thanksgiving 2010

on thanksgiving we spent the afternoon at my mom's and enjoyed some yummy turkey, then endured the dreaded annual christmas photo. a charade of 6 people trying to get 6 kids to smile and look at the camera simotaniously! after some delicious pie, we headed to john's parent's house where we enjoyed some warm chilli and yummy grilled cheese. we left the kids there and headed back to cedar rapids to stand in line at toys r us in the cold for 2 1/2 hours. sadly we still did not get the xbox we wanted. we did score some awesome deals on toys though! John headed home and the shopping continued with my mom and sisters at walmart, where we got kaelyn a sewing machine and myself a point and click camera and a printer. my mom scored a ds for $89 for my niece. after that we headed to old navy, the line to check out was 3 hours long, so we hid our finds in the clearance isle behind some clothes, went to perkins, ate breakfast, then went back to retrieve our items and wait in a shorter faster line! from there it was gordmans, k-mart, then home for some much needed sleep. my head hit the pillow at 1pm friday after 30 hours awake, and it felt good!

Chloe was scared of all the people yelling and making faces at her, they got her attention, but not her smile!

putting up the tree

kaelyn's guitar

beggers can't be choosers

pumpkins...

has it been 8 years already!?

Abby celebrated her 8th birthday by going to build a bear with her two bff's Lydia and Alanie. The whole store sang happy birthday to abby, it was fun! afterwards we ate at the food court, then went home for ice cream cake and presents. the evening ended with popcorn and m & m's while they watched a movie and fell asleep.

block party!

Bowling!

i took the kids as well as 2 of the girls' friends bowling a couple of weeks ago. Promising the winner of the game choice of movie at the video store. The game was close, carter was behind most of the game. taylor had already chosen which movie she would get. the girls were getting their shoes on while carter finished his last frame....and what do ya know?! He won!! he was so excited, the girls were in shock. It was a great time!

carter's 5th birthday

Carter had a great 5th birthday...he got a nintendo ds, water gun, transformer, money, and a pillow pet, the best gift of all, being surrounded by friends and family. after cake and ice cream we all went to the sweet corn festival!