Thanksgiving

We had family for Thanksgiving!! We haven't been with family for 5 years, so it was a lot of fun to have Crystal and Mike come over from Indiana.

We started off the feasting with a pie party on Wednesday night. We had way too much pie--it was great!







Thanksgiving we cooked and cooked all morning (well Crystal and I did while Nate and Mike played football at the church and the girls happily made messes all over the house:)
Then we ate and played all afternoon and evening.



Sadly, Crystal and Mike had to go Friday morning.
We went to St. Louis on Friday and Saturday so we could go to the temple. We also walked across the Mississippi River on a bridge that used to be old Route 66--it was amazing!

It's a Girl!!

We found out a couple weeks ago that we will be having another girl (3 for 3) in early April!!

Jessi in Italian

So, I have been swapping babysitting for voice lessons with my friend for a couple months. I really haven't been practicing enough, but I guess enough for Jessica to catch on to some of the song I have been learning.

I just busted out laughing when Jessica sang this to me yesterday. I had her sing it to Nate and he recorded her. (Please forgive his snort in the middle as he tries to hold back laughter.)

Catching Up

So, I haven't blogged in a long time... We did make it back from Vermont to Illinois at the end of the summer. We have been having a lot of fun in Illinois for our final year here.

The first of October we went on a camp out with our friends the Bairs. It was great fun, but it got COLD that night and in the morning (you may notice Emily's purple lips.)





(Spencer asking Jessica if she wants to go for a spin! Maybe someday...)





Jessi even got to try fishing for a few minutes.



Nate went to Mt. Rushmore for a conference. He decided that his face would be number 5!!









My sisters Janice and Crystal came for a very fun visit. Janice flew out from Utah and Crystal came over from Indiana. We went to Nauvoo and Chicago and played around town as well. We had a blast!

Nauvoo


A walk in Busey Woods




Willis Tower (Sears Tower--do you think the new name will ever stick?)


"The Bean" at Millenium Park, Chicago


HALLOWEEN

At the pumpkin patch


Fairy Emily (She loved carrying around her magic wand and headband, and was just a little doll about it!)


Jessica wearing a Madeline costume (not to be confused with Jessica being Madeline.) If she was asked "who are you?" she'd give the answer "Bambi" or "Belle" and I tried to get her to tack on, "but my costume is Madeline"....I guess she is only rarely Jessica although she wears Jessica clothes...


The Jack's Jack-o-lanterns (Nate's is the ship, mine the owl)