A Happy Thanksgiving, Indeed!

I am so bad. We had all kinds of family in for the weekend and I took zero pictures.
I didn't get one of my mom's table on Thanksgiving day, which was beautiful. I didn't get any of Uncle Kevin, Colby & Lori, who all flew in from Georgia and Michigan.
None with Brighton and Rigley, either.
How bad is that?
In spite of not getting any pictures, we had a wonderful Thanksgiving. GREAT food at both my mom's and mother-in-law's. GREAT conversation, and most importantly, we had a GREAT Sunday morning service. The worship was amazing (we have the best worship leaders), and the Holy Ghost moved in an awesome way. God truly is good!

I did, however, take some pictures of a couple things we did before Thanksgiving to celebrate it.
Here's an art project that Beau, Lucy and I did: our "Thankful Tree."
Beau was thankful for mommy (not really sure why daddy got the shaft). Lucy was thankful for juice.


Thanksgiving morning I made the kids their turkey pancakes. They didn't turn out like they were supposed to. Apparently, I used all the red food coloring last Christmas, and red is the color to make brown & orange. So, I had to improvise. The yellow food coloring and chocolate chips came in handy. Beau helped me with the design of the bird.


Lucy had already started to eat her's, without bib and all, before I could snap a picture.



Here's a funny one. When I was little I always wanted long hair. I'd put anything on my head (blankets, towels, long-sleeved t-shirts...ect.) to pretend that it was longer.
Look who's following in mommy's footsteps.
She'll even make her daddy put a blanket on his head and play with her. Too funny!

20 Months

I came across a picture of Beau when he was 20 months old, and wanted to see if there's any similarities between him and Lucy at the same age. I'm gonna have to say no.
Most people say no, I do get a few that say they look similar. When Lucy was first born I really wanted them to look alike, and tried to convince myself, and others, that they did. But, I came to terms with the fact that Beau looks like his daddy and Lucy looks like me.

Once again...

...this further confirms why Lucy can't/shouldn't be left alone for any length of time.

It was pretty darn cute, though!

Shopping

I went to Kansas City yesterday to help my mother-in-law pick out paint. Before we left we stopped at Target to pick up a few things, and this is what Lucy found. She was so funny. She walked all over the store pushing that cart around.



Ooooo.. What's this, momma? Soccer ball?

A Rainey's Celebration of Fall.

Beau did this last Fall (without daddy around, of course) and he had the best time. This year he has moved a little higher up on the hill, which made mommy nervous, but I let him go ahead and do it and no one got hurt... yeah! The look on his face as he's going down the hill is great!


Lucy was very content to just sit and watch.

Awe... so sad!

I will not be winning the "Parent of the Year" award.

Lucy absolutely loves to color, it amazes me just how much she does. If I'm cooking, I can put her at the table and she'll color the whole time. What a difference between her and Beau. He could have cared less about coloring, it just wasn't his thing. Now that Lucy likes to color, and since he started preschool, he's more interested.
The other day Lucy, Beau, Aunt Annie and I were at the table coloring. I look over at Lucy and she's starting to fall asleep. I thought, "Oh, that's so funny. I'll get the camera." I took a few pictures, went to pick her up to take her to bed, and she was burning up.
"Awful" is the word I'll use to describe my feelings. Just right before that I noticed her eyes looked funny and I thought, "She must be tired."
The whole day was spent nursing her back to health and washing blankets after blankets.
Glory to God, she's healed and doing much better.
There's nothing worse than when your children are sick.

Here are the pictures I thought were so "funny" and "cute."

Big Red Barn

We did it! We made it to and back from Weston with the camera in hand... phew! I will never forget that ride home last year, it was very quite.
This year was a lot of fun. The weather was perfect, the kids were good, and once again, we still have our camera.
We love this little place (in Weston, MO). I'm so glad we found this pumpkin patch that we'll go to every year with the kids.