Thankful . . .

These three girls put on their aprons and went to work to create. . .

A Thanksgiving Masterpiece!

Karalyn was a great little helper. . .

UNTIL. . .

it was time to help with the TURKEY!

Somehow she put the correlation together that Turkey is an animal, and that was really gross to her, so every time she saw the turkey she would cringe and tell me that she was having FRUIT for Thanksgiving.

Kody even got his first taste of mom's homemade mashed potatoes!

He loved them!

I love him!

And. . . my plate of Thanksgiving Heaven!

So here goes one post of a whole lot of things I am thankful for.

I Am Thankful For. . .

This little family of mine.

I am thankful for these kiddos!

 I'm thankful they are friends.

I'm thankful they have fun together!

I'm thankful that they love each other. . .

alot.

I'm thankful that my kids are a little adventurous and will try new things even if it is eating chocolate covered crickets in the middle of a candy store!

I'm thankful for the good friends my children have.

I'm thankful for the good friends I have.

I wouldn't wear sleeves like these or my hair like this for just anyone!

I'm thankful for where I live.

I love that my kids can wear shorts with hats and gloves when it gets a bit chilly!

We have to find the positive in California!

I'm thankful for my children's smiles. . .

And for the fact they have things to smile about.

I'm thankful for warm beds when life gets too much for a growing 12 year old on a Thursday afternoon!

I'm thankful my kids are active!

I'm thankful for my calling.

I love working with the Primary Presidencies of our Stake.

I love being able to be in Primary and am so thankful for the opportunity to teach the children next year that they truly are children of our Heavenly Father and what that means to them.

I'm so very thankful for my freedom.

 And lastly. . .

because this post could go on and on and on. . .

I'm even thankful for all the rain we've had these past few days. . .

because without the rain,

we wouldn't get moments like these!

kinda like life.

I'm THANKFUL.

Fall. . .

Fall is my favorite season!

And for no other reason than the colors!

I think it goes back to growing up in Utah and to see the colors on the mountains each year was amazing.

My mom even made up a little song that we used to sing. . .

I don't remember all the words but to this day I can still remember her made up tune and these words:

"Trix on the mountain, trix on the mountain, we can see the trix on the mountain"

(brought to you by the kids cereal!)

Anyway. . .

I have missed Fall since moving to California.

Yes. Leaves do change color here, but usually if you blink you missed it.

BUT NOT THIS YEAR!

This year we actually had a Fall. A real honest to goodness Fall season. The leaves changed colors and stayed on the trees for awhile. Actually a long while. And I loved every minute of it!

No where was more beautiful this year than

APPLE HILL!

Kody's first time visiting Apple Hill.

The kids ran and played for forever. 

And they were so excited to find a little snow!

Snowball fights galore!

 And our favorite thing about Apple Hill. . .

THE APPLES!

And...

since Kris opted for a caramel apple this year. . .

Kale got a Walking PIE al a mode

all to himself!

FUN!

Halloween Fun!

or Overload. . . you choose.

We started out October with a Pre-School Fieldtrip to the Pumpkin Patch!

And we had so much fun. . .

we brought the whole family back!

This may end up being our Christmas Card Picture. . .

Let's hope we get something better with us all in it!

Finally time for the Hayride out to pick out pumpkins. . .

And we had just enough sunlight for a Family Picture after picking out all those pumpkins!

It was a beautiful night!

 Then we had to carve all those pumpkins!

 We had TRUNK OR TREAT!

Karalyn and Mommy were matching Witches!

 With matching Spider Web EYES!

And then FINALLY it was HALLOWEEN NIGHT!

We started off Trick or Treating with these FUN FRIENDS!!!

 And then we met up with another cute witch to end the night!

Kody's 1st HALLOWEEN and I'd say our family made it a fun one for him!