a little break and Thanksgiving

Tyler just finished his first semester and had a couple wonderful weeks off.  We just loved having him home.  We did some fun things like golfing, eating good food, and a little shopping.  It was so fun to take Jacoby miniature golfing because he loves golf right now.  He didn’t want to follow all the rules and kept picking up the ball and hitting it from wherever and then taking it to the next place before he made it in the hole, but he was thrilled.  We just had to bite our tongues and let him kind of do his own thing.  Tyler also helped me so much around the house and cleaned and got out Christmas decorations for me.   We love him and miss him when he is so busy with school.  He works so hard and does so well and I’m so proud of him!

We were also able to go home for a week.  It was GREAT!  I love home more than anything.  I think whenever we go home we realize how blessed we are to have the wonderful families that we have.  It is hard being away from all of them, but it means so much to us that whenever we come visit, they all take time to spend time with us and care about us.  We did some fun things together, but really just enjoyed Thanksgiving with them and relaxed. 

Here is Jacoby helping Grandma Debie make some turkeys.  I was impressed at how good of a job he did. 

There are a lot of things I didn’t take pictures of while we were home, but one thing my mom, sisters, and I were able to do is go to The Help.  We all read the book, and have been waiting to go to it together.  Thanks for waiting for me guys.  It was SO good, I absolutely loved it.  I really enjoyed the book and the movie followed it so well. 

I’m so excited for Christmastime; it’s the most wonderful time of the year!  I love the holidays and being with family!

Eden and Steph Come Visit

This post is nearly a month overdue, but I still wanted to post about it.  Steph and Eden were able to come visit us last month and we had such a good time.  Some of the things we did so I don’t forget: lots of shopping for our babies, swimming in the hot tub, playing in the sand, made skeleton shirts for Halloween, picnic at Anthem, park, school carnival, Chick-Fil-A, trick-or-treating, The Children’s Museum, Red Lobster, baked pears, and fabric key chains.

Shorts and dresses on Halloween? What?!

Yes, our hearts are on the wrong side.  We knew that before we started, but because of how we got the template, that is what happened.  See my little bow on my baby girl skeleton?

Isn’t Eden’s wig rad?  Steph made it.  It is really awesome, but I kept telling people, “You think that hair is cool, you have to see her real hair.  It’s so adorable and naturally curly.”

We almost didn’t make it to The Children’s Museum because they were closed for half the time they were here.  The kids had such a great time and spent a long time there.

That is a pretty cute cashier.

Red Lobster…oh baby!

These two are such little buddies.  I think you can definitely tell they are related, what do you think?  I’m so excited for these two to have siblings; Eden will be a great big sister and Jacoby will be a great big brother.  Thanks for coming to see us Steph and Eden!  We love you so much and miss you guys like crazy.