Our Thanksgiving

This Thanksgiving was a fun one. My brother Matt and Reese's brother Jordan came to visit. Lane was really excited to have his uncles come to visit and Estelle loved all the entertainment she had.

The moose mugs that Reese's mom sent for his birthday (think Christmas Vacation, cousin Eddie)
My picky little eater. Notice the turkey, stuffing, jello salad and roll. That's it. We had so many other yummy things to eat too. But he did enjoy his turkey leg!
My even pickier eater! I am not sure what is going on with Estelle but she doesn't like much. I have been trying to get her to eat all table food but she will not eat any meat. I have tried a lot of different things too. She did eat a little turkey and wild rice soup I made with leftover turkey though. So for now she eats eggs pretty much everyday for protein.
We took the guys out to Point Loma, this is Matt looking out over Mexico. Reese, Lane and Matt got to go golfing one day and Reese and Jordan went out to the sky diving school that Reese went to and Jordan sky dived!
Jordan and the kids

Matt and the kids

The guys even got to take part in our Christmas decorating!

This year I am very thankful for all I have been blessed with. When I asked Lane what he was thankful for he said his home. Lane is pretty aware of people that don't have homes (he sees lots of homeless people around here). And I thought that really summed it up. I am thankful for my home, not just my house but for my home. My home has love in it, it has Jesus in it, and it has my very favorite people in it. Another reason I am thankful for my home right now is that I have memories of Case in this home. But the thing I am most thankful for is my home waiting for me in heaven. I am reminded to set my sights on eternal things, not just things in the world but things that last, the truly important things.

Fun with Family

My sister Lesha and her family came to visit last week. The kids had a great time together, and if was fun hanging out with my sis. The hubby's even went to a Chargers game!

The night the guys were at the football game, we took the kids for a walk down to the bay.

We went to Legoland on Friday.
Daddy got Estelle a princess crown!
Lane loved having his cousins come to visit and I noticed he really liked Brielle and was kind of protective of her :)
I wish I had a picture of the group, I know Lesha got one when we went out to dinner one night. And it was so fun to have them here for Estelle's birthday party!

She's One!

It's hard to believe that Estelle Hope is one year old! The past year has flown by. Estelle is so friendly and smiley. She is always sure to get other peoples attention at restaurants by looking over and smiling at them, until they smile back. She is quite the ham. We had a little party for her yesterday. My sister Lesha and her family came for a visit so we had the party while they were here.
Opening some presents.
Her cookies and cupcakes. She had never had a cupcake before so this was pretty exciting once she figured it out.
Hmmm, what do I do with this?
She ate almost the entire thing! Estelle loved everyone singing happy birthday and watching all the kids around the table was enough entertainment for her.

Estelle has given us so much joy in the past year. Having this little girl is even more fun than we thought it would be. We love you Miss Estelle Hope, and thank God for you everyday!

Trick or Treat, Smell My Feet

This year Lane has been all about the Halloween decorations! I don't normally do anything, but because he was so in to it, I caved at the last minute and bought a few things. We also made ghosts out of some of his old white t-shirts to hang from the tree.
Lane is holding up an Oregon Ducks "O" in this picture. Quite the football fan!
Over the weekend we made some sugar cookies. Lane cut them out for me and I decorated them, because I am controlling like that. In my defense, I let him decorate one of the spider webs and he did a great job, but then he lost interest.
Yesterday when he got home from school he wanted to color some halloween pages. So we found a few online and printed them out, it kept him busy for a while. He has become a GREAT colorer!
Lane and his buddies Daniel and Seth. This is the only picture of Lane I got in full costume.
My two together. Estelle did so well. We walked for a long time too and she just hung out in the stroller. AND, her duck bill was in her face most of the night and she didn't really complain. :)
Trick or Treat, Smell my Feet.... that is all I heard come out of Lane's mouth for the past week, so I thought it was an appropriate title!