Thanksgiving

The week of Thanksgiving brought visitors to our house....Mark, Rochelle, Hailey & Hannah arrived on Monday and stayed until Friday.  We had a great visit.  

Mark helping Quinn bowl

Miss Hailey!

We found a ramp for Quinn and she really got into Bowling after that!

Miss Hannah!

She got tired of bowling and "had to make some calls", we are not sure who she talks to but it is pretty funny to listen to her one-sided conversations!

Apparently her calls are finished and she relaxed on the bar stools

All-in-all I think they had a great time, now off for a pizza dinner

Rochelle and I had to get some pictures of them while they are all together 

I think they were singing at this point!

Gunner watched the photo session from the sunny porch

Of course he couldn't stay out of all of them

Later that day, he was totally worn out and had to sleep in my chairs

 

Prepping the turkey with Garlic butter injections

And in it goes

Now their part was done, onto some Jameson...

...and Grey Goose

Not a bad way to cook/drink

While we were cooking the girls had a great time in the playhouse

 

A family portrait!

Random Fall pics

The colors in our neighborhood, they were fantastic this year!

Addison getting ready to go on a "Night Hike".  The kindergarten class does a Night Hike every year with their Teachers.  We drop them off at 5pm and pick them up at 8pm.  Makes mom and dad a little nervous but they had a great time.  The teachers took snacks and they had hot cocoa and cookies before the end of the trip.  They had a great time!

Halloween

We had a fantastic Halloween, the weather was great and we all had a good time.  The girls started the day with a costume Parade at school followed by their school party.  Later that afternoon we went down the mountain to some friend's house in Golden.  A quick pizza dinner and they were off to trick-or-treat!

Beaver Creek

At the end of October we took a long weekend in Beaver Creek, CO.  We had a great time swimming, ice skating, making smores and just having family time.

My little swimmers, it was a little chilly for this mom but the rest of the family had a great time.

Love this pic of Jon and the girls

Sometimes we are not quite sure about Quinn, she is a little crazy

Jon and Addison on the ice for the first time this year

I can't remember what she was giggling about but it was hilarious

The hotel were we stayed does smore's every night.  They have a giant fire pit outside and they set out HUGE bowls of Smores fixins....the girls were in heaven

October visitors - Grandma Pam & Papa Mike

Pam and Mike were here in October.  Mike and Jon took off to go hunting a day after they arrived so we got to have girl time with Grandma.  Of course the girls had so much fun.  Mike shot a huge bull on their hunt so everyone had a great time.  

Carving pumpkins from Aunt Lori & Uncle Harry's pumpkin patch

Nice job grandpa & Addison

Of course Gunner had to be in the middle of the fun

Grandma & Addie

Great Pic

The Outdoor Kitchen is finally here

Our late summer/fall project is finally finished and is fantastic.  Jon did all the planning and design.

The counter tops are poured concrete which Jon and my dad worked on!  They turned out great and will be stained later in the process

As this project moved into October it got a little chilly and Jon worked outside with his portable heater.  The rock looks great despite the cold!

And the rock is finished!

In goes the MASSIVE grill, that I am sure is every man's dream

The finished product!  We are so happy with it and have been using it a ton!