Thanksgiving 2010

Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours!! We have lots to be thankful for this year, like every year!! We hosted our first Thanksgiving in our new house! This was the adult table.

And this was the kids' table!

My turkey turned out great!!! It isn't that hard to make a great turkey! Brining is the key!!

Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings---turkey, dressing, cranberry sauce, green beans and gravy! YUM!!

Our family, minus Jonathan who was napping!

Our newest nephews--Victor and John! They're about two weeks apart! Cuties!

Artist??

Our awesome first-born loves to draw! He draws pictures at school and gives them to friends or his teachers. He's really pretty good for being only 5 years old. This weekend he took one of my canvases and asked if he could draw on it. I couldn't say no! His creation is now hanging next to his great-grandpa's painting in the "office" in the basement. He's got a ways to go before he paints like Great-Grandpa, but it's a great beginning!! Way to go, J-man!! :)

New look

I have always hated the color of our front door! It was so dark and so dingy---definitely needed an updated, cleaned-up look. This weekend my fantastic husband gave our door a fresh new look! I love it!!! It makes our house look so warm and inviting now!! What a difference a coat of paint will do!! One project done, now on the the next one!

Before...

And after...

Cuties in costume

We had a fun Halloween this year! The morning started out with pumpkin pancakes, which the boys loved! The afternoon was spent trick-or-treating, with Gammy and with Uncle Sam and Auntie Valerie! Good times and fun memories!

The boys took a break from trick-or-treating to enjoy some of their candy!! Three buckets full of candy!!