November

Jordan's 31st Birthday
It;s sad, we don't really do a ton, our kids a lone are a ton of work, and it adds to it to go anywhere, so everything we do, even Birthday events are kept pretty simple at this point in our lives, maybe down the road we will have more energy for some CELEBRATION! We did have cake and ordered in from Pan Pan, Jordan's favorite place to get Chinese food.

Ava showing off her pretty jewlery! If you notice in the picture on the left she uses the baby teether and the baby link for her bracelets.

So, judge me how you will, but we do always have the tv on. It is the only way I don't have all of my kids all over me all day long. For the most part, it will keep the attention of one or two kids at a time, while I am getting kids dressed, trying to get lunch/dinner ready, or just picking up after them through out the day. It is usually the shows for Ava and Easton and my boys are getting less interested which is good. They do a fair amount of playing, as long as i am in the same room, but for now, this is my back-up help!

Some cute picks of my cute kids!

For Thanksgiving Jordan's sister and her husband came out. They recently moved to Indiana which made it a lot easier to come visit! Jordan is a good man and loves his family and was very excited to have them come stay with us. I don't know if the stay for them was as enjoyable for them as it was for us, we do know our kids can get overwhelming, but we are use to it.
The trip to South Haven and there trip this November has really helped our kids to know their Aunt Kristen and Uncle Stephen. Our kids love any kind of attention and loved the attention they got while they were here.

With Kristen and Stephen at our house, the kids got to see a lot more of their cousins than they typically do, so it was a fun weekend for everyone.

Ava loving the camera and Kristen getting to know her niece and nephew.

Jordan carving the turkey and everyone getting ready to eat.