Thanksgiving 2008

What a fun and festive time we had for our Thanksgiving holiday...We went on Wednesday evening to Grandpa & Grandma Lansink's house...My brother Andrew & his wife Lisa were back from Chicago so we got to hang out with them and visit and the kids got to play with them....On Thursday, my brother Aaron came down for the BIG dinner that mom made....IT WAS DELICIOUS:) Turkey, Ham, Pork Loin & all the fixings....can't go wrong with that...needless to say there were plenty of leftovers for everyone to enjoy over the next couple of days....

Thursday afternoon, my brother Adam & his wife Jodi and their kids joined us to visit and play....what a fun time!!!!!! and we are excited for their news that we will be having a new neice or nephew......we don't have a preference just a healthy baby & healthy mom is all we can ask for....can't wait for the new one to arrive:) Congrats guys:)

Then we headed into my Grandpa and Grandma Lansink's house to help celebrate their wedding anniversary....it was great to see a lot of my cousins and their families...we are all expanding so quickly, it is just amazing:)

Then Friday, we slept in, a little, and then hung out and played all day with Andrew & Lisa, the boys got a tractor ride, and we went to see Grandma at work at the bank...then after the bank we went to the city park for a little bit of playing around, before it was home for lunch and naps!!! Friday night after Grandma got home we went for supper in Arthur...very yummy:)

Bad news on the way home though, we were pulling in my parent's driveway and the tire sensor thing on our car came on, so we got out when we parked and sure enough we could hear the air POURING out of the tire...a rock was shoved in the sidewall of one of our tires, and was not fixable...so we had a spendy day on Saturday to get new tires put on the vehicle...HO HO HO to us...what everygirl wants for Christmas, a new set of tires:) ha ha~~~

Then we got to hang out on Saturday afternoon/evening with my aunts & uncles and cousins!!!!!!!! what a fun time playing cards and eating pizza and letting the kids play....but our time was up at G & G's, mostly because we needed them to get back into their routine today before Monday arrives...so we drove back home on Saturday night....

Today we goofed around this morning, put up the tree this afternoon, and now I just got done doing some wrapping of some gifts that we already have....just a few more things to pick up and I think that I will be done!!!!!!!

here are some pics from the weekend:) Hope you all enjoyed your Thansgiving...we truly have a lot to be thankful for this year....We love you all!!!

Fun in the snow

We went out to play in the snow yesterday afternoon!! The boys had tons of fun, Ashley still wasn't too sure about the whole thing, but did wander around a little bit....Of course the first thing the boys wanted to do was EAT the snow:) too funny...

I asked them later if they had fun in the snow....Elliott said "It's cold" and Ayden said "It's wet"....well that about sums up the snow situation!!!!!!!! they did have fun and didn't want to come inside, but Ashley fell down in the snow and couldn't get up, so she had seen enough of it, so it was time to venture in...they lasted longer than I thought we were out there for about a half hour... A very fun afternoon:)

A little bit of nothing...

So we really didn't do anything too exciting this week, and I don't have any pics to show you, but I thought I would tell you all that we are still here and hanging in there....

On Thursday night, we got surprised by a good friend of our's Lynne who was in town getting her car worked on...she stopped over and visited with me in the afternoon because her car wasn't done and then we decided to go out for supper with her & Mike and the kids...too bad Melissa was working:( But we had a good time, and we were even complimented on how well behaved all the children were!!!! An older gentleman at a few tables away stopped on their way out to tell us how good they were...Made us feel good:) Now if they would just behave at home!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAHA:) Anyway...it was good to see Lynne and catch up with her, too bad Brian and the Kids weren't along so we could have seen them too!!! Next time maybe:)

This morning we woke up to a blanket of snow......and of course Elliott starts bouncing off the walls "It SNOWED, it Snowed!!!" oh to be 2 again and think snow is fun!!!!!!!!! and Ayden wanted to put on his "big boots" and go out and play....yeah at 7 in the morning we are going to go out and play...think again Ayden!!! so I said that if it wasn't too cold after naps we might head out and play for a little bit!!! If we do, I will get some pics and post them later!!!

