Thanksgiving Break

We had an eventful break this year! We scooped Ava up from school on Friday and celebrated the beginning of our break with Cheesecake Factory, Hobby Lobby and decking our halls at home! 

We celebrated thanksgiving with a fun day at Nana and Gramps'....

We all went ice skating on Tuesday. Ava had so much fun skating at a birthday last month and she couldn't wait to go back. It was so fun! She was skating all over the rink. 

Afternoon Starbucks treat to warm up after!

We played outside and decorated the house. 

It's not uncommon to find Jeff up in a tree this time of year...

But it turned out great! The kids love it. They picked out a new inflatable Santa this year. 

We made snowflakes...

And we celebrated Thansgiving at Poppy and Grammy's house!

Little turkeys :-)

We broke out the Christmas pjs and movies and cuddled by the fire....

I wish the living room looked like this all year. It just makes me so happy :-)

And our elf Sammy flew in on balloons Saturday night!

The kids were so excited Sunday morning!  It wasn't easy waking up to an alarm this morning but Ava had a great day back at school and we are going to enjoy every moment of this Christmas season. 

 

November Happenings

Keegan finished up a successful t-ball season a couple of weeks ago! He loves his coach and team mates and they have all improved so much over the last two years. We are so proud of our little Brave!

Ava's school district displayed art projects at the administration building that were chosen by each elementary.  This year Ava's was one of the ones chosen. Here she is with her robot painting. 

She enjoyed Daddy at her thanksgiving feast. They always head to the library for the book fair after so it's a fun day for her :)

Keegan and I had a fun thanksgiving feast too! His table creations were precious :)

(Toys, Ava, Dad, and Mom)

Ava was old enough to serve in the gift weekend with us at our church this year. Our group was on meal packing duty for our Dominican Republic ministry and it was awesome to work alongside our life group and now our kiddos. It's my favorite day of the year at our church!

And lastly, Ava lost her first tooth after school yesterday! This was a huge moment for her. She's waited so long and she's been ready to hang her tooth pillow for months :)

So proud! She wrote a letter to the tooth fairy right after she lost it. She was very adamant about the tooth fairy not taking her tooth!

My sweet baby girl is looking much too old! There is so much joy and love in this sweet girl. It was emotional holding her first tooth that we waited so long to come in and rubbed orajel on 6 years ago. The tooth is gone but this confident, bright, beautiful girl is here and she still amazes us with every milestone. 

Beavers Bend 2015

We took our second annual trip to Broken Bow over the weekend. The weather was much nicer this year! We enjoyed temps in the 50s and 60s and rain free days. Here are some pics of our weekend away.....

The fishing poles Gramps brought were a huge hit!