Thanksgiving...just the pics, Ma'am

she loves a parade

(using that word loosely here...

what was once a true parade in my

childhood is now a broadway musical

venue w/ some balloons thrown in

 periodically...ugh!!)

Erin's turkeys & acorns

target practice w/ uncle Tom

cousin happiness

the patriarch has arrived

Tom carving the tom...hahaha

my beautiful sis-in-law

uncle Tom tells the best stories

pilgrim appearance

the 5th great-grandbaby!

tree time!

Ali's choice is a little much, I think

LOVE watching her re-discover her

favorite Christmas decorations!

let the Christmas
countdown begin!

taking a breather...

catching my breath today.

we've been crazy busy...

a midst non-stop school craziness,

flu shots,

practicing patience w/ a new puppy,

and one medical procedure,

we've also...

picked apples

 

and pumpkins

and  hosted 10 middle school girls for a youth retreat.

(check out queen bee in the center - she had 

those 12 & 13 yr olds wrapped around 

her little Chinese finger - B.O.S.S.Y.!

the medical procedure mentioned earlier?

Gracie had a tooth pulled from inside her nostril...

crazy stuff, I tell ya. 

life w/ a cleft treasure is always exciting!  

in less than 45 minutes, she had

that bizarre tooth extracted, another tooth

extracted and a root canal done.

as always, she was a brave, brave girl,

and we were so grateful for Father's care 

for her as she recovered. 

we face more decisions in

the near future as far as future surgeries go.

I CANNOT believe that my calendar tells me

it's the month of November, and that Christmas

displays have been in stores since mid October...

must not panic

must not panic

oh, and God's up to some big things around here...

more to come on that one!

cupcakes, mooncakes, and some bumps in the road

over the weekend Quinn had a few buddies

over to celebrate his birthday.

check out those gooey s-mores cupcakes

mwhahahaha

a sticky, sugar-coma time was had by all

on Sunday we headed to the Harvest Moon Festival

"I love me some Chinese food!!!!"

ah, the famous mooncake himself

(an acquuired taste, for sure)

this

will be

me

when I grow up.

we got to spend some sweet time with Ecko too!!

as for those bumps in the road,
my mom's been in the hospital.
she seems to be doing better tonight,
and we continue to believe
for her complete healing!

and

Gracie will be having an outpatient
 procedure early Friday morning
IF
we can work through some
  insurance craziness.

never a dull moment...