We are excited to be getting ready for Christmas! We enjoyed a quiet Thanksgiving at home and got to share some of our feast with a neighbor who has come asking for food previously. Then the day after Thanksgiving we made our now-traditional trip to Cobb's Ranch to cut down our California Redwood tree. I realized this was our 6th trip to Cobb's to cut down a tree...Elizabeth was SOOOO excited to have our tree and help decorate it. Caleb keeps pointing at it and saying, "Tree, tree!" He's not a big talker yet, so when today he said, "My tree", that's a pretty big deal. Our whole family - except Luke - have had the stomach flu over the last week. Thankfully it's only been a 24-hour thing for us, but I currently also have no voice! It's hard to keep the kids in line with no voice....So, we are getting ready for Christmas, and it's fun with the kids. We're also excited about our trip to PA starting Dec. 27. Yay!!!
One of the benefits of living in California is having my roses blooming in November. These are just a few from my rose bushes. At this house there are probably 20 rose bushes. You may know that I LOVE roses, so this is a huge blessing for me! Last week the kids and I went to Los Angeles for a few days and stayed with the Engel family. It was a great time to catch up, and I also made my first ever visit to Ikea. Very fun - Elizabeth loved the children's area where they have babysitters!!
We went to two harvest parties on Halloween. Elizabeth was a pumpkin and Caleb was a doggie in a costume I put together very quickly. He was pretty cute when I painted a nose and whiskers on his face, but by then he was tired of pictures. They both had fun playing the games at the parties and winning candy. Now that Halloween is over, Elizabeth is anxious for Thanksgiving, but I think it's because she knows Christmas is not far behind that. Tomorrow the kids and I are going to Los Angeles for a couple days while Luke is at the directors' conference. We'll get to see Elizabeth's "best friend" Chase and hopefully our friend "Shovel" too!!
We did carve some pumpkins....not scary. Caleb now loves pumpkins wherever we go!
