Happy Thanksgiving!!

We had a great Thanksgiving at Kami's house. The kids played, the men watched football, and the women worked like crazy in the kitchen. Whoever said that Thanksgiving is a "holiday"?? Define holiday! However, it is very nice to spend it with family...even if it is work. Since we were all together, we decided to have a family picture taken. We haven't had one since the 3 big boys were babies.

Jared 1st Reconciliation

Jared made his 1st Reconciliation on Saturday morning. He was a little nervous, but it went very quickly for him...as it does for most kids. He is standing here with our priest, Father David, and the Blessed Mother in the background. After celebrating the sacrament, each child received a candle to take back to their family to pray around. We had a reception and cake afterwards! Jared is very excited to start the next preparation for the 1st Eucharist, which he will celebrate on May 4.

Family Pictures

Isn't he a sweet little Husker fan?

Our Husker boys.

We had such a busy day. Jared celebrated First Reconciliation in the morning (I'll post those pictures next) and we had family pictures taken in the afternoon. We have been enjoying the great weather this weekend in Colorado. The boys have been playing outside and we've been tidying up for winter! What a great weekend!!!

Remodels are Finished!!!

Front Entryway

Entry from garage.

New bathroom!!! We moved the toilet to the other corner and created a whole new space!

We are so glad to have this project complete. I think we will take a little break before starting the next project. We have enjoyed working on this together. We both get great satisfaction from doing it ourselves!!!

Jack-o-lanterns

Suzanne's Ghost

Corey's witch

Pumpkin Carving 101

Paul, Suzanne, Nick, and Jack join us for pumkpin carving this year. They brought over a pumkpin carving kit and we made some awesome jack-o-lanterns!!

Suzanne and Jack are helping Jared with his stencil.

Josh chose a skull for his pumpkin.

Jared cleaned 9 pumkpins for carving. Jaydon helped a little but thought it was gross! We roasted pumkpin seeds and carved pumkpins all evening.

Bandits Football

Jared #14

Josh #44

The parents make a tunnel for the kids at the end of every game. They love to run through it!

Bandits football season has now ended. We are sad and relieved. We now have our Saturdays back (not to mention the 3 nights per week, 2 hours each night of practice). The boys had a great time this year and learned a lot. Tonight is the team party and we will officially be done! The season record was 2-6 and they did not make play-offs. Hopefully next year we will see even more improvement and maybe a play-off game!