We Are Thankful!

Wow, have we been busy! I finally have time to breathe - or do I? Christmas is right around the corner, so I better take a few quick breaths and get going. We had a great Thanksgiving - lots of food, fun, family and shopping!! We had our 2nd annual Turkey Bowl and it was really fun. Connor & I were on Team Stuffing (aka the winning team =). Dana was on Team Turkey with Emma & Alli but the girls weren't too interested. They had more fun playing with cousins and helping with baby Hailey. We ate at my sister's house and all the food was really good. Dana fried a turkey again this year and it tasted great, even though it looked like the Griswold's burnt offering when he took it out of the oil. Here are just a few pics of the fun times.This is as close as Emma got to football - getting her football make-up on.

Alli "helping" with baby Hailey. Baby Hailey was definitely the cutest football player there.Getting the plays from our QB.

Connor loved hiking the ball!

Team Turkey in action.I couldn't believe how hot it was - I was actually sweating by the end of the game.

A rare score by Team Turkey.Allison turned on Team Turkey (red headbands) and decided to join the winning Team Stuffing (brown headbands).

The kids table - it took 2 pictures to get them all in!

Connor LOVES Soccer

Connor just finished his 3rd year of AYSO Soccer. He has such a fun time and is improving each year. He's really good at defending the goal but does not enjoy getting in the middle of the kicking-fest so it's rare that he actually gets to kick the ball. Oh well, he still has fun and that's what matters most!

Allison Turned 3!

I can't believe it! I still remember when she was a baby and now she seems like such a big girl. Finally, for the first time in 6 1/2 years, WE DON'T HAVE DIAPERS!! Alli is really independent (don't know where she gets that from) and was really easy to potty train when we were finally home long enough to do it. Her main goal in life right now is to be big enough to go to school with Connor & Emma. Luckily for mom, that's still almost 3 years away. She is such a happy little person and we feel so blessed to have our little Allison.

Alli was really into opening her presents - it was so fun watching her!

Her favorite gift - a new baby that drinks a bottle and wets her diaper. As you can imagine, we've already gone through the 3 diapers she came with and the 6 pack of extras!

After looking at about 5 stores for a Care Bear pinata, Alli finally settled on this one - she affectionately called it her "Pooh-yata".

This is Alli & her friend, Ryan Adair. They were due on the same day and ended up being born on the same day - about an hour and a half apart. We think they should get married some day. We went to lunch together and they had so much fun playing in the water!
Aren't they cute??

Halloween 2007

CRAZY DAY! The kids were able to wear their costumes to school so we had an entire day of Halloween fun - this is supposed to be fun, right?? Anyway, the kids were really cute in their costumes and makeup. Alli even added some of mom's makeup to her own face - what a little helper. The best part of the night was how excited the kids were to give out candy to our neighbors when we were done trick or treating. They were very generous and before we knew it, we were out of candy and called it a night!