Thanksgiving 09

I know you should expect Christmas pics...but instead you get Thanksgiving! Maybe I'll get to Christmas before Valentine's Day?? Anyway, we traveled to St. George for fun in the sun! We had a super time...here are the pics to prove it! :)

Marsha playing mini golf :)

Dewayne and Kathy
Harley ride!!

The cousins/sisters hiking in Red Cliffs

All the kiddos hiking in Red Cliffs

Tiff saying "WHAAAAT are you boys wearing??" (see next pic)
"just trying to stay warm" they say?? What?

Ohhh cute Kinley! Sweetness!

Our crazy aunt!

Our fun hike!

First attempt at a christmas card pic :)

Thanks goodness for 2 red 4-wheelers!!

Too much fun for one holiday!

Well, I know you all had a full activity schedule for Halloween....but I am not used to so much festivities for one measly holiday! Anyway, here the pics that of all that Gabe did :).

Spoon River Drive........the face painting that inspired the costume! He wouldn't have anything else after he realized the "powers"t that came with Spiderman!

First stop: WildLife Scary Park!

The train ride
And the adults on the train ride....

And all the kiddos!

Next stop.....Grand Prairie for trick-or-treating, games, music and fun!

Look at the cute pea :)-part of the princess and the pea (his big sis)

...and the games..

...and the slide...

...and the daddies :)...enjoying themselves with all these kiddos running around...not!

...and the moms (minus me...cuz of course someone has to take the picture!)

...and the party!

Chili and cornbread...yum!

Although the week was eventful....Gabe had a blast and wore out his costume...yes, holes and all! Walmart! :).

Hope you all had a great time as well!

Cousin Fun!

Verne, Hal, Hank and Wyatt came to Peoria in September and boy was it cousin fun!

Strider Bikes would be so proud! These two are crazy on thier bikes! We took them to a local skate park...and heres what happened!

Hank doing the bunny hop!

The take off.....
the come back!!
And...the video!

PAINTBALL!
No kidding...these are real 3 yr olds shooting real paintball guns...with real paintballs in them! (the things that happen when you leave two boys with grandpa! :).) This was grandpas way of getting a nap out of them. He'd say "you can shoot paintballs if you take a nap!" (really I think he just wanted to make sure he got his nap in! :)

Did we hit our target???
YES, we did! Look how happy we are :).

And...just in case you didn't believe it when I said they were shooting real paintballs!

MORTON PUMKIN FESTIVAL

Rides, rides and more rides!

And our FIRST parade! "wow they throw candy! Grandma helped us catch as much as we could!

Enjoying pumking ice cream after a fun day of play!

Wyatt and Dale on the 4-wheelerWyatt and KoevoetMatching jammies!I'm not really sure how long this sleeping arrangement will last! 5 min later they were both "OUT"! Tired from a super fun day!

Bear Lakin!

We went to Bear Lake and SLC for my cousins wedding (which Dale officiated :))and to visit family. We had a great time! Enjoy!

Modeling and VBS

Gabe's debut modeling! Gabe modeled at Grandma's Christian Women's Club Brunch. Super handsome and braved the stage all by himself....tough gig in front of a bunch of "ohh, ahh" women!

The end pose :).

Fellow model (and future girlfriend) Brooke

Other cute models :)

VBS

(Vacation Bible School)

Wow, what a super, great week Gabe had at VBS! He learned a great verse that we have since used many times during normal daily activities ("When I am afraid, I trust in you" Psalm 56:3), met Black Buffalo (who he still talks about and gave the coins in his pocket to...all on his own I might add!), learned (and is remembering) lots of Bible stories, etc, etc. I highly suggest finding a VBS in your area and putting your kids in...they will love it!

Can you see him?? :).