More Turkey Day Pics

Here are some more pictures of the kids on Thanksgiving. I was having a hard time loading them all in one post, so now there are two.

Kira, Gabe and Andrew

Gracie Girl - (who almost looks like she's 16 in this picture)

Abby and Alivia (strikin' her usual pose...)

Miss Abber-Dabber Doo

~ Turkey Day 2005 ~

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a great thanksgiving weekend. My brother, his wife and 3 rugrats all flew in from Idaho, unbeknownst (is that how you spell that?) to my mom and dad on Thanksgiving morning. We told my parents that Andrew found something at the coffee shop that he thought Granny and Papa would just love, so I asked my parents to go hide in their bedroom while we brought "it" in.

Meanwhile Clint, Jen, Gabe, Gracie and Abby all (somehow) silently snuck in. I called my parents out, told them to keep thier eyes shut until they made thier way into the living room. They opened thier eyes, and oh the surprise!! They were totally shocked, and our scheming over the last 3 months finally paid off. We ate, laughed, ate some more and then...tried on wigs. It was absolute wonderful chaotic fun.

Choo Choo

Andrew turned 4 on November 5th, and all he wanted to do was ride on a train. So we took him on the Spirit of Washington Dinner (or in our case lunch) Train. He loved riding on the big train and eating cheese pizza for lunch. After the ride, we took back to Granny's house and had chocolate cake and opened presents. He scored on the Thomas the Tank Engine toys. I think his Grandma Ronni bought every Thomas toy Target carries. We had a great day and best of all it was MUCH less chaotic than his 3rd birthday party.

Happy Halloween 2005

Here are the kids in their Halloween costumes. Alivia was a butterfly this year, but only for about 30 seconds just so I could get this picture. After that, she went straight to bed for the night. Now, Andrew had another plans...

This is Mr. Incredible! He was so excited he wasn't going to let a little (or a lot) of rain stand in the way of him hitting the streets. He had lives to save, and candy to collect. Jason took Andrew out, and it was POURING. He said that they were the only trick-or-treaters out there. I believe it, because we didn't get a single knock at our door.

Here is Andrew before.....

Here is Andrew after....