Thanksgivings get together in Ritzville

We went up to Ritzville to spend a little time with the Rose side of the family today. The cousins played, we had dinner, played games, and the girls made a craft but most of the day was spent outside in the snow sledding and riding on the 4 wheeler. Everyone had a ton of fun and here are the pictures to prove it.

Ky snowboarding.

Hailey trying out the jump Dan made.

Drew, Hailey and Kase taking a little spin around the field.

Kase getting some air.

Drew getting some major air.

Gary, Bryce and Ky taking aunt Megan for a ride.

Hudson plowing right through the snow.

Bryce concentrating :)

Alaina going down on her bottom after a bad whip lash, belly flop experience. Ouch.

Kayleb. Surfing USA!

The kids begging for one last ride...PLEASE!

It was snowing the whole time we were outside and I was taking pictures with my nice camera. To protect it from the weather I put it in one of those bank robber type ski masks with the lens barely peeking through one of the eye holes. Problem was the view find and screen were covered so I spent most of the day just aiming and shooting blindly. My sister Megan thought it was funny and took this picture of me...

right after I got this one of her. Not too shabby for not looking, eh?

Thanks for hosting us Leslie and Gary!

The magic reappearing underwear trick :)

Hudson spent 30 minutes putting this magic trick together. Enjoy!

Thanksgiving at the Ostler's

We had a great Thanksgiving with the Ostler's today. The day was spent...

Watching football...

Playing football...

Goofing around...

Mastering video games...

Laying around in turkey comas...

Playing board games...

With Great Grandpa...

And hanging out with cousins.

In the afternoon we ventured out with the whole family and saw the movie Tangled.

Then it was back to the Ostler's for more games, leftovers, and dessert.

Happy Thanksgiving!

1st Snow of the year

First snow of the year and it's not even Thanksgiving! All of the kids are so excited they just had to run outside to play in it for a minute. The older kids are all hoping it snows enough for school to be cancelled tomorrow, Kase is planning the sledding trip we need to take first thing in the morning, and Hudson just knows that Santa is coming tonight. :)

Trunk or Treating

Tonight was our big Trunk or Treat carnival at the church and somehow I got roped into putting together all 12 carnival booths and rounding up all of the prizes for the evening. I spent all afternoon and evening setting up for the carnival and wasn't able to be home to help the kids get ready or take any pics of them. Dan did a great job though, he got all the kids ready on his own and brought GI Joe, a Boxer, Harry Potter, and a couple of babies to the church right on time for the carnival.

The kids all seemed to enjoy themselves tonight but it sure is amazing how weeks of planning and preparation and a days worth of setting up... provided a whole 45 mins of fun. I'm ready for a back rub :)

Preschool Party

Hudson had his Preschool Halloween Party this morning. I didn't end up buying a costume for him this year because I knew we could just go shopping for one out in the garage in our hand-me-down tubs. I went out and grabbed a few that I thought might fit him but he couldn't decide which one he wanted to be. So I told him to put each one on and I would take a picture of him and then he could look at himself on the computer and see which one he liked the best. Here's a few from this mornings photo shoot.

Do I want to be a dinosaur?

How about a doggy?

"TO INFINITY AND BEYOND!"

Oh yeah... Now we're talking.

This is the one Hudson ended up picking and he calls it the,

"muscle team punching guy to save the day" costume.

Here's Hudson at preschool flexing his muscles for all the girls at his snack table.

Pumpkin Carving

Dan had to work tonight but the kids were dying to carve their pumpkins for FHE. In years past this would not be something I would have even considered attempting, on my own, with 5 kids. But my kids are growing up and pumpkin carving with the kids gets better every year. This year I helped Hudson with his pumpkin and the rest of the family just plopped down with their pumpkins and drew, scooped, and carved all on their own. Good job guys!

The finished masterpieces.

Hudson made an angry Jack-o-lantern this year so he wanted to show me what face his pumpkin was making. ANGRY!

"Hang up your church clothes"

Every Sunday when we walk in the door from church it's pretty standard for mom to yell out... "K everyone, please go hang up all of your church clothes, get dressed and meet me in the kitchen for lunch." All of my kids can do this except for my 3 year old who usually drops his clothes in a pile on the floor and comes out to lunch in some kind of mismatched crazy outfit.

But today was different. It started out the same...We got home, I made the usual announcement and then went to the kitchen to start lunch. Next thing I know Hudson is screaming for me. Is he hurt or is he just throwing a tantrum about not being able to get his buttons undone? Either way I go running to his room to check things out. I swing open the door and at first he's no where to be found but then I hear him yelling again and it's coming from inside the closet. I swing open the doors and he says," Look mom... I hung up my church clothes!"

Underwear and all :)

Soccer Stud

Ky just finished up his soccer season with playing in a 3 game soccer tournament today. He had a great team and coach this season and had a ton of fun playing this fall.

Here's a few pics from today's tournament.

Hudson's 1st fieldtrip

Hudson and I just got back from his 1st preschool field trip to the pumpkin patch. He had a blast running through the hay maze, petting all of the animals, going on a hay ride, picking out the perfect pumpkin just his size and driving a big red tractor. With no younger siblings tagging along this year we made it into a little date and stayed for lunch and an ice-cream cone after his class had left.

Seriously???

Ugh... 3rd time was definitely not a charm for us :(

Cuddletime

Some people have a favorite teddy bear that they snuggle with in bed, Hailey on the other hand can't choose a favorite.

Dan's 34th Birthday

Another year older for Dan today. We celebrated by having a little family birthday dinner and party for him. The kids were all excited to give him their homemade gifts and cards and couldn't wait to show him the big surprise from mom.

Dan finally gets his brand new, BADLY NEEDED, laptop. Hopefully his work time will be cut in half now that he doesn't have to wait 20 minutes for each page, email, or file to open. No more hour glasses and frozen screens for him :)

Root Beer Floats with a candle and a little happy birthday song.

Make a wish!