Oh Deer...Time to be Thankful!

We've had a lot happen in the past few days while here in VA, I wanted to share before we got back to MA. We left Friday night to drive the 12 hours to Kevin's folk's home in Roanoke, and it was a good trip...until we hit a deer! We were driving down 81 and it was 4 in the morning, and Kevin was driving, when the three deer stepped out into the road. We only hit one, but it was scary for me. This was the damage on our car, but we were safe, but it will take a few weeks to fix our car although it is still driveable right now...so we need to figure that out when we get back.


Here are the cousins...

Rachel got some cute clothes, and is showing off her Dora outfit.

So Kevin has been working on a beard for the past few months, because of the beard competition between his brother Ryan and him. How do you think they did? I just can't wait until the beard comes off.

While we have been down here we were able to celebrate our 7th wedding anniversary! We went to a winery in the area and had a great dinner out, and the kids were well taken care of. I keep laughing at myself, there is so much VT stuff down here, and I seem to point everytime I see someone where something Hokie. In other news while we were down here we found out our renter has left the house in NH and won't be returning...so that is another thing on our list to take care of when we get back to MA. Until then, we had a great Thanksgiving meal, got to see my grandmother and aunt while here, and will eat some more great food. There is truly a lot to be thankful for this year!

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Still have to finish packing, but the kids had a few cute moments to share this week. Have a happy Thanksgiving, there's a lot to be thankful for!

"I Love Dirt"

When Daniel starts getting tired he starts naming off everything he loves. A few of the things mentioned this past weekend was dirt, trees, dogs, cats, Michael's house, tractors, just to name a few. We had a good time in NY celebrating Michael's birthday a little longer, going to my Aunt and Uncle's barn, playing in the woods and with tractors.

I had to start off with a picture of Noah, since he is not in any of the actions shots. He does well on trips, but he tends to get fussy after long trips in the car, and is getting very heavy, so it is hard to hold him for a long time.

Here are the kids ready to go over to the barn.
The kids are playing in some sawdust here.

We fit all the kids in the wheelbarrow. Hadessa, my cousins daughter, was showing the kids around the barn.
Saturday night we did a little pinata with the kids and Kevin organized a bonfire.

So another lovely weekend flew by, and now we are catching our breath before the next trip comes on Saturday, were we take the trip to Virginia. On Wednesday our back door is getting fixed....I am not quite sure if I should stay in the house with three kids for that one or not, and I will slowly start packing for the next trip. We just got a roof rack on our van, so that should be fun to use, and I am all done with my Christmas shopping now!

Friends coming and going

I need to catch up on my pictures from last weekend, so here it goes. The kids had fun walking around the neighborhood for Halloween. We got a few pictures of them playing in the leaves earlier that day.

Noah fell asleep on his bouncy...these pictures are slightly out of order..sorry...

Here are the kids looking for more kids coming to our door.
Here we all are...Rachel is whatever princess sparkly thing we could find, and Daniel is a pirate. Once Rachel realized we were going to folks homes to get candy, she was practically running to each door. We walked around, and then handed them out, so the kids received and gave.
My friend from college came the next day to spend a few days with us. She found a great deal on Jetblue from the DC area. We had fun with the kids during the day, we took them to the Zoo and to the Boston Children's museum, changed diapers, played and fed them in all it's glory. At night went out shopping, ate sushi, and painted some pottery, while Kevin was on kid duty.
Here was Daniel having fun...we don't try to torment all our visitors....
And as I mentioned friends coming and going, Jenny left yesterday, and tomorrow my sister is coming in with Michael. We are going to have fun celebrating his birthday both here, and when we travel back with him, I just love birthday weeks.