Cookie Night

This is the night every year that we get together with the cousins at my Mom's house and the kids make cookies with Grandma for her neighbors.

I think this tradition started with Kaila but all the kids love this night.

Emery was helping clean up.

The red sprinkles were cinnamon and hot, but that didn't stop her one bit.

My kids and I had to go early because I was scared of what the weather was doing. So we missed the taking of the cookies to the neighbors and singing for them. But there is always next year.

The trees we brought home this year

This tree was a fluke. When the trees were delivered to be decorated there was one extra tree. So it was decorated and put out into the silent auction. I loved it so much that I was able to talk Jeff into getting it for me.

And Jeff, being the good Daddy that he is, had to get the Barbie tree for his girls.

And boy did they LOVE it.

It came with all this stuff. That little table and chairs

This chandelier for Ainsley's room

And a big girl bed for Emery.

It will be a four years before she can use it but it's nice to have.

The Gala of Trees

The one thing that Jeff and I do that is just for us at Christmas every year is go to The Gala of Trees that is put on as a fund raiser for the Boys and Girls Aid Society. We have done this every year for the last 6 years. We look forward to it so much - Me for the dressing up and dancing, Jeff for all the good food.

This tree was called 50 years of Barbie

I forget the name of this one. But I just loved the colors and all the pretty things it came with.

It was as much fun as ever and I'm already looking forward to next year.

Happy Thanksgiving

As you may know we go bowling after dinner every Thanksgiving. It has been a family tradition for years and something the kids look forward to all year. So instead of a bunch of pictures of food and all of us laying around stuffed with turkey and pie. I'm posting pictures of the best part of the day - bowling.

My sweet niece Morgan

Jackson and Grant our only two boy cousins in Oregon

Me and little Miss Ainsley

Daddy and Jackson

Oh baby we are SOOO hot

That's My Girl

Look at that form

Aunt Jenn and Ash Ash

OK so these last 5 are of My darling Niece Kenzie.

She and I were trying to beat one another and she was kicking my A@@

Play Date

I don't know how I was able to get Jamie to go along with taking all six kids to the Gilbert House for the afternoon. But She did and we had a great time.

Playing Human Chess

In China Everybody was Kung Fu fighting

Then we went on a safari

Our little angels at the end of the day

I love the fall in Oregon.

Isn't that cool.

My first Ducks Game ever.

We had some friends that had some extra tickets
So Jeff took me to my first ever collage football game

I was impressed

Mike and Erin

It was so cold that I lost the feeling in my toes.

It was a good game. The Ducks Won (of course). A supper long night but worth it.

Happy Halloween

The dream we had for costumes this year will have to wait for some other time.

How could we pass up doing Little Bo Peep and her sheep.

All ready to go Trick or Treating

Oh, and Jackson had to be Ben Ten

And we're off to pillage the neighborhood.