1.19.2014

November 2013 {A lot to be Thankful for}

November was a blur!
While I was busy studying my life away and writing papers....
Tyson was:

Taking the kids to the zoo


Raking the plethora of leaves in our yard


Cooking dinner almost every night


 Watching the kids and keeping them entertained



Keeping the house clean



Bathing little Mister


 Growing a mustache


Doing the bedtime routine solo
(which anyone with kids knows is the H. A. R. D)



and working with Talmage and encouraging him to use his legs


Good thing I scored a keeper. He really kept the house running in November and December while I finished finals and prepped us for Christmas. He is a great team player, a wonderful father and the best helping husband. I bet everyone reading this is jealous...well you should be! He is the best!!

Other happenings in November included:

Dinner at Market Street to celebrate my in-laws anniversary.
This cute boy loves his grandpa.
I hope my sweet boy is cut from the same cloth as his daddy and grandpa.
Then he'll be quite the catch and a "keeper" one day too!


My oldest nephew Jadee got married and it was a beautiful wedding and we were so glad to be apart of the celebrations that day.


Ava (our little artistic girl) won the reflections contest for photography in her grade (1st). She got a medal and her entry was sent on to the district level competition. She also got to have lunch from McDonald's brought to her at school and she was so excited and proud of herself.

The theme was Believe,Dream and Inspire.
Ava took a picture of her jazz dance teacher instructing the class and wrote a little paragraph about students believing they will be dancers one day and dreaming of being on stage and the teachers and professionals that inspire the dream.
We are so proud of our "little fousa".



We hosted Thanksgiving dinner at my house for my mother, my brother Sam's family and some of my nephews. I am so mad that I didn't get any pictures...not even one of the house set up, the awesome Turkey (that Tyson cooked of course) and the awesome people that we got to spend the holiday with. I guess I was so worried about hosting that I didn't get to take time to enjoy it and get some memorable pictures. In the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving, all I could envision was the scene from National Lampoon's Christmas vacation where they carve the turkey and it deflates. But Tyson did such a good job. It was so flavorful and moist and everything turned out delicious! After eating, visiting and enjoying pie, we went to see the new Disney princess movie Frozen with our friends and neighbors the Ramsey's.
Great movie, great company and great end to a wonderful holiday!


Some of the great holiday art that decorated our house!

compliments of Ava
Compliments of Claire
 And some cute things Ava wrote about being thankful for.



And I ended the month the same way I started...with lots of homework and a little study buddy!




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