance to get to know their many cousins better.  Lily and Krissy had lots of fun outside

The older kids spent most of their free time in the back, where Grandpa is building a storage area for his wheat

Claire and Maddie

The first time these four have been together since our wedding, more than twelve years ago

Lots of girl cousins!