Thanksgiving 2012

 We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year. We had the Derrick's and Gropp's over for the afternoon.

The men fried a turkey in our dirt of a yard (that way they don't burn down the house).

Collin helped.

I watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade while cooking some of the meal.

The boys had fun with their cousins. Cole was brushing Emma's hair with a kitchen brush ( a clean one).

 Dinner Preparations:

Kyle made his mother's rolls.

Meme's rolls.

Deviled eggs.

Apple pie.

Reindeer food.

We had lots of yummy food. We watched football and played games. It was a great day!

Cousins come to visit!

This weekend Christi and her family came to visit us on their way to California for Thanksgiving. The kids had so much fun playing with each other. They played outside alot, but then they came in and played Nintendo DS together.

Christi fixing Cassie's hair.

One girl with 5 boys seems tough, but she loved it.

Here is the whole group this morning, right before they left. We would love it if they lived closer. The boys just love playing with cousins.

Ticket to Ride

My boys love this game, so I took the opportunity to take some pictures of them playing "Ticket to ride" this weekend.

Board games are the best!

Photography Class

I know it has been quiet on here since Halloween. We did go trick or treating in our old neighborhood, but I wasn't feeling well so I didn't bring my camera.

I have been taking a photography class @ www.clickinmoms.com 

called Shooting 201: Beyond the Basics.

So although I haven't posted anything in 2 weeks, I am still taking pictures. Here are some random pictures around the house for the past couple of weeks.

Cole and Landon goofing off.

Landon posing for me on the sleeping bags.

Kaleb with our cat Sam in his face giving him love.

Kaleb watching tv.

The snow on the Ute Mountain behind our house.

The same mountain at sunset. I love the lensflare.

 And here are some from the class so far:

Kaleb.

Cole full sun.

Cole full sun again.

Landon in the evening with some rim light.

Landon in the golden hour (an hour before sunset).

Landon silhouette.

From the outside looking in.

I have one more week left to go on my class and I am really enjoying it.

I will post more next week.

Carving Pumpkins

We carved our pumpkins from the pumpkin patch last night. These aren't my best pictures, since I had to use the flash on some of them. But we still had fun.

Pumpkin Guts!

Kyle's (and mine) pumpkin. Thanks to Kyle for carving it.

Silly boys with their final pumpkins.

Pumpkins lit in the dark.

I think this is the kid's favorite halloween tradition (besides the candy).