Thanksgiving

November 24th

It's THANKSGIVING time and were were blessed to have: Lance. Becky. Dustin. Sarai. Will. Brett. Bethany. Liv. Zach. Sarah. and Indiana fly and drive to spend the holiday with us. It was loud crazy and FUN!!

Movie time!

Thanks to family being in town, I got to go to Eric's farewell reception at Locke Lord. It was very nicely done with a great turn out. Some very nice things were said about him and his work ethic with congratulations and well wishes. I'm standing next to one of my favorite Locke Lord gals, Margo! I could chit chat with her all day any day of the week!!!

November 25th

Family love!

Isabel loves her baby cousins!

12 Days of Christmas at the Arboretum

10 adults and 6 kiddos.

Cutest little bums I ever did see!

Jumping for JOY!

Will and Isaac found the open grass fields much more exciting!

Cute Livvy girl! Bethany always dresses her so cute.

Then manly men! Chatting about, manly stuff!

Livvy and Bethy-girl.

Brett and Liv

Daddy and Isabel taking the lead. Isn't just so beautiful. We LOVE the Arboretum.

Checking out the fish.

Aaaaand leaves.

When did he get to be so big?

Lance and Becky. Two of the most amazing people I have ever known.

People say Isabel looks like me but in this pic, she is her daddy's daughter.

Sarah and Indiana- We missed you Uncle Shad. Thank you for serving our country.

A wagon full of crazy kids.

Our little almost complete fam-

Enjoying the beautiful weather before the rain comes (and boy did it come)!

Bouncing beauties 

L3- Lily Livvy Love!

Rub-a-dub-dub THREE kids in the tub!

November 26th

Turkey Bowl for the daddy's

Turkey Bowl for the kids!

Lily snug as a bug enjoying the festivities!

Isabel just doing a little makeup application!

Wild man Will! He is the cutest thing and ALL boy. Just like Atticus and Isaac. 

This girl. She is ALL girl- but can definitely hold her own on the bravery side of things.

The Thanksgiving CHEFS- They are all probably going to kill me for posting this picture, BUT, its the only one we got of all of us so sorry, but not sorry! Love you all :).

My turkey baby who did NOT want a picture taken!

My goof troop who DID!!

Lily was an absolute ANGEL and slept on her own while we rushed about prepping and cooking!

What Thanksgiving is complete without some old school Nintendo football?!?

Cheese!!

Master builders.

Turkey fryin'

And Turkey bakin'

Eric teases me, but I LOVE hosting parties and setting the table. I think it turned out very pretty!

When my mom was here, we made the cute little turkey boxes as favors! They were filled with chocolates. Together we made 30!!

Happy Thanksgiving. I am so blessed to have one amazing man and four amazing children.

The clan. Minus Bethy the photographer.

It was a great day. Lots of great food. Surrounded by great family. Lots of things to be grateful for. After dinner was done, we each went around saying two things we were thankful for. When It got to me I tried so hard not get emotional...

Me: I'm thankful for my husband and four beautiful children.

Isaac: You don't have four kids. See, (holding up his fingers) Isaac, Isabel, and Lily!

Me: (Burst in to tears) Yes I do...

Eric: Count again dude- ATTICUS, Isaac, Isabel, and Lily!

Isaac: Why are you crying mom?

Me: Some days mommy misses Atticus so much it makes my heart hurt. So I cry a little then we blow  kisses to heaven.

UGH.

But... I am THANKFUL. Not for the loss but for our amazing families both near and far who continue to carry us through. I'm THANKFUL for a loving Savior who sacrificed his life that we might live again.

Post feast shenanigans!

November 27th

Boys being boys.

Zach and Isaac were upstairs in the game room and would drop down a Lego man tied to string for Isabel to try and catch... It was very entertaining!

Isabel and Liv--

Two darn cute girlies.

Whirly Ball...

SO..MUCH..FUN..

It's a combination of bumper cars lacrosse and basketball. Its so much fun on the court and as a bystander!! there was enough of us that we could rotate who was playing and who was out watching the kiddo's. It was a really fun night.

Mr. Will- 

Video game time :)

November 28th

Legos Princesses and Pajamas= a good day!

And a little football too!

November 29th

Lily's Blessing- This is the dress that Isabel wore and they both looked absolutely perfect in it! 

