Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!

We had a peaceful Thanksgiving at home.  We made too much food and it was wonderful.  Michael told me I make the best turkey ever.  He's been doing that a lot lately with what ever I make for dinner.  I told him he's going to make his wife a very happy woman one day.  We even cleaned it all up in about 30 minutes.

A couple days ago Brian was making eggs.  When he went to grind the pepper, it opened and dumped peppercorns all over his breakfast.  Today, I was thinking about that and remembered that I had my Grandma Morgan's salt shaker and pepper grinder.  It's one of the few things I got from her house.  So far, they have been sitting in my upper cupboard, unused.  I thought I'd empty the pepper out and refill it with fresh peppercorns.  When I opened it a couple of cinnamon sticks fell out.  She is so cute!  So clever.  I never would've thought to put cinnamon sticks in a pepper grinder to get fresh cinnamon.  I called my Aunt Linda immediately.  I thought she would appreciate it most.  I do miss that woman!  Here's to you Grandma Aunt Morgan!

Sorry to our families.  We wish we could've seen any of you today.  Akron, Honolulu, Milford, Kissimmee, Cleveland, Newnan, Altamont, Someplace in northern California, Albuquerque...any of them would've been just fine with me.  Love you all!  Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!

Ten on Tuesday

1. 3 sick boys are rough on a mama.
2. We are officially staying home for Thanksgiving.  We WERE going to go to Massachusetts but illness took over my home.
3. I might be a little bummed about missing that Alaburda time.  ALWAYS a good time.
4. School work is coming right along.  This "Strategies to Online Learning" class is really positive.
5. I've had my cousins on my mind a lot lately.  All of them!
6. I'm watching "The Biggest Loser."  I'm not ready for it to end.  It's so inspiring to me.
7. I bought all the Thanksgiving fixin's yesterday.  Kroger is AWESOME!  I had a total of $80 something then swiped my Kroger card and paid $53.  I stood there, with my jaw open, and said "Are you kidding me?  Did I just save $30?"  The woman bagging my groceries said, "I was just thinking the same thing!"
8. I had to wash BOTH of the car seats from my car last night.  EEEWWW!  I hate taking those darn things apart.
9. Carter is in a real predicament he wants his binky to sooth him but he can't breath through his nose so he cries making it harder to breath through his nose and makes him want his binky more.  It makes me so sad.  At least it's only a bedtime battle.
10. It is almost Thanksgiving.  It is almost time to break out the Christmas decorations!!!!!!  I LOVE this time of year!  Halloween, Veterans' Day,  Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years.  Oh happy day! :º)

The Marine Ball

The Marine ball was this weekend.  These are some pictures I received from Aunt Maureen.  Some good lookin' men.

Jamie flew all the way to Hawaii to spend this evening with Jake.  She left on Wednesday.  They went to the ball on Thursday and she left for Ohio on Saturday.  Whew!

I'm not positive but I believe the background is the Hilton Hawaiian Village.

                                      

Yeah.  We like her!  Thanks for taking care of our Marine Jamie!

Look What That Boy Made!

I think this may be my favorite project to date!!!!! Rrrrrroooooooaaaaaaarrrrrrr!!!!!

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Card Makin' Evening

I got some cards done tonight.  Thought I would share incase anyone needed ideas.  Enjoy!

Fog Slides

After my shower, Michael likes to come in and draw pictures with his finger.  He almost always tells me they are slides or water slides.  They usually have some swirly loops in them.  Today he drew a huge arch that fell to the bottom of the mirror (Kind of like a lower case "R").  He looked at me and pointed (exactly when he said "THAT") to the mirror while saying, "Now THAT's a slide!"  I said, "And a scary one at that!"  He came back with...."YEAH!  It will make all the girls go AAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!"  In the highest little girl scream he could muster.  I laughed out loud and continue to do so every time I think of it!

Two More Things

I totally forgot about Melvis.  You know... like Presley.  Michael heard Melvis.

Today after school he was singing:
Eenie, Meenie, Miney, Moe.
Catch a tiger by his toe.
If he hollers DON'T CATCH HIM!

Wednesday "Whatever"

Thank you Mom!  For the rental of your point and shoot camera!  You're awesome!

My crazy 4 year old.  He has a couple of new words lately.  He uses my Weight Watcher's calculator and refers to it as his "Supergavizing cuputer."  He told me the other day while riding in the car that he was ornery.  How true.  I tried taking a picture of him this morning and this is the best one.  Hee hee hee!  He is too funny!  He refuses to smile for a camera any more.

Michael dressed up as "Link" from "Monsters vs Aliens" for Halloween.  Every time we watch ANYTHING with Link in it he repeats every action he takes and says "Look what I just did Mommy!"  or he says "I just {insert action here}"

This is Carter's pouty lip.  Michael was telling us how he made his pumpkin sad "Like this.  :(" Carter attempted the same face and this is what we get.  Of course, I think this is the cutest thing ever so, I constantly stick out my bottom lip and say "Carter!  Say :("  And he sticks out his completely kissable smooshy lips like this.

He might be trying to look at them here.  He's been talking a lot lately.  My favorite is probably when he says "Otch!" or "Look!"  He is completely different from Michael.  His fine motor skills are so much more than Michael's ever were.  He's a product of "Monkey see, monkey do."  Everything Michael does at 4 Carter will attempt at 1 1/2.  He's a climber.  They both LOVE to climb on their kitchen.  I'm talking EVERY DAY!  They stand on the TOP and look out the window.  My dudes are good buddies.  I could do with a little more listening but I guess we get what we get.  :º)