The Decorating Begins...

Now that it is home...

Dad was in charge of putting on the lights.

Kiera acted as "head elf" and got all the decorations ready for the tree.

Much thought went into the placement of each and every ornament...

Mom enjoyed decorating the artificial tree on the front porch.

The Search for the Perfect Tree

The search begins...

Kiera always wants the "Charlie Brown" tree.

Kinsey just wants one that is bigger than herself.

Dad wants to do it the easy way.....just cut off the top!

And hopefully.....it's a short walk back to the truck!

Fun at Great Wolf Lodge

We decided to do something different for Thanksgiving this year.....we went to Great Wolf Lodge on Wednesday and came home late on Thursday. The kids had a blast!!

Jeff and Kinsey having fun in the wave pool......that's about as close as Kinsey would get to the "waves".

Somewhere in that big splash is Kiera.

Kinsey spent most of her time in the big pool.

Kiera preferred the wave pool.

And Mom.........was the one with the camera......

Our baby turns 12!!

Yes, that's right! Kiera is 12!

She and three of her friends went to see the movie "Twilight"(which Mom enjoyed just as much as they did) and then came back to the house for a slumber party. A fun time was had by all!

Halloween

Well, Halloween was a lot of fun. Here are some pictures of me and Kinsey carving pumpkins, and us in our costume. See if you can guess what we are. We got a lot of candy, and I don't think this dog wanted to dress up for Halloween. What do you think?