Theodore...Meet Theodore

William ran into his hero Teddy Roosevelt at the Wax Museum in Thermopolis last week, what a suprise! William said that he looked "Kinda Dead", but he was still excited!

William T.R., and Theodore Roosevelt

Santa Eats at Martinez Mexican Food Too!!!!

Lucky for us Santa likes to eat mexican food too! He was at Martinez MexicanFood today where we ate lunch and the kids got to visit with him- William asked for a scooter, Ben asked for a bike, and when he asked Heidi, she said "Down!".

Heidi
William

Benjamin

Thanksgiving

William and Ben peeking out from under the tree.

John, Heidi, Benjamin, and William

John and William putting lights on the roof, Our neighbor named John the Clark Griswald of Crest Way Street because of all our lights!

We spent this Thanksgiving at home- The usual turkey dinner, and spent the rest of the day putting up Christmas decorations, John and I even watched Christmas movies Thursday night to try and get in the spirit! We missed our family terribly, and it didn't feel much like Thanksgiving really - thinking ahead to Christmas helped to cheer us all up though.

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Daddy Celebrated his birthday at home before AND after Elk hunting this month! Two Parties, lucky dog!

John, Heidi, and William

Yummy Cake!

Fall Leaves Fall !!!

I looked out of our window on Wednesday, and TONS of leaves were falling in our front yard, amazing since we don't have any trees! The kids were so cute running around with their little faces and arms raised up to the sky- praising God for his gift of nature with their joyful little spirit!

William

Benjamin and William

Heidi, Ben, William

Benjamin and William

Benjamin

Fire Wood

John and the boys took advantage of the warm weather last weekend and cut some fire wood. John cut it and the boys hauled it in their wagon, what good helpers!

John, T.R, and Benjamin

Breakfast At The Fire Hall

We woke up this moring to a still steady snowfall. The Worland fire dept. had a panckcake breakfast this morning, John and Andy were out hunting geese, so Amber and I took the kids. It was a challenge getting all 3 dressed in snow clothes and out the door by 8 o'clock, but somehow we managed. I've got to get back in the winter routine, I forgot to warm up the van ahead of time, when I went outside to put the kids in, half of the doors were frozen shut and there was ice all over. I'll be spending the afternoon trying to locate all of the kid's snowsuits and boots from last year!

Our house 8 am

Benjamin

L-R William, Tyler, Heidi, Lacey, and Ben

Heidi, Mommy, and William going for a ride in the Fire truck.

Mrs. Degraw and Mrs. Shade cruising main street in the fire truck! Our husbands really shouldn't leave us alone so much, see what kind of things we find to amuse ourselves with?!

Visit at Grandma's House

Hooray! I finally got these pictures to load! We had alot of fun hanging out at grandma and grandpa's house visiting. The boys enjoyed riding horses as usual and pestering the cat!

Great Grandma and Grandad, Heidi, and John

Uncle Paul and Alyssa

Grandpa plays taxi in the garage.

All of the kids made a race track in the garage. It was so noisy, they were all screaming at the top of their lungs! Grandpa made the perfect chaparone since his ears are already broken!

The Other Shade House

We all had dinner at Megan and Rob's house Friday night, the food was so yummy, Megan is a fabulous chef!

Heidi and Great Grandma

Ben and Grandpa

Emily swinging upside down, I was afraid she was going to fall out on her head, but she knew what she was doing!

Megan and Rob's new kitties, Cake and Star, Great names Emily!

Megan shows Heidi and Ben the cats.

First Snow!

First Snow of the season today! We are all snug in the house with a fire going, except for an occassional run in the snowflakes! Yippee, winter's on the way!

William and Benjamin

Heidi eating snowflakes off her sleeve.

Benjamin

Casper Trip

We went to Casper this weekend for a mini family reunion. John's grandparents, and aunt Cheryll and uncle Larry came to visit from Eads Colorado. Uncle Paul and Aunt Kim, and Scott and Cindy also came. It was a great time! I took way more pictures than are shown here, but I've been wrestling with my computer for 3 days and I just cannot get them to load. Hoping John can fix it soon, I'll post them as soon as I can!

Nana and Papa's House

We had a good visit with Nana and Papa, everyone loved riding Papa's motorcycle!

Heidi

William, Ben, and Papa

William, Papa, and Alyssa

Alyssa and Heidi

Happy Birthday To Me!

I celebrated my birthday while we were in Casper. I had LOTS of help blowing out the candles from our kids and Emily and Alyssa. It was so much fun! Megan made me a german chocolate cheese cake, and we had an ice cream cake too.

Megan and John dishing out the cake.

A Belt Of A Different Color

William earned a new belt in Karate last night. He's very proud since green is his favorite color! His Sensei told him that he has to wear the new belt for 24 hours, so off he went to school today in a suit jacket and karate belt. He's now learning to use the staff which his Sensei sent home for him to practice (pray for Benjamin!), we are so proud of you William!

Happy Birthday Mr. President

We celebrated William's birthday this weekend. He wanted to have a "presidential" birthday party, only fitting for the future leader of the greatest country in the world, and a guy who thinks he's Teddy Roosevelt! It was cold and windy, but the kids didn't seem to mind. Happy Birthday Theodore!

Ben and Grandpa "clowning" around!

John and Grandpa