Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful thanksgiving! Aunt Donna's daugh

ter April and her friend were gracious and opened their beautiful home for all of their family. The food was awesome, and we had a great time visiting, and EATING! :)

Fun on Papa and Mema's Farm

Here are some picutres of us at Mema and Papa's. The kids had so much fun there, and I can't wait to get some chickens of my own! They have goats and two sheep also. There are also some great pictures of Cody with Uncle Russell. Two peas in a pod. :)

Lisa's Birthday....

11/16/07

While we were in Illinois, we went with my sister to Olive Garden for her birthday. We had a pretty good time except for the parking situation. My husband does NOT like parking (who does really?) and it took at least 15 mins to find a spot. Peolpe were parking illegally on curbs just to give you an idea of how bad the situation was. He was not a happy camper. Finally we make it in, and calm down and had a good time. They brought her an Andes mint with a pink candle in it. It was really cute. We had a great time and I was so thankful I could be there.

Cody gets to drive

My Father In Law decided to let Cody take the Wheel.........

My Birthday

I am now 27.....It's crazy! I just so don't feel like that age. Why is that?

I was so bummed cause I thought that Tyson did'nt get me anything or have anything planned. But I made my peace with it. Then I came home from church and he had Lauren come and decorate my cake for me. ( I was going to make one for my self . Pity party for one?) He bought me a new wedding band. I'm trying so hard not to loose this one, (i've lost 4 :() I'm super bad about losing jewelry, cause I alway lose it. Anyways, he bought me a couple of new outfits too. Love it!

Harvest Festival

We had our harvest festival at church the wednesday before Halloween. I loved it!So did the kids.......:) They had a big blow up slide, and hay rides, and this donut eating contest, and all kids of games. Briannah almost lost a tooth on the donut game...LOL Cody won it though.

Cody and briannah on the Hayride.

Tyson's Birthday!

Tyson is 28 today. I can't believe how time flies by. The kids were SO excited about it being his birthday. HE is so excited because he gets to go paintball all morning!

Father God, I thank you for this wonderful man, husband and father. I'm so glad he chose me above all other woman to be his wife. Thank you for the wonderful father he is.

Pumpkin Carving

Me and all the kids carving a pumpkin. It was so much fun! But there was'nt too many seeds in the pumpkin:( Then we carved a big cross in it for Jesus!

We are'nt trick or treating again this year. Cody seems a little obsessed with Halloween, but reading our "Mommy, why don't we celebrate Halloween?" book settled him down. We had to have a long talk though because then he was pointing out all the people decorating for Halloween and saying "They don't have Jesus in their heart!" My goodness.....

I explained that a lot of people have Jesus in their hearts and still do Halloween, but for us in our family, we don't. Then the lights went on!

So we are going to have a family fun night and pass out candy and bible tracts. Our church's Fall Festival is on Sunday night instead of Wed. otherwise we would be there.

Canning

I'm so excited! I finally got everything I needed for canning, and I canned Green Beans and some apples slices for pie. I already tested some green beans out, and they were great! I got enough for 7 cans of Green beans for $4.00 at the farmers market, and I can't wait to move and grow my own things to can!

I've also been using my pressure cooker to experiment with cooking meats....It's amazing! How did I not know about this!? I cooked a pot roast with all the trimmings in 45 mins! And last week I cooked a 6 pound chicken, with tons of veggies in 10 mins. They are so moist. How is it that every wife in America is not taking advantage of this?