Thanksgiving surprise!

  

It was an "off" year for my family for Thanksgiving, which left my parents with no plans for the big Turkey Day.  My Dad called on Tuesday before Thanksgiving and asked if they could come visit!  It was so great to have them here.  My in-laws were gracious and added 2 more plates to the table and it was a party!  My cute Mom even brought her gingerbread mold & all the leftover candy to decorate gingerbread houses (my family did them the day before in Utah)!  Thanks for coming Mom & Dad.....it means so much to us that you feel comfortable here;-)

HALLOWEEN

(Top) Claire the caveman.

(Bottom) Ashlyn, Lacey & Corey ready to Trick-or-Treat!

WARD HALLOWEEN PARTY

For Halloween this year, we dressed up as cavemen! I'm not sure how many more years I can coerce the kids into dressing up as a family, but there were no complaints this year. Corey really enjoyed saying "UGH!" Even little Claire (3 months) got in on the fun...

Halloween box

Linda made each family one of these Halloween boxes...all handpainted, of course! It has lots of tiny drawers where she'd placed candy or a Halloween toy for the kids. Amazing!