Thanksgiving Festivities

This year we went to Dan and Michelle's house for Thanksgiving with the Thompson side of the family. We had some great food and the kids played donut on a string and Kahoots. It was nice, and even nicer not to have to do a bunch of cooking and cleaning.

The next day we went to Palmdale, A bunch of Robert's aunts, uncles and cousins met up at Patty and John's house. Robert, Bruce, Linda, and I went shooting(the bruise on my arm just healed), and Linda and Claire stayed back for a turkey/candy hunt. That night we had a bbq around a fire. It was a lot of fun.

Our First Teenage Girl!

Linda is officially a teenager! She turned 13yrs. old on the 22nd. We had strawberry shortcake for her birthday cake. She got some new clothes, a riding helmet, a necklace, purse, boogie board, and all kinds of fun stuff.

We went to Medieval Times to celebrate. The kids really loved it and it was fun to see the knights and all of the beautiful horses. 

We love Linda so much. She was born a lady. She has a compassionate, kind spirit. She loves horses, babysitting, reading, and being creative. She has grown in to a beautiful young woman. We're so lucky to know her. 
Here is her yearly birthday picture with Grandpa Thompson.

Family Pictures - The Kids

Claire - 9yrs. old

Linda - 12yrs. old (almost 13)

Jane - 11yrs. old

Bruce - 14yrs. old

Family Pictures - Pt. 2

New Family Pictures Oct. 2017 - Pt. 1

Here are some of my favorites from our family picture session this year. 

 

Halloween 2017

I was ambitious and had a little Halloween party at our house the week before Halloween for the kids friends. It was pretty fun, and a lot of work. The next night was our Trunk-or-Treat at church. I felt like Halloween should be over at that point. 

On Halloween day I went to Claire's school for a little party for Literature Day/Halloween. You can't see the full costume but she was Charlotte from Charlotte's Web. That night we went to a friend's house and had a bbq. The adults hung out while the kids went trick or treating and the teenagers played video games.

Here are the costumes this year. 

Bruce - suspicious man :)

Linda - Red Riding Hood

Jane - Cop

Claire - Jaguar

I'd say is was a successful Halloween. The kids are passed out from all of the fun and they'll have candy around for weeks.