Thanksgiving Fun

What a great weekend with family and friends! We spent Thanksgiving at Susan and Brian's house and enjoyed football, time with the kids and a great dinner. The rest of the weekend was fun as well, we went to Nancy and CG's to celebrate Nancy's birthday on Saturday and spent the day making cookies and on Sunday we went with Tiff's family to the bowling alley to celebrate Aunt Pam's birthday. Nettie got her own ball from cousin Melissa and had a BALL bowling. She actually scored a 96 on her second game! She was so excited that when we came home all she wanted to do was go again.

We are looking forward to the holiday coming up and have been decorating the house. The kids and I went to see Santa today. John was mesmerized by Santa and Nettie wanted nothing to do with him. She was excited when we got to the mall this morning, but when she saw Santa walking down the mall she freaked out and ran away. Oh well, we will try again, but it may have to wait a year or two.

November in Colorado

What a great weekend in Colorado. We enjoyed 70 degree weather (in the afternoon), and we were able to play outside all weekend. On Saturday morning, we were able to see a hot air balloon fly right over our house! Nettie and Tiffany loved it and took a bunch of pictures. And then on the way to Kohls we pulled over at Chatfield to see the balloons in the field. Nettie was very excited and wanted to know when it was her turn. On Sunday we took a walk over to Geema's and Geepa's and jumped in the leaves. Nettie was a little unsure but after Geepa showed her how to do it she jumped in. John did not like the leaves much and cried when he was in them, so Geema saved him from the pile. It was a cool Sunday morning, so the kids were bundled up. The sweater Nettie is wearing was given to her when she was one by her Aunt Linda. This will be her 3rd Christmas wearing this sweater! She is getting excited for Christmas and can't wait for the decorations! It should be a fun holiday season.

Finally a post....

So the last 3 month have flown by and obviously I haven't written! Things here have been going well. The end of the summer flew by with lots of fun with family and friends. Grandpa Jack came into town in early September for a visit which was fun. The kids enjoyed seeing Grandpa Jack and getting to spend time with him. October brought visits from Ben's aunts and uncles, which is always fun, and Nettie and John enjoyed getting to know them all a little better.

Both kids are changing everyday. Nettie turned 3 on October 10th and enjoyed her birthday so much that everyday she asks if it is her birthday. She is turning into a big kid and enjoys all the things that she gets to do now. Plus, she is a great helper around the house and with John. The best part of watching Nettie and John this that they really love each other. Every morning they wake up and smile at each other and love to play together. Nettie is starting to work on spelling words and everyday learns something new.

John is getting bigger everyday. He is starting to learn to sign which has been fun and makes our lives a little easier. He is also starting to clap which is funny to watch, as he claps he loves to scream and let everyone know he is around. He has been crawling for over 3 months, and he is still working on trying to walk. Luckily this hasn't happened as quickly as I thought it was going to, but it will happen sooner rather than later.

We are getting excited for the holidays, and will work on being more consistent with updates.