Fall turns into winter - catching up AGAIN

Just a little catching up. Here is a slideshow of some of the highlights from the last 2 months. Halloween, playing outside, Cody earned his Bear badge in cub scouts, the twins had a class play at school, Sadie shot a deer and had a recital - just to name a few of the things we have been up to.

We have enjoyed a lot of things the fall like playing football in the crisp autumn air, raking leaves and jumping into the piles, seeing the first snow fall and feeling the temperatures start to plummet. It has been crazy with school, but something that I have learned is that my family has to come first whenever that is possible. I can't miss school if the kids are sick or have a school party, but I can try to enjoy the time we have on my weekends and in the evenings.

This slide show is Thanksgiving and the day after when we went and got Christmas trees. We had a great weekend and had a lot of fun - the kids especially.

We will post our Christmas letter soon. Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and that your holidays will be filled with the love of those around you, and those like us who are far away.

Sadie's Deer and Recital

Just real quick, back in October Sadie and Brett had the chance to hunt together for deer. Sadie's first ever big game hunting trip. She was a trooper. She got her deer after having to shoot it 3 times(2 of those shots were kill shots, it just wouldn't die). That had to be hard for a first time hunter as sensitive as Sadie is. So here is a photo of her and her first ever deer.

At the end of November Sadie had her piano recital. We were finally able to get Sadie started with a wonderful piano teacher back in June. On November 21, Sadie competed in a piano festival and scored 98/100 points. Then she had her recital on the 22nd. The following video is of her recital, playing one of her festival songs. We are so proud of her and her dedication to her playing. She really does love it.