Friday, December 16, 2011

Homecoming to Halloween to Home for Thanksgiving!!!

Emily went with a huge group of kids to Homecoming...She looked so pretty!












Joe also went but we weren't allowed to take pictures with his group, so here he is with Derek. 

 Samantha participated in the Arapahoe High School Mini Cheers this fall.   Very cute and she preferred it over the Tom-toms!  She is the little squirt in the black sweatshirt.




 Halloween!   Trunk or Treat!
Brendan and Grant did a Harry Portter Room!   


 The kiddos carving pumpkins and Joe in his ususal singing mode.

 Oh so adorable daycare kids on Halloween...  Rebekah
 Mary as a bananas
 Aidan
 Cole


 Sam with her pals trick-or-treating.   They were Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Donald and Daffy Duck.   Everyone kept thinking Daffy was a ghost/zombie/etc. and it made Sam laugh.
 Joe and Chipper handed out candy at Nanny's and spooked the kids with hidden microphone


 How I love the Autumn leaves

 Chipotle has give aways on Halloween.  This year you had to dress up as a farm animal to get a free burrito.  Here are my piggies.


 Home for Thanksgiving minus our boy Joe, who went to Wichita with Nanny!
 Brad making sure he got all the grossness out of the turkey cavity.
 We bought balloons for the day and they were shaped like birds.

 I could've easily just ate my Brie plate all day.   My absolute favorite!
 My grandma's old crust recipe.  She always made us extra crust and spinkled it with sugar.
 Brad cooked turkey in paper bag this year....DELICIOUS!

 We were expecting some of Brad's family for Thanksgiving but they never came.  So, we had a nice, quiet dinner with our girls.


And here are a few photos from Joe's trip to Wichita for Thanksgiving!




The weekend of Thanksgiving, the Town of Littleton has their annual Christmas Tree Lighting!  We went with the Tice family and FROZE.  Super windy....





And last, but certainly not least, Centerstage Dance Studio put on a very short and sweet performance for parents to show what their kids have been working on.  Here is Sam in her element! 

Tabernash with the kiddos!


Another get away to Tabernash with our family and some of the kids friends and cousins.  First adventure...checking out the abandoned truck in the forest.  


 Then we took them on the same hike we did a week ago at girl's camp...to the waterfall!

 Taylor, Maddy, Megan and Emily...Samantha got a horrible blister on the way up and had to be carried back to truck early on Brad's back.
 Joe, Chipper, Maddy, Brad Simler, Taylor, Megan and Emily



The kids spent lots of time on the deck doing weird things...







 Took the kids on a joy ride in the truck through the neighborhood.  Scarey dog chased us.

 "Photo op" at the top of the mountain


 Spurs and more spurs...


Dinner at the local pizza joint, Hernando's.   Found several of our names on their dollar bill walls.















 Brad took the girls fishing and arrived home after dark with fish!


 The boys went the next day and cleaned up!!

 Fish heads
 Went into Winter Park for the day to shop the boutiques!





 Marbles turned out to be a fun pastime!

 Poor Chipper had a foil dinner made by Nanny, consisted of french fries, frozen veggies and a hamburger!





 "500" in the drive way with Brad
 Stayed up late playing board games