November in a Nutshell

November went by so quickly!  It was filled with lots of projects and work ...  and a little fun too.  We went to the air show (separate post to come) early in the month, sorted through the bins in the garage and deep cleaned the house in preparation for a garage sale (don't ever let me do one of those again!), we voted ROMNEY for president, we were heart broken when Obama won instead, Brooke wrote me lots of notes, Jace helped with the cooking, Ty emptied my wallet onto the floor every chance he got, Ty danced with mommy every chance he got too, (we like to boogie to Disney in the kitchen), Brooke dressed up for daddy and performed lots of dances for us,  Brooke also was the cutest little Turkey in the Kindergarten Thanksgiving performance at school.  Daddy went to Washington D.C. for work and saw the sights, we ate the worst Thanksgiving turkey ever!!, we all got super sick at one point or another during the month, we deep cleaned the carpets (WAY past due!), Scottie the Elf came back to visit our house, and the kids watched Home Alone a LOT .. but only the last 30 minutes where the kid triumphs over the backs guys. :) That pretty much sums it up.

 This is me with my baby sister, Jessica, when I was in high school.  I posted these for her birthday.  What a cutie she was and still is.  A newly engaged cutie to boot.  Congratulations, Jess.  Love you!!

Craig's Instagrams from his Washington D.C. trip:

Just us Thanksgiving Dinner

Thanksgiving this year was really low key.  It's a good thing the pie that Craig picked up was good because the turkey we had was the WORST thanksgiving turkey EVER!!  It was more like turkey meatloaf.  Yuck!! We got one of those little Jennie - O ones and it was NOT good.  Lesson learned.  Cook a real turkey for thanksgiving dinner from now on... even if it's just us.  Ty couldn't get enough potatoes and corn and the rolls were good too.  We all had a nice relaxing low key day.  I did Black Friday shopping Thursday night ... go figure and stood in line at target for 2 hours to get my kids Razor Scooters that light up for Christmas. :)

Air Show @ Nellis Air Force Base

This was such an amazing adventure for Jace.  He was in AWE and had so much fun, as did the rest of us.  BIG thank you to mom & dad for paying for my gas money ;) , Uncle Justin who drove all the way down to AZ to pick us up and then drove us all the back after it was over, and of course to Julie and Ben who let us stay with them, fed us, and bundled us up when we didn't bring warm enough clothes.  This was a big deal to Jace so Thank you guys for everything - you made his dream come true!

Unfortunately, it was horribly cold weather.  We totally froze our tushes off ... but still managed to have a great time.  It was wonderful to see family.  Ty had a blast playing with his cousin Dylan and all his toys.  I think if we lived closer they would be best friends.  Jace wore his flight suit and Uncle Ben gave us all a VIP tour of where he works and the helicopters he flies.  It was AWESOME!!  Those night vision goggles were super cool.  We set up our chairs and Jace had a blast watching the planes with his goggles.  He was even too busy to bug Brooke which was a miracle in itself. :)  Brooke was happy there was snacks ... this was not really her thing.  Ben also took some special time with Jace explaining all the gear, guns, equipment, etc.. that they use and what everything was for.  Thanks Ben!!  Jace thinks you are super cool.  When we were not at the air show we had a great time chillin' at Julie's house.  Jace and Brooke played with the dogs in the back yard most of the time.  I enjoyed going to that Hockey game with you and all the delicious food you made, and playing with my nephew.  He is such a sweet little goer.. so busy.  Ty loved your house.  All my kids did.  For days afterwords Brooke wanted to play house and pretend that your house was her house.  It was hilarious.  So thanks again, to all of you that helped us out.  We had a great time!!  Love you. 

By the way,  I stole some of your pictures, dad.  My hands were too frozen to take pictures of the planes.

On our way to check out that helicopter.

Love those baby blues ... 

 

 

Brooke liked eating snacks with Grandma. :)

2 little airmen chomping on American flags.
They looked so cute with their matching flight jackets.

This picture obviously didn't turn out.  It cracks me up though so it made the cut.
They did NOT want to sit still for a picture.  Busy babies just wanting to escape and play.