Thanksgiving in Indiana

 In the month of November before we left on our trip we made a thankful turkey to remind us of all that we have to be thankful for at this time of year.

 The road trip was good. The kids looooved being able to watch movies for so many hours straight! After one stop we forgot to buckle Benji and got on the road and soon he was yelling out "buckle me! Buckle me!" It was really cute and I'm so glad he helped us out remembering there!

 The first thing we did after we got there was to celebrate Ruby's 4th birthday! She is such a sweet spunky girl who brings a lot of fun and adventure into our family. We're so grateful she's ours!

 

She was so happy to finally be 4! Many of her friends had turned 4 in the previous weeks and she was so ready. She kept telling me about all the stuff that she could do once she was 4. Welcome to the 4 club Rue!

 

We made another things we are thankful for poster...I love hearing what the kids come up with to be thankful for!

These cousins had an absolute blast and got along really, really well. There weren't any big fights or squabbles, they just played and played and played some more. Ben was a little sad because the big kids were faster than he was and sometimes he couldn't keep up. At one point he came to me with a sad little face and told me "kids run." Sorry buddy, someday you'll be just as fast!

 

 Mel and Jeff took us to a cool discovery kids science center. There were so many cool things to do there. We loved it!

 Rob's got hops :)

 This pin-imager (? I have no idea what it's called) was a huge hit. The kids loved making impressions of themselves. It was so cool!

 Someone's got a hot head...looking at you, Rob! :)

Ben was not such a fan of this contraption so here, Rob picked him up and put him on it. I love how you can see his mad face and struggling so well. Haha!

 Mmmmm...Mexican food!

 Grace's Thanksgiving creations

November

 So much happened last month! It flew by before we knew it!

 We started out transplanting a pecan tree from our Bishop's yard. We thought it would only take around 30 minutes to dig up, but over an hour later we were still there digging and digging...

 

 The tap root was taller than Ruby!

Here it is all planted finally!

 Another big project we took on was to "pick up" a free shed and transplant it to our yard....much easier said than done! Rob has been working on it every spare minute for weeks and it's finally close to being finished!

 We had some really unusually cold days for Texas a few weeks back. It was amazing to see the enormous icicles on the water park at the Athletic Center.

He hit his mouth at the store one day and ended up with a blood mustache. So cute and sad!

Today is brought to you by the color PINK!

 

Some of my favorite ladies!

My awesome brother John sent me some of my Dad's sourdough starter that's been handed down from the pioneers...at least that's the story and we're sticking to it! We've enjoyed lots of yummy sourdough creations recently! 

 We got to do to a Dallas Stars game courtesy of HP. It was a fun triple date with some of our favorite friends who work for HP! We must be getting old though because for 30 minutes on the ride down we were all gushing about how much we love our minivans.

 We got a dehydrator for Christmas from my parents and got to open it early and enjoy some dehydrated apples. Yum!

Grace bought the fabric and made herself a pillow

Rob and I chaperoned a youth dance and had fun with the props in the photo booth!

We have so much to be thankful for!

RIP Bella

 Our poor little fish Bella has been ailing for weeks and today she passed. We had a little funeral in the yard for her and Grace said some sweet words about how much she'll miss her little pet.