Playing in the Leaves

This week Andy raked some of our leaves into a pile for the kids and you would have thought he dug them a pool. In fact, they may have been more excited about the leaves than they would've been about a pool. In this video you really get a feel for just how wild Drew can be. She went crazy. They had so much fun, though.

Thanksgiving Weekend

We had a pretty great Thanksgiving. Of course, we ate 3 huge meals with Andy's dad's family, Andy's mom's family, and my family over a 2-day span. I shouldn't need to eat again for a week or so. It was nice to spend time with everyone, though, and, I have to admit, I did enjoy eating Thanksgiving dinner 3 times. Most of the pictures are in my parents' yard of the kids playing with my cousin, Sarah's little boy, Collin. We also went ahead and decorated the tree this weekend, which the kids thoroughly enjoyed. It's so warm outside, though, that I'm not quite getting that Christmasy feeling. Maybe I need to go watch A Christmas Story a few times to get me in the spirit. I love that movie.

At the Beach

This weekend we went to the beach at Destin, FL., with Andy's dad and step-mom. We had a really good time. I was afraid it was going to be really cold, but the weather was so nice. It was in the high 70's during the day, so it was plenty warm enough to play on the beach. The water was pretty icy, but the place we stayed at had a heated pool, so the kids got to do lots of swimming. There were people down there, but the beaches were pretty empty, and there were no waits at the restaurants. It was nice to get away, as it always is.

Halloween!!!

Here are the pictures from Halloween. The kids had a great time. It gets more and more fun the older they get. In case anyone is struggling with figuring out what they are, Drew is a pirate, Evan is Batman, and Alli is Princess Leia. After we made the rounds to all the grandparents and aunts and uncles, we took the kids around the neighborhood, and almost every time Alli would run from the house screaming, "We got some! We got some!" Of course she meant more candy. Apparently she didn't remember last year and was fascinated by the fact that you can go to strangers and holler "trick or treat" and get handfuls of candy. The funniest part was that as she was running and screaming, her little wig would fall down into her face, so she was running, screaming, dragging a bag, and pulling her hair out of her face. Drew has finally reached that phase where things are starting to embarrass her, so Alli was the source of that embarrassment last night. Evan was just a kid doing his thing. They were all really cute, though. The last picture is of the ridiculous pile of candy at the end of the night. The picture doesn't really do it justice. I'm sure Andy and I will end up eating most of it. We're really good at monitoring when the kids have had too much sugar, but not so much with ourselves.