Happy Thanksgiving

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving.  We had a good time and, as always, ate way too much!  Our friends, the Christians, came over for dinner then we went to another friends house for dessert.  It was really fun.  Because we have no family around, it's fun to get together with friends so we aren't alone.  This was our third Thanksgiving with the Christians so I'm not sure what we'll do next year when we don't live by each other :).

The pictures I posted are of Ryan's preschool Thanksgiving lunch. I also had Thanksgiving lunch at school with Samantha.  Yes, that makes three Thanksgiving meals.  Maybe I should head to the gym, better yet, I'll have some leftover pie instead!  ha ha

Girl Scout Camp

This past weekend, Samantha and I went to Girl Scout camp for two nights.  It was fun and the girls had a blast, but I was definitely ready to come home after the second night.  There were other moms there and one dad.  Other than the moment when they were making fun of Mormon's (they didn't know that fact about me), it was pretty fun.  And by the way, I did make sure they knew the truth about what they were saying :).  We had to sleep on mats on the floor and they were all very close together.  At one point, I sat in my bed waiting for the two moms on both sides of me to stop snoring.  

The girls had a wonderful time.  Just imagine eleven girls age 8 and under running around giggling, screaming, and just being little girls.  It was freezing outside so we spent a lot of time in the cabin doing crafts, eating, and just hanging out.  The troop leader even brought a craft just for the moms to do!

Here are Samantha (pretending she is singing on a microphone) and some of the girls listening to music.

If you are wondering why I'm wearing an orange vest, it was the first day of hunting season and we didn't really want to be shot at.

making peanut butter bird feeders

The girls in the back of the troop leaders van

This is how close we were sleeping next to each other and of course, the girls loved it.  

All in all it was a fun weekend and it was nice to spend time with Samantha. 

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I can't see the movie opening night because I'll be at girl scout camp with Samantha, but you better believe I'll be going, even if I have to go by myself!!

Halloween fun

We have had a very busy, but fun week.  The kids dressed up three or four times this week between the Girl Scouts party, Ryan's school party, the church party, and trick or treating.  Samantha and Ryan both wanted to be things we already had costumes for so I was thrilled I didn't have to buy or make anything this year.  The kids got a ton of candy and they have been sorting it into groups then trying to sell it to each other and Aaron and me.  Samantha tried to charge me 25 cents for a mini candy bar today!  

Here's our little dinosaur.  I think no matter what you dress babies in, they always look so cute.

Ryan was the black spiderman.  He has had this costume for a year now and it has already been through the ringer.  I patched a huge hole in the knee and we found another big hole in it last night.  Ryan, being our sweet tooth, ran as fast as he could from house to house to get as much candy as he could.

And here is beautiful Snow White.  Samantha had a cold and wasn't quite as enthusiastic as Ryan about trick or treating this year.  In fact, toward the end, she kept sitting in people's yards "taking a rest"  while we walked back to the house.   

Right when we got home, they dumped out the candy and began the trading process.

Here are the kids before Samantha's Girl Scout party.  Aaron wasn't there because he was at the Tennessee Titans football game. (thank you Heather and Ryan!!)  He had the best time.  Unfortunately, he didn't get home until 4am, then got up for work at 6am.  I was happy that he was able to go; he totally deserved it!