where have we been?

well, i'd like to say that we have tons of fun things to post, but alas, we're just doing the usual--church, school, and more church. we're feeling the effects of tithing settlement season and 50 or so youth interviews that have been on the schedule.

We were lucky enough to have one night to throw together our annual Thankful Turkey. We had a pumpkin left over from the garden and since he didn't get carved, he found his fate with tons of toothpick holes in his buns.

thankful things the kids came up with this year:

school, church, mom and dad, friends, food (the usual)

eli was thankful for tools (meaning his tub of play tools that he uses everyday to fix things)

he was also thankful for his zoobs

mallory was still thankful for her blankie (still can't get rid of that one) and makeup (the only thing on her christmas list this year)

isaac was thankful for the utes
and megan was thankful for her freedom and country

We had a fabuous Thanksgiving with the Hawes', chaos and all.

The kiddos love any excuse to get together with cousins and drive all the adults batty.

Isaac spent the whole day in heaven playing football with spencer, sam and jackson. that kid has found his new love. whether or not he will be participating in said new love has yet to be determined. He also got to go snowboarding the next day with sam and is set on gettting a snowboard for christmas. fat chance. this kid will soon realize that the time/expence aspect of ski/snowboarding is one thing his non-skiing parents have a hard time with. don't worry, he'll soon learn;)

Megan and Mal spent Thanksgiving trying to avoid the "football field" and getting "accidentally" tackled. They have just as much fun at grandmas playing store, school, and anything else their creative minds can come up with.

We just had to keep Eli away from all other small cousins as he attacks at will. There was only one golf-club swing to a face. No one is owning up to it, but deep down, we know Eli was the swinger.