Hope everyone has a great weekend:)

Grandpa & Grandma visit

Grandpa George & Grandma Jane came for the weekend, so we had tons of fun playing with them...the boys even got to stay up a little later on Friday night waiting for them to come ( poor Ashley was too tuckered to keep her eyes open anymore)... On Saturday we just goofed around all day, got to have lunch at Applebee's and then came home for naps...Then we had pizza for supper and played some more and then it was time for bed...since George & Jane were here, Chris and I took the privlege to go and have a drink...we weren't gone long, but it was enough....

Then today, we just hung out and goofed around...I made a pork loin for supper, so we just enjoyed playing around the house and having a lazy day....We watched the Broncos win:) and then enjoyed our yummy pork loin...

Grandma got the kids some cute new jammies, so they got to wear those on Saturday night...the pics show the new sleeping atire:) We also watched "Happy Feet" this weekend with the kids...THEY LOVED IT...it is about the dancing penguins...everytime the screen went away from the penguins, Ayden would say "where did the penguins go???" all worried!!! And in one scene there are whales that are trying to eat the penguins and the boys started saying "nono whales, don't bite the penguins" very cute and very funny!!! so there are pics of them all dancing to the happy feet music, and then there are some pics of playing around tonight after baths, with Daddy being the horse:)

Hope everyone else had a wonderful weekend...

OH, I almost forgot!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OUR WONDERFUL FRIENDS Tom, Randi, and their son Logan called us the other day to let us know that they will be MOVING to SIOUX CITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am sooooooooooooooooooooooo excited:) Randi & I used to work together at First Federal and then she moved to Omaha to be with her then boyfriend, now he's her husband:) I was so sad to have her move away, but now Tom has gotten a promotion with Northern Natural and they will be moving back up here..........HOW AWESOME IS THAT!!!!! it will probably be a while before Randi & Logan are here because they have to sell the house, but Tom starts on Dec. 1!!!:) I just hope the house sells quickly so Randi and Logan can be here too!!!!!!!!!!! We can not wait to have you guys back in the area:)

So, Now, I think that is it!!! Have a great week:)

Ayden made the letter "A"....hope you can see it in this pic, it was hard to photograph, but he was so proud of himself:)

Ashley, letting her hair be wild...man it is getting so long!!!

Ayden & Elliott have been making "trains" out of their blocks...here are some pics of them making a really long train...

Sioux City Musketeers

Last night, even though it was freezing out....we decided to take the kids for their first adventure with a hockey game....Chris & I have always enjoyed going to an occasional game of the Musketeers, so we thought the kids would enjoy it too...and they did!!! they had tons of fun watching the hockey players skating and of course loved the music and lights and the POPCORN:)

Even though they loved it, the newness of the whole thing wore off after the 1st period and we were chasing them....no just Ashley....around....they boys did pretty good...they stood up by Chris and got some beads from the Muskies mascot ( Elliott said Mickey Mouse gave him the beads!!HAHA) so it was just a matter of corralling Ms. Jo Jo....

We ended up leaving after the 2nd period because it was already 8:30 and Ashley was getting tired....so it was on to home and off to bed!!!

Did I mention that the boys have been wearing underwear to bed!!! they have been doing it for 1 week now, and there has only been 1 accident in the middle of the night:) YEAH!!!!! NO MORE DIAPERS FOR THOSE 2~~~~~~~:) What big boys, huh????

Now, we just have a relaxing weekend planned, nothing but cleaning and laundry and relaxing!!! I already have my fridge cleaned out this morning....the deep down kind of clean that it needs every once in a while....so check that off the list for today, now on to cleaning floors and all that other fun stuff!!!

Well...Hope you all are doing ok...a P.S. note to our friends Jeremy & Julie-- when will you be in town so we can go to the Muskies together again!!! It has been TOO long!!!! Everyone have a great week!!!