Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  We had our sisters in the area come over for Thanksgiving.  Everyone contributed and had a great time.  The above picture is Aaron helping crush graham cracker crust.  

We had a nice spread of appetizers. 

We had a wonderful dinner and have so much to be thankful for.

We love it when the Clark's come.  They always have fun things to draw with.  

It is fun to have everyone over and playing.

We hung out with the Williamsons on Friday.  It was so great, and we miss them!  

We played at Kid's Kingdom on Saturday.

This is a really neat park in Rowlett.

We celebrated Tony's Birthday on Saturday. I got him these rocket copters.  They light up.  We had a good time shooting them off.

Awards, Play, and Day Camp

Leah made silver honor roll and was the science sleuth.  She was so excited to get her awards.  The Science Sleuth award goes to the student with highest grade in Science in the class. 

Joshua made silver honor roll as well.  He gets to tour middle school and start figuring out his electives for next year.  I can't believe he is going into middle school.  

Dallin made silver honor roll.  I couldn't get a close picture because Aaron had enough after sitting through two previous awards assemblies.  I am excited to see Dallin's upcoming Vex Robotics competitions.

Dallin has his music/play program

Dallin played the base.  He enjoyed playing the instrument.

Aaron was making friends during the program.  He was so sweet with this girl

The boys had a day camp where they learned how to prepare first aid kits.  They cooked over a fire.  The boys also went on a hike, and had to set up and take down a tent.

The boys had a great time and really enjoyed scouts.

Ray Roberts Camping

We finally snuck away for a quick camp out.  The kids have been begging to go for a long time, but soccer and other obligations were in the way.  We finally decided to skip on some things and just went.

The boys helped cook dinner.  They really enjoyed helping.  It was great how they helped out with this camp out with set up and take down, and cooking.

The kids always have fun with the glow sticks.

I was there too.  I was a little worried camping with Aaron.  He is a curious and determined boy.  I was setting up stuff in the tent and he figured out how to unzip it and get out.  I had to keep him from the lake and the fire.  We all survived.  lol  He went down great at 7:30pm.  

The kids love it when Dad tells stories.  They will all sit around and listen to his stories.

Evan loves Marshmallows.  He said it was his favorite things about camping.

They had a kids fish pond we walked too.

The bigger kids went on a little longer hike.

We didn't lose any kids in the pond.

The beach is where the little ones hung out while the bigs kids went on a longer hike.

Aaron was so tired i thought he would sleep in the sand.  lol  

We had a great time!  

Six Flags

The kids had fun at Six Flags on Saturday with their cousins and friends.

Evan turns out to be quite the dare devil.

The boys spent the night at the Clark's house for Thomas's Birthday and had a great time, and even more fun the next day at Six Flags.

A little time on the train.

Leah enjoyed playing with her friend.  

We also count this as part of Joshua Birthday celebration.  It is Raytheon day at Six Flags so it is closed to the general public.  The lines are shorter and the kids love it!

They all came home telling stories about how great it was, and slept in until 7 this morning.  yea!

Fall Festivities

Michael took Evan and Aaron to the Arboretum again.

It was a little colder this time.  They had a good time.

We had our Ward party.  The world is safer with these super heroes. ha ha

They had fun playing games and eating.

We are enjoying the cooler weather.

Aaron could spend all day at the playground.  He is the energizer bunny.

The kids got to dress up on Friday.  Dallin is a pokemon trainer.

Leah is wonder woman.

Joshua is Will from Ranger's Apprentice.  I love that he picked something from a book.  

Michael and I went as Sheldon and Amy.

Evan was spiderman

Aaron wasn't a fan of costumes, but he is superman.

The boys went to the Fort Worth Alliance Air Show.  They love it!

They came home with model air planes.  

They talk about the show for days afterwards.

They loved playing in the cockpit of the airplane.

This year we actually got the VIP tickets which got them seats.

It so fun to see them excited about airplanes.

We finished up the soccer season on Saturday too.  It was fun to see them grow and learn.  Leah has really taken off.  Evan really enjoyed being part of a team.  He wore his medal around yesterday.  Joshua and Dallin season ended last weekend.