November / Thanksgiving

Tyler and Kallie were dying about missing their wax museum while we went to Canada but their teacher ended up moving it to the next week so they got to participate after all. They didn't have to memorize anything like Mckinley did but it was the first time we were able to go in and see a whole classroom full of kids dressed up and it was really fun!

Tyler had a cool electronic recording of all his information.

I ordered him a wig from Amazon last minute and it was just so great!

He said he couldn't smile because of the sticky mustache but I made him attempt it. I have laughed out loud so many times looking at this picture.

Tyler is playing indoor soccer for the first time ever and it's really fun to watch!

Kallie's friend Addie hosts them for the funnest parties all the time. They did a friendsgiving together.

And while she was gone, we went swimming. Attempted the Provo Rec but the whole kids pool was under construction so we headed to Orem instead. They had a new playground we didn't even know about.

The diving board is always a fun time. Tyler has made friends with Merrick, a boy in our neighborhood, and still tries to hang out with Alex when he can.

This was so funny to me watching Brandon freak out when Jackson jumped into the 13 foot deep pool. Of course Jackson had no idea how deep it is, but it really doesn't matter too much if he can swim. :)

Jackon's little play group has been a real struggle for him but he's good with it when it's at our house. We hosted the boys the day before Thanksgiving break so had to make some cute turkeys with their names on them.

Kallie has quite the fun set up in her room. She's growing up too fast!

Thanksgiving break was so much fun. Ava and Jackson got to go play on a bounce house with Ava's friend from school. 

Then I dropped Kallie and Mckinley off at the mall on their own for a while and went back to get them. We did a little shopping and got to see all the fun gingerbread houses.

Love seeing this cute tractor in the neighborhood whenever we drive by.

Our mattress sleepovers don't happen every Friday night like they used to, but Brandon did get them out for Thanksgiving break and the kids were pretty excited about it.

Thanksgiving morning we had the whole day till 4:00 at home so the kids decorated for Christmas and Mckinley and I went out for a freezing walk by the lake. We were going to go with my family but because some people had just come down with Covid we decided to go with the Salmon's instead. Nice to have back up and to be able to change plans easily.

As soon as we got over there before we even started eating Jackson sat down on this couch and was looking really sleepy. I asked him if he was getting ready for a nap and he said no, but clearly he was.

We had a good time.

The day after Thanksgiving we woke up to snow!!! It was magical. The kids and I went out sledding on the golf course. Brandon totally would have come with us but he had hurt his back pretty bad somehow and really couldn't move much all weekend. Poor guy. But we had so much fun in the snow! It was such a fun day!

After playing in the snow we went to Classic and played on the bounce houses with some cousins. Ross and I played cards while the kids jumped.

And then we had bought tickets to go see Trolls that evening which was super cute and we had such a good time together! This is such an amazing stage of life with no babies and we can just have so much fun going on outings!

We headed over to the mall so Brandon and Tyler could see the gingerbread houses.

Cute Jackson spent quite a while figuring out the buttons on his white shirt.