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We had a good Thanksgiving this year. Unfortunately, I forgot my camera and didn't get any pictures. But I will tell you that we ate lots of yummy food and enjoyed good company. The kids got to play with all of their cousins and it was crazy and fun.

Friday I spent a good portion of the day black Friday shopping with my mother in law. We were not crazy enough to go out at midnight, but got plenty done starting at 7. We had a great time and came home with lots of great deals!

On Saturday we went on our annual Christmas tree hunt in the mountains with my family. It was a beautiful day and we had just enough snow to make it fun. We found a great tree that makes our whole house smell like pine.

And we saw a moose!

On Sunday we decorated. I love how festive the house looks! Jace called our decorations extraordinary and couldn't stop saying how much he loves them. It is a great time of year!

And p.s. we are having baby #4 at the end of May!

Family Pics

My good friend Brandi is a photographer and took these pictures of us in October. It was an unbelievably cold and windy day. I think we were outside for no more than five minutes. Despite the weather and cold and cranky kids, I think they turned out great!

Our Halloween

Here are our Halloween pics...better late than never! The Batmans and the fairy had lots of fun going to a pumpkin patch, carving pumpkins, playing games at a school carnival, going to school parties, and trunk or treating. We sure had our fill of Halloween festivities around here! We love fall!

1st Snow

Yesterday we had our first snowstorm, and it was a doozy! The kids couldn't wait to get outside. It was perfect snowman snow and we spent all of our time rolling huge snowballs.

Yay for the first snow! And yay that it's supposed to get warmer and all melt away! I still need to enjoy fall first!

Yes, Gage is wearing pink boots and gloves. That's what you get when you're a third child!

Jace's favorite thing is to eat snow. Can you tell?

Katelyn was a snowball rolling maniac. She thought it was pretty neat.

Zzzzzz

Gage is our only child who will stay asleep while being carried from the car.

He is our only child who sleep eats.

And, he is the only one who doesn't seem to mind sleeping in awkward positions

...like this....

Mom, I need a napkin!

This is sometimes what happens when you try to drink a really thick smoothie.

Ouch!

We have entered a competition to see how many ways we can patch up Gage's head.

We've already done...

glue and steri strips

stitches

and bandaids.

Today we added staples.

He was a champion at the doctor's office.

And I'm just kidding about the competition.