Top Ten Things I Am Thankful For Today

10. The sun came out today and will make an appearance tomorrow too!

9. Having the ability to run in the morning so I don't feel so guilty eating my way through the day.

8. Movie theaters that stay open on Thanksgiving. What should I see (with kids)?

7. Emily's preschool teacher who thought of fun crafts to do. Thanks Miss Robin!

6. Motivation to help Emily make more crafts when she got home from school. The boys got Indian, oh sorry, Native American head bands and the girls got pilgrim hats. She wanted both.

5. My moms homemade rolls. I will attempt to make some tomorrow just for fun. They won't be as good, but pretty close.

4. Good friends that cheer me up and always seem to know when I need them. You know who you are.

3. My parents kind and dear. Thanks for showing me what I can be. :)

2. My Five hooligans that keep me entertained at all times. This was taken today at the park, Samantha's head can be seen behind the kids.

1. My handsome husband who works hard so we can buy food and loves me no matter what.
(This is my favorite picture of all time. I never get tired of looking at it...Marshall delivering Samantha 2 years ago.)

Marie Callender's for Thanksgiving?

Yes! My mother in law suggested we go to a restaurant this year for Thanksgiving and my first thought was....NOOOOOOO!!!! But now it sounds like a pretty good idea. I made a chocolate pie yesterday and I will be making rolls today. That means we will be eating all of the yummy homemade things all week instead of just on Thanksgiving. It wouldn't be the same if I didn't. So, the guys still get to do the Turkey bowl Thursday morning. Tyler is so excited about that and then we will head off to have someone else cook and clean everything. Is this bad?

Tyler's game

Tyler had a game on Vashon Island this morning so we woke up early to get to the 8:25 ferry. It was just Tyler, two buddies and me. Marshall was home with the four girlies. I loved hanging out with Tyler and the boys. They were losing 0-2, but came back to win it 3-2. So, they won their last league game!
After the game we rushed to the get back on the ferry, but missed it by about one minute. So we had to kill an hour and the boys had no trouble finding things to do.
Tyler brought his PSP and they traded off.

Then they threw rocks in the water for a while.

This afternoon Ty's team played a tournament game and they tied in the most exciting game of the year. They were down 2-1 and the coach decided to "go suicidal" which means everyone, including the keeper, moves up to offense. We scored again and tied it up. That takes his team into the semi-final game that he will play next week.

My baby is 2

Tyler insisted on lighting the candles for his sister's birthday.

Sam getting pushed out of the way and holding on for dear life.

The happy family.

Day with Hannah

Hannah and I spent the day shopping at the Tacoma mall for her birthday weekend. First we had lunch at the Nordsrom Cafe. It was delicious and we finished it off with white chocolate bread pudding with rasberry sauce. She got a hat in brass plum, a necklace in Limited Too, red glasses and magnetic earings in Claires. We held hands through the mall and she led the way.
She noticed this this speaker with her dads name on it.

After shopping we met up with Emily and Sara at the theater for HSM3. They loved it. Here I am modeling the new glasses. She doesn't take them off!

Celebrating With Hannah

I just got back from celebrating Hannah's birthday with her 3rd grade class. Hannah passed around donuts (Lakewood donuts of course) to all of the kids and they all waited for her to take the first bite. Samantha and Emily came along and they were surprisingly very mild and well behaved. I am typically afraid to let them loose, but I think the bigger kids intimidate Emily.
When we were leaving we were able to sneak in and have a surprise lunch with Sara and the 1st graders. Emily loved getting hot lunch (pizza day) and Sara was overjoyed. She can't ever hide her emotions and I love it.

I only invited the girls to be in the picture. I told the boys it was there job to make faces so they would smile. My camera was left at home, so I had to make due with my cell phone camera.

Hannah and her teacher, Mrs. Geren. She is such a wonderful teacher. Hannah has so many sweet friends in her class this year. What a blessed girl...and mom.