LOTS of phone pics from this fall...

Will's last-minute Bible costume for Awana:)

Enjoying a nice fall day!

Will's luau dance at school!

Penny Park on a fall day!

Hanging with Uncle Beau

At a Bears game! 

Monday night story time at the library 

First snow!

Caught covering his room with baby powder:)

Making daddy's birthday cake:)

Our 8th anniversary!

Family pics

While my sister was here for Thanksgiving she took some pictures of the four of us in our front yard. I am so grateful for them because it is rare to get a picture of all of us!

Thanksgiving

This year my mom and sister came to our house for Thanksgiving (sadly my dad had to work!) We've enjoyed hosting Thanksgiving at our house the past couple of years - Matt loves to cook so Thanksgiving is "his" holiday! And he cooked us a fantastic meal as usual - we actually enjoyed everything we had last year so much that we made it all again! We did have one addition this year that turned out ah-mazing - fennel baked in cream. Seriously the best (and easiest) dish ever! Not exactly healthy, but perfect for a once a year meal like Thanksgiving! And Matt made a pear tart for desert that was pretty outstanding too!

Halloween!

I asked Will repeatedly the month before Halloween what he wanted to dress up as this year. Every time, without hesitation, he said Mickey! I couldn't find any Mickey costumes I liked online (and wasn't into making one this year!), but I found one that isn't sold at the Disney store anymore on ebay that was brand new with the tags still on! Yay!! Easiest.Costume.Ever. And Liza was a pumpkin:)

The weekend before Halloween we went to a fall festival at Will's school...

He was in a parade, and it wasn't until it was over that we noticed he'd been walking with both legs through one leg hole the entire time, like a skirt...

Nice huh? Halloween afternoon Matt and Will carved our pumpkins!

We trick-or-treated with all our neighbors. We have SO many kids on our block, including 3 that go to Will's preschool, so we walked around with them.

Don't you love the guy who went as a BMW?

Along for the ride!

Will and his best bud, TJ