Thanksgiving

We had a nice day here at home. I was so glad that Greg didn't have to work. I hate it when he works on holidays!

We spent the morning playing games. Greg and I played Rummy. Greg won. Greg, Morgan, and I played Pitch. Greg won. Greg and Mason played Chess. Greg won. Greg and all three boys played Trivial Pursuit. Greg won that, too.



Maybe I need to buy bigger plates before next year's meal???

Lake Faussee

I rented a cabin at Lake Faussee State Park last weekend.

Hanging Out, Doing Nothing

Today was a BEAUTIFUL day!! It was so warm out (and by "warm" I mean about 40 degrees), I couldn't imagine staying inside all day. I told the twins we would have a fire in the backyard. Neither of them was thrilled, so I went out and built a fire by myself. It didn't take long for both of them to come out and enjoy the fire with me.

Mitch took this picture of me. Obviously I'm squinting because of the sun in my face, but I like the picture anyway. I rarely like pictures taken of me, but I like this one.
Can you believe it? Morgan is wearing shorts and a short-sleeve t-shirt!

Mitchell took this wonderful picture of himself.
Mitch was telling us a story about school in this picture, something about technology class and a project they are working on.
I love building fires!!
Our stray cat, The Pooch, is always close by when we are outside.

Coffee Time

I did it. I've moved up to the next level of coffeeness. I got one of those Keurig coffee brewers. You put one of those little thingies in there and it brews one cup of coffee with it.

Each of those little thingies to the right is a cup of delicious coffee just waiting to happen.
You just pull up the lever to open the mouth and put one in. Close the mouth and push the Brew button and in about 30 seconds you have a steaming hot cup of javalicious happiness. There are several varieties of teas also (yech) and hot chocolate. Yumm.

Greedy cat

Look at this pig. He ate all of the meat and left only one little piece. He's a real piece of work.
All the good one got was one little piece. She didn't complain, though. She has class.

16 Years!

Happy Anniversary to us!!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Don't be scared...
...it's just Mason wearing a sheet!

Mason called me at noon today to tell me that he had been invited to a Halloween party and needed a costume. We went to Wal-Mart after school, but the costume section had been cleaned out. We had to come up with something on our own. Mason decided that being a ghost would be cheap and easy. The sheet cost us less than $6!

His friends thought it was a great costume. He said a lot of the adults commented that he looked like the kids from the Charlie Brown Halloween special. Fortunately, he didn't get any rocks when he went trick-or-treating!

The packaging for Morgan's costume said that it was a "Zombie Groom." We were a bit confused by the "zombie" part. He really enjoyed wearing the top hat. We bought the cane at the drug store.

Mitchell always goes for the creepy costumes!!

The weather was absolutely amazing tonight. There were a ton of people out and about. I can't believe how much candy the boys brought home. It's going to take them forever to eat it all!