Gobble Gobble Ham

November was a good one!

It got chilly and very rainy,

which I'm not complaining about.

So far, I'm not sick of the rain.

Kale and I made a countdown

to Thanksgiving Chain:

Ellory says "cheese" now:

Kale is just crazy:

There's this cool place here

called the Gilbert House Children's Museum.

It's two houses filled with themed 

rooms for kids to play in.

It's really cool.

We went with my friend,

Amy,

and her girls Lyda and Emmy.

The kids had a blast!

I'm really grateful to have

found a good friend out here.

 

 

Kale decided one day

that he just really wanted to

put on his costume and take pictures again...

For most of the Sundays this month

I have been helping out the Primary

and teaching the Sunbeams (Kale's class).

So, Ellory has been going

to class with Dad,

and falling asleep:

My husband is the most handsome

of all the husbands.

And a sleeping little girl

on his shoulder just ups 

his handsomeness about a thousand points. 

A couple weeks ago I grounded

both the kids from all TV/electronics

for the entire week.

It was wonderful.

We are all a lot happier when

the TV is on less.

And Kale and Ellory really learned 

how to play together and be pals.

One game they started 

was Kale picking Ellory up

and carrying her places.

They both thought it was hilarious:

Another game was Ellory 

getting in the toy bin 

that has wheels and Kale

pushing her around:

 

 

I LOVE listening to them play.

Kale is still learning how to be soft with her,

and to listen when she wants him

to stop doing something.

But the majority of the time 

he's really good with her,

and she's pretty tough and

thinks it's funny to get hit 

in the face, 

so it works out.

Well, November 20th was Tyler's 

last day of work until January.

Yay!

There isn't a ton of fun stuff

to do, but we are trying.

One day, we all went to the 

library.

And Ellory thought about

making a fashion statement:

That lasted for about 3 seconds.

At the library, she did some chillin:

We had a fun time

playing in the discovery room

and then I took Ellory to the 

baby story-time which I haven't

been able to do since

we moved here.

Gotta love story time!

And then, it was Thanksgiving!

In the morning I was 

crazy dizzy.

Like so dizzy it made me

nauseous.

NOT what you want 

happening on Thanksgiving.

It was really odd.

Eventually it went away 

with the help of some medicine

Tyler gave me.

Phew!

Tyler went to play some

football with people in our ward,

so I took the kids to the playground

next to where they were playing football.

It. Was. COLD.

But the kids loved it.

It had been a really long time

since I'd taken them to 

a playground.

We went home

and began preparations for dinner

while the kids played and played:

Dinner was delicious.

We had Ham (better than Turkey!)

mashed potatoes and gravy,

homemade rolls (my first time!)

and stuffing.

And for dessert we had

pumpkin cobbler (Delish!!)

It was a yummy meal

and I had fun making 

it with Tyler.

Then we vegged and watched

football and

played with the kids

and that night we watched Home.

I am so very grateful for my little family!

I missed my grandma lots,

because Thanksgiving 

was when I was always with her.

I made a few cream cheese olive balls

and thought of her :)

On Friday we put up all our

Christmas decorations.

Not to toot my own horn,

but,

I made the letters and sewed

them onto these stockings by hand.

So, I'm pretty proud of it

and I have to show it off

because that's the kind of 

person I am.

They aren't perfect,

but they are a lot better than I 

thought they'd turn out:

Bring on the Holidays!!