We're thankful for Grandma & Grandpa!

We had such a fun time with Grandma Kathy & Grandpa Zane! They got to spend Thanksgiving break with us. We went to the science museum, watched Polar Express 3D at the IMAX, played hours of Huckle Buckle Beanstalk, played Dominoes and Blockus, ate lots of junk (my gall bladder isn't so thankful for that), and just enjoyed our time together. Thanks for coming to see us, Zane & Kathy! We'd love to have any other visitors, too!

Don't try this at home...

What to do on a free Saturday afternoon? The boys wanted to build a fire in a tin can (of course, fully supervised the whole time). Tim wanted to make it bigger. He even took an old fence board to use as firewood. Then the kids had fun roasting mini marshmallows. Luckily, no neighbors complained or called the police or fire station...

Fall Festival

Claire was upset about not having a ward Halloween carnival, so I decided we should have our own!  We invited our ward neighbor friends--the Cherrys and Robinsons--and had a blast bobbing for apples, fishing for prizes, and fattening ourselves up on junk food.  (thanks for letting me steal these pics, Jana)

Claire was my co-party planner

lining up to fish (somehow Tyler snuck out of camera view for all the pictures!)

ring toss prizes

the donut was a little too big for Lil's lil' mouth