I love that she sticks out her little tongue!

Bracelet made by Auntie Stacie. Sweet little booties purchased by Gran!

5 weeks old and perfect!

Bracelet made by Auntie Stacie. Sweet little booties purchased by Gran!

SO thankful for all the family that could be with us!

A farewell picture with Grandpa and Grandma- the troops had to head to the airport after church. We were so sad to see them go. Yes it was crazy but it was so much fun. It meant so much to us to have them come see us all the way in Texas. We spent 7 days playing laughing juggling babies cooking chasing and a whole lot more. We love you Hansen Fam! Thank you for a GREAT Thanksgiving!

Isaac and his "awesomely cool" trick!

I know I'm biased, but man he's one handsome kid!

November 30th

Isabel- Aye! She is a tornado. Making messes wherever she goes.

And quite proud of her work! Isabel is a crack up and like her older brothers she is hot and cold. Either so stinking cute we can handling stand it or a terror. She knows she's cute and pushes the envelope seeing how much she can get away with. 

-(I told her it was time for her nap) "Noooo! In'a play play!"

-I was nursing Lily and Isabel came and took Lily's paci. I told her no-no that that's Lily's and she gave me this sweet innocent look and said, "No!! Bye-bye mom!! Happy Thanksgiving!" then walked out of the room!

-She is very polite. Even when she's crying. It is the cutest thing to here her say thank you i.e.: Oh Isabel, you look so pretty - "Thaaaaaank you!"

-She LOVES lips and any time she see's me wearing lip gloss or lipstick she wants some- so she asks for a kiss to get some off of me and on to her and she will usually say, "A Big One" so she can get lots of lips

-I have to hide the toothpaste because she'll eat it

-She loves to dress up and her favorite accessory are her sun glasses and crown

-She loves Olaf and his "In summer" song.

-She loves milk

-She is a terrible listener. Absolutely terrible. Good thing she's so cute.

-She loves Team UmiZumi

-She loves to get dressed and wants to put on her clothes and get a bow in her hair as soon as she wakes up. And just like her mom and dad, she loves shoes. Right now her favorite ones are her black church shoes, aka, "dancing shoes" and her gold shoes.

-She is a snuggle bug

-She can give looks that can kill. Seriously. She has some serious sass-a-frass faces. 

-She is notorious for throwing her food on the ground when she's done and spilling her drinks just because (drives me CRAZY).

-She is an awesome sleeper and my only child that sleeps in past 6:30am. She gets up around 8am!

Lily's one month appointment-- She is perfectly petit just like her big sister. She is in the 4th percentile for her height and 4.5 percentile of her weight and doing great. She was up to just under 8 pounds gaining an ounce a day! Go Lily!!

She loves to be on her tummy- a little too much :)

"Sh sh sh! It's ok Lily-Loo!"

Oh Isabel- I just love you. But please for the love of man kind- don't kill your sister. It would be out of love of course but, holy cow, she smothers poor Lily with soooo much slightly crazy love. Here are a few things that I frequently here coming from this big sisters mouth... I'm pretty sure Isabel thinks she's the mom.

-Oh! Oh! Oh! Baaaaaby!

-I'n coming baby Yilly! (Her L's are pronounced as Y's)

-Where's baby Yily?

-Sh! Sh! Sh!

-I'n touch it

-What's dat? (me:your baby sister) In a hold it (it being Lily)

-I'n coming baby Yilly

The other day, I had put Lily in her swing then went in my bathroom to brush Isaas teeth for school. I heard Lily fuss so I walked out and had a dang near heart attack.

ISABEL HAD PICKED UP LILY

Instant panick. It was like slow motion in my mind. I was freaking out but new I couldn't yell, not wanting to scare Isabel and have her drop Lily on the hardwood floor. I flew from my room to the kitchen and just kept saying, "Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh." And thankfully made it Lily's rescue in time. Isabel had Lily held under her arm pit and around her neck. Thank you Atticus for protecting your baby sister. I was pretty shaken and probably held Lily a little tighter than she would have liked. I called Eric and said, from now on Isabel can NEVER be left alone with Lily. Lily needs to be chained wherever she is placed and Isabel needs to be chained on the complete opposite side of wherever Lily is!!! Holy moly.