Thanksgiving

This year for Thanksgiving we went up to Indiana! We stayed with the Weavers and had a fantastic time. The McNivens and Steve & Yihua came and stayed with my parents, so we had almost everyone there! (We missed the Worshams!) It was a really fun and relaxing trip and we were very glad to be there. It was the first time staying and the Weavers' new house and it was great! The kids had a total blast of course and it was nice to be able to have two houses for everyone but still be super close. It was a great trip!

I did a lot of cooking/baking for my gluten-free/dairy-free people before we came. That worked out well, so I didn't have to worry about it once we were there.

 Dairy free berry pie above, gluten-free & dairy free pecan pie below. I also made a GF chocolate cream and a GF/DF pumpkin.

 All nestled in the van for the journey!

 Poor Gracie was sooo tired but only slept a little bit on the drive. She sure is cute when she's sleeping! ;)

 Anna and Shannon showing off their flexibility together!

 I made some rolls at Amy's house and it was super fun! I don't bake with gluten every anymore!

 Gracie on our walk from the Weavers' to Grandma and Grandpa's.

 Family Football game the day after Thanksgiving.

 Girl cousin heaven!

 Pie time!

Fall Fun

I love Fall!!!

 Hanging out at soccer practice (Anna took these pictures)

 Being adorable on my bed...

 Sweeping the floor in a diaper and binky...

 Lots of park days for playgroup with all the warm weather!

One of many sweet love notes from Anna!

 Family reading time...

 Soccer! Two Nowland defenders!

 Family art time...

 Beautiful fall morning!

 Crazy hair, don't care and drawing on the floor...

 Pack Meeting with Eli...

 Soccer Practice with Coach Jeremy!

 Jenga!

 Relief Society Retreat I helped plan...

 Grace going for a short ride in Anna's carseat...

 Snuggles with Daddy after a business trip...

 New glasses!

 Snuggles with Daddy after another business trip (these happened way too often this fall...)

 Connor's first lost tooth!!!

 Fall colors!!!

 Best penny ever spent - the penny horse at Meijer

 Cleaning out clothes and toys!!

 Chocolate!!!

 Fall sunrise

 Family Date Night out to Mio's after cleaning the church together

 Stylin' walking buddy!

It was a great Fall!

Visit from Grammy & Papa

We had a great visit from Grammy and Papa the end of October. They got here in time to join us for our Ward Trunk or Treat and then left right before Halloween.

 I've realized I'm really bad at taking pictures when people come to visit...they leave and I find I only have one or two from the whole week! Shame on me.

On Friday, we had the boys leave school early and we went on a nice hike at the Nature Center. The fall colors were lovely and we had a nice time together. I did get several pictures of that day...

They were also able to catch the boys' last soccer game on Saturday which was fun. Unfortunately the temperatures dropped very quickly that weekend and it was a freezing wet game. It was the first playoff game and nobody was sad they lost! They were ready to be done and stay warm the rest of the day. It also gave us a chance to make some applesauce that afternoon!

 These boys played so well! They both played goalie (Eli for two quarters!) and stopped a lot of shots even with freezing hands. It was a close game!

Jeremy was the assistant coach, but the head coach had to have surgery on her leg a few weeks before the season ended, so Jeremy took over. He did an excellent job and was such a great coach! It was fun to watch him do so well and to have the boys both be able to play together with him. It was a fun season!

It was a fun week!