The week before, and the week of Thanksgiving

Well. the week before thanksgiving, 4 of the 5 Radfords came down with the flu. But we did it in a very convenient fashion. First it was Sylvie and myself--so dan took care of us and the throw up from sylvie. 2 days later, Dan and Stori became sick. So Sylvie and myself took care of those 2. Well.... technically dan took care of the throw up that day too. He is a saint. He says throw up doesn't bother him like it bothers me, so even when he is sick--he's the upchuck guy! Anyway, enough talk about throw up.

Stori came and woke me up and told me that she wrote me a poem. It is so cute.  I also like that she put the date at the top--such a 1st grade move haha. I love it. "It will be fun to play in the sun. It will be fun to go to the pool. It will be fun 'too' go to the play park." I also love that she originally put d's instead of b's and then changed it. Love her!

The two cuties enjoying some iPad time at Granny and Papa Radfords house while the adults enjoy a peaceful dinner ;)

Stori is in choir at school, and they sang the National Anthem on Veterans Day. She has such a sweet little voice. howeverrrrrr. Her concert was at the same time of preschool drop off, and i tried reallllly hard to get there for it. But i juuuust missed it by like 30 seconds. When i walked up I could see Stori silently crying up in front. As soon as the veterans finished the 21 gun solute, she ran up to me and sobbed. sobbed, sobbed. She really wanted me to be there, and said she looked at all the parents and couldn't help but crying because i was the only mom not there. Man I felt HORRIBLE! #momfail I will be there for her Christmas concert even if I have to spend $1,000 to do so.

Sylvie drew this cute little panda for Dan so he would be happy when he went to work. Such a little sweetie.

Nightly granny snuggles.

While I eat chocolate pudding, he cleans. He wins at life.

Princess Academy thanksgiving feast.

Doing dishes! sweetest little sight.

5-kid carty cart at Home Depot, and one thrilled Dan.

On actual Thanksgiving, we had unusually warm weather. So after dinner, and before pie, we went on a little hike to the Butte. It was a tad windy on the way up, but it had a great view.

A cute little arch with a cute little view of Joel and Miles

Dan telling Joel which Mt. ranges he can see from up there. apparently he could see more than 10.

the hike down wasn't as windy, but Dan was still a gentleman and helped cute mama down the slick parts.

Thanksgiving evening entertainment. There were many games played, many dress up costume changes, dance performances, and talking until 1am.

We got to go see this cute little Santa in Rigby, and the kids asked for something different than what santa already purchased... So now begins the brain washing/convincing them that they want their original gift. haha

I took video of all the thanksgiving tables, but no actual pictures. mental pictures only.

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man, these are all such random photos. But here goes.

End of summer.....

Facing fears and holding dogs.

my mom made us pose because we were all kind of matching haha. Also, before I cut 6in off my hair

Lewisville biker gang.

t-ball team pictures. Cute little mcgoo down in front

Sylvie went to the bathroom, and after about 15 minutes, she starting sobbing and apologizing. So I went up to see what was wrong, and saw all the lipstick allll over her face. She said, "I'm sorry I put on too much lipstick mama. I didn't mean to!" how does one "accidentally" cover their hair, and face with red lipstick hahaha. The garbage was full of toilet paper covered in lipstick. So she tried really hard to clean it up before she freaked out and apologizing. ha. I love her.

My cute nieces trying to teach me snap chat. It was fun for the day, but then I deleted the app. haha. Too much for me!

Delivering treats around Lewisville in the first snowfall of the season. It didn't last longer than a day, thank goodness.

Halloween 2017

My kids start planning their costume months and months in advance. Which is great...except it usually changes 7-10 times before actual halloween comes around. Luckily there are roughly 26 halloween parties we attend, so we get to use a lot of those options.
Which are : Witches, Feline creatures, Super heroes, and a Circus family-Stori is a fortune teller, Sylvie is a hoop jumping lion, and Georgia is a cute little clown.
We missed Stori's school carnival because it was the same day as Dan's swearing in, in Boise. Luckily  their cousins school carnival was at the end of the month so we got to go to that. We also had school parties/fashion shows, and actual halloween. We went trick or treating in Josh and Amandas neighborhood. It was Sooo much fun. The whole area participates, and it was so fun to see so many kids (and parents) dressed up and walking door to door. I genuinely HATE trunk or treat. Worst invention ever. So i was glad I was able to take my kids to the real deal. Also, I would like to add that I spent $1 total on the circus costumes. And that was for the hoop and Christmas garland that I wrapped around it for the fire.

^^ Still september, but the witch hats made an appearance.

^^ witch super hero combo for Sunday dinner at the Radford

HARWOOD CARNIVAL TIME

Ty and Jen's younger three joined us towards the end, so I didn't get their picture.

RED RADFORDS CIRCUS 

Smells like childhood

Since we are so nice, and letting my mom live with us...at her house... we have been able to enjoy a lot of outside time. her yard really is quite perfect for our kids. This past week, Lewisville had 3 days of solid wind. shocker right?! well Dan spent the next 3 days raking up her yard, and then josh came out so we could load all the branches and leaves in his truck. The kiddos enjoyed riding in the back of his truck like I did when I was little. They also spent a good portion of the time, raking the leaves into piles and then jumping into them. Avary was a great helper and they actually took several loads out to the burn pile with the wheelbarrow without us even asking them to. They are such cute littles!
and man oh man, does all this smoke smell sooooo good. it smells just like childhood.