Thanksgiving!!

I love being together with family for the Holidays! ..or anytime really! I love our family! We were really grateful to have Lins, Gman and Mauri here for Thanksgiving. Mauri slept over at our house a few nights and we just wanted to keep her forever! The kids had so much fun together! Here they are making Indian necklaces on Thanksgiving!

 "Can we make a silly face?"

 Lins and I made these cute pilgrim hats!

 Mauri decided to wear one, haha!

 Family!!
 I can't believe how big Weston is!!!

 Cooper J. and Pop pop were having so much fun spinning in this chair!!

Halloween!!

We love Halloween around here! It's so much fun, and it makes me so happy that the boys love it too!

Cooper J. painted his pumpkin!

 Derek was really excited to scoop out his pumpkin and help carve it!

 Yay for pumpkins!!

 This was at our neighborhood trunk or treat: I was Luna Lovegood, Derek was Batman, and Cooper was Mickey Mouse!

 The boys had a ton of fun trick or treating!!

 Lots of candy! Yay!

...Speaking of holidays, Derek told me the other day that he is excited for "Leprechaun day"!! Yep, he is my kid!! haha!

Jog-a-thon!

Derek's school had a jog-a-thon in October! Derek was SO excited about the jog-a-thon! He was especially excited that he got a t-shirt, since he had 5 sponsors! He had so much fun running with the other kids in his school! He ended up running a mile and a half, which we thought was pretty impressive!

I love his sweet smile!! He's such a great kiddo!!

 Ryan keeping Cooper entertained on the sidelines!!

 Derek wanted to do it too!!

 Running!

 Cooper wanted to run too, since he saw Derek running!

 Way to go buddy!!

 Coop had a great seat - he could see all the runners!!

Remembering...

Ryan's cute, sweet Grandma passed away in October. His grandparents are two of the sweetest people I have ever met in my life! They are just some of the best people, and I really don't think I have the words to describe how great they are! We were able to meet up with almost all of Ryan's family in Sacramento. The funeral service was really nice, and we were grateful we were able to be there.

This picture is so beautiful!! I think it's my favorite picture of Ryan's darling grandparents!!

 We were all able to spend a few days together, and even though it was really sad circumstances that brought us together, we were grateful to be together as a family. (Steven, we missed you!)

Here are some pictures of the family spending time together in California!

 I love this picture! I wish we would've thought to do this before Matt and Katie left, so that Matt and Eli could be in it too!

 Cute, sweet kiddos!

 Derek really loves Lexi! He loves to play with her and give her hugs! I think she likes him a little bit too!

Farewell BBQ

 At the end of September the whole fam got together for a farewell BBQ with Lins, Gman and Mauri! They moved to Iowa. We were so sad to see them go!!! But we're excited for the adventures they will have in corn country!! The BBQ was at Glendon's mom and dads house, and they set up a bouncy house for the kiddos! They loved it! I love watching these guys play together!!

 Coop wasn't sure about the bouncy house at first! But Erica went in with him and he decided he like it! (Thanks Merry!)

 I love Mauri's hair in these 2 pictures!!

 Buddies!! These two have so much fun together! Thank goodness we can skype! And they are also going to be pen pals!

 Coloring together!

 Baby Weston taking a nap! He's so cute and getting so big!!

 Ry and Coop throwing the football!

 All four cousins!! We love these kiddos!!

 I love Mauri's face in this one!!

Good Luck Lowders!! We miss you!!