So I know it's almost Christmas and I'm really far behind, but I wanted to upload some pictures from Halloween. Jadelyn was a Sexy Samurai and McKenna was a pony. They both looked adorable!
We started the weekend with the girls carving their pumpkins. McKenna was not sure about the gross gunk inside her pumpkin, but she was brave and put her hand in there after some coaxing from Sissy. She finally decided that Jade could finish her pumpkin because the 'gross gunk' was just too much for her. They turned out great!
Halloween was on Sunday this year, and we started the day by meeting some friends at the Fort Worth Air Show for and amazing show. We love to watch the planes doing their tricks and especially LOVE watching the Blue Angels. I'm so glad we made it to the Fort Worth show - we moved right before the Houston Air Show and we were sad to have missed that. No worries - the FW show is just as good!
We left the show and went home to start getting ready for Trick or Treating. The weather could not have cooperated any better!!! We got both girls ready and then Grandma stayed home to hand out candy while Jade met her friends for one last year and Mommy, Daddy and Kenna went out and about. She did absolutely amazing! She said "trick or treat" as each door was opened and then "thank you" when they gave her treats. It was so much fun this year!
We had a fun fall and truly enjoyed the weather. The funny thing about fall in Fort Worth is that it can be really warm one day and very cold the next! Forty-five degrees in Fort Worth felt SO MUCH COLDER than forty-five degrees in Minnesota.
Our Thanksgiving was spent in Minnesota with the Van Brunt side of the family. Instead of heading to MN the weekend before Thanksgiving, we stopped in OK for a short visit. It was great to see Darrell's family and we had the opportunity to go through some of Mema's things. It was bittersweet. We all miss her so much!! Because Darrell had to travel the few days before Thanksgiving, he drove back to FW while the girls and I headed towards MN. It was awesome to have some time to visit not only my family, but also my friends that I left in MN. We had a great time and even got to see some snow!
McKenna doesn't remember snow because she was 11 months old when we moved to Houston. We picked Daddy up from the airport on Wednesday as it started to really come down. I had to dig out my Minnesota Driving skills, but we made it! We ran some errands and as the day progressed, the snow started piling up. I was absolutely amazed when McKenna looked at one of the storefronts and wondered what that guy was doing. He was shoveling! She was absolutely amazed by that and very curious about shoveling. It was so fun to watch winter through her eyes - something I guess I took for granted. We really threw her a snowball (pun intended) when we told her about snow blowers!
After a nice Thanksgiving meal and lots of game playing, Missy and I got up and participated in the traditional Black Friday craziness. Good deals were found and memories were made! While we were hunting for bargains, Darrell and Dad were hunting for deer Up North. I had much more success than they did!!
We have spent the last few weeks trying to get ready for Christmas. Our house is decorated and the tree is up. I love all the Santas and Snowmen that are scattered throughout our house. I have become a huge fan of yard ornaments... we even invested in our first blow up decoration - an 8 foot Snowman! I hope to find more in the After Christmas Sales!!!
I think this is enough babbling for now...I'm going to try to update the page with Christmas stuff sooner rather than later.
