Eric and his Dad do the honors with the turkey

Michelle did all the cooking while I entertained the kids

Eric made a nice cheese and meat platter

We played scrabble with the missionairies who joined us for dinner.
After a most delicious dinner and Bill explaining Nephi's travels to the missionairies, Michelle got us in the moode for the holidays by singing Christmas Carols.

This is for you Mom. Thanks for a lovely holiday.

Decorating is done!

We turned on CHristmas music and decorated the tree last Sunday. The kids were cute and we had so much fun.

Christmas wonderland

Every year when we get out the holiday decor Liam gets busy making Christmas Wonderland. Dvd's make mountains and cookie cooling racks make bridges for the train to make it to the North pole. He lays there for hours and sings made up songs about his wonderland. I love it!

Big girl

Anna is pretty convinced that she is a grown up and has insisted on dressing herself for the last year or so. Eric and I get a good laugh every morning when Anna comes down the stairs. Her outfits are so hap hazzard and hilarious but she is convinced they are the cutest thing anyone has ever put together.

Family visits

Jon, Desi and Seth came to visit just in time for the colorful autumn leaves and halloween activities. Speaking of Halloween, I am sorry to report that I took all of our pictures with out a memory card and so you will not be viewing our hallowed evening. But here's some stuff you can see. Jon cuddling on the couch at 6:45 am every morning with all the kids watching cartoons.

The Farm. One of our many fall adventures of JOn and Desi

first stop....the hay barn.

Just us girls having fun in a hay maze

it was a bumpy ride on the slide in the hay barn.

Just chillin on some pumpkins

Seth is definately a boy riding on a tractor.

Anna loved these tire swings.

Desi is so sweet and thoughtful. I sure am glad she married to Jon.

and she looks really good with corn in the background.

May I just say, that we all had corn dropping out of every crevace of our bodies for 2 or 3 days afterwards. We kept finding corn in the house, in our beds, in the toilet, etc.

Off to the fields to get pumpkins! Anna skipped and marched almost the whole time.

Little Seth attempted walking in tangled pumplin vines and fell several times.

I love this one. She's so Blase'.

Desi and her boy.

so cute!

On saturday we went to Remlinger Farms in the pouring rain. It didn't stop us though, the kids rode the rollercoaster 3-4 times in a row and I gor spun dizzy on a few rides with the kids too.

We started off getting some of the best ever Hot Cider and let the kids play indoors for a bit...

Could he be any more photogenic while sitting on his Dad's lap and riding the train?

Anna wanted to sit next to Seth and took good care of him.

Liam and Eric rode in the back. Liam poked his head out a few times to make sure we were having fun too.

The giant hay Barn with hay you can actually jump into with out getting hurt. Under all that hay is a trampoline of sorts.

I love this shot!

Liams little buddy

Look at how wet Anna is. Se was like a drowned rat.

Thanks for coming all the way to our humble abode guys! We loved every minute of it and only wish we could have had more time.