Twinkling . . .

Thanksgiving

We had a different, special Thanksgiving this year! :) We were invited by my Uncle Barry (Mom's brother), to spend the holiday with his family at their timeshare in Fairmont, Canada.  It was such a beautiful place! The day we arrived, we checked out the natural hot springs which this place is built around.  You could actually pay to spend a day out in the hot spring pool they have built, but it was just way too cold for me!  They had an indoor pool anyway, that was free besides, so we had fun there instead. :) My dad, Natalia, and I actually sat in a hot tub outside when it was snowing on one of those days! Super incredible experience! :)  Mostly, we hung out, played games, and had great meals, of course! :) Tory was SOOOO excited to meet and play with her second cousins! One day, they got to make a beeswax candle, and then they got to make chocolate-chip cookies with Aunt Bonnie! :) Fun!  Didn't get too many pictures, other than a few of the kids.... 

Fun with Friends . . .

Can you guess where we hung out for lunch? :) What a blessing having such great friends in our lives! 

Finger Painting . . . .

 I have not finger painted with Natalia half as much as I used to with Tory, so when Natalia asked for some finger paint the other day, I just had to get me some.... :)

Halloween

Tory wanted to wear her caterpillar outfit from last year again... and they both still fit! :) So, I just made some new antennae again, and they were set.  So easy! :)  First, we headed to the mall the Saturday before Halloween....

They stuffed a plastic glove with popcorn and gave one to each Trick or Treater....

That night, we went to the Harvest Festival given by Bethel for the Veterans and their families.  We manned the basketball toss, but forgot to take a picture of it . . . the girls got to go through all the stations with Grandma and Grandpa while we manned our station.

Monday before Halloween, we were able to carve the pumpkins we picked from Grandpa and Grandma's garden.... :)

I tried to get a picture of the two of them and I said, "Tory, can't you be a little more excited?"

So, here is her excited face.... :)

Natalia wanted to help, so I told her to pull out the pieces after I cut them....  

Finished and loving it!

Edwin made his a pirate's face, and I thought we had a pirate hat . . . so I suggested he bring it in and try it on the pirate pumpkin.  But my memory was not good... it was only the pirate bandana, hair, sword, and hook we had... but no hat... No matter! Tory and Natalia loved them and played and played... then Tory decided she no longer wanted to be a caterpillar, now she wanted to be a PIRATE!

Wednesday night finally arrived, and the Nymans invited us to go trick or treating with them . . . after some yummy pizza and lasagna at their place! :) The girls had fun walking around together! Too bad it was a school night...but after an hour of walking, they were tired anyway...

Too bad I did not get a picture, but after we were done, we headed over to Nana and Papa's house so they could get a treat from them... which ended up being popcorn!! Yum!! So we stayed for a little while to enjoy the bag of popcorn and lots of love from Nana and Papa. :)