Happy Thanksgiving!

We hosted Thanksgiving this year for our families. I was very nervous about pulling the whole thing off, for starters I've never made a turkey before and our family isn't small. Also, I have high standards to be judged by; my mom is queen of family events, I think she could cook for 40 people with her eyes closed. Besides one minor turkey scare the night before, and getting a bad cold everything went very well. It was a special time to spend with all of our family. Afterwards I told Jared that I feel so accomplished, I think it's a right of passage for a woman to sucessfuly host a major holiday event.

Here we are on Turkey Day.

My granddad got a couple adorable pictures of Luke, isn't this one just precious!

Bye Bye Baby Curls...

Well, Luke finally got his first haircut. After hearing many comments about him looking like a girl, mostly from Jared, I decided that it was finally time to part with the baby curls. He really looks like a little boy now.

Before...

Shaggy?

The curls

Snip, snip. The comb served as great entertainment.

Playing with Mommy and showing off the short haircut.

There's our handsome little boy!

Will's Expeditions

Every evening in the month of October we went on an expedition. After bath time Will would get dressed in his PJ's grab a hat of some kind, his binoculars and sometimes his camera or a "treasure map" (which is whatever piece of paper he had been carrying around that day and we would head out on an expedition...

What an explorer!

Here is what we were exploring - the blow up pumpkin in the yard across the street.

Jared and I just laughed every night when we had to get all geared up to go out in the front yard to look across the street. We were also reminded of the little joys of childhood, it's so wonderful that Will was that excited about a blow up pumpkin.

The pumpkin first made its appearance in the beginning of October. As soon as Will saw it he said: "Okay, I go inside and put my costume on and we go trick or treating." We kept trying to explain to him that it wasn't trick or treating time yet and he kept arguing with us and telling us he needed to get his costume. Very exasperated he looked at Jared and I said: "We need to get Nana!" He knew that if we wouldn't listen and do what he wanted Nana would. Good logic Will!

Fire Truck Party

We went to our friend Drew's fire-truck birthday party. It was so much fun. The boys got to climb all in the firetruck, shoot the hose and even take a ride. Will hasn't stopped talking about it.

Trick or Treat

The boys were fighter pilots for Halloween. Will was "Maverick" and Luke was "Ice Man", which fits both of thier personalities. They were so cute!

(The pictures are kind of out of order, sorry.)

The only picture I got of either of the boys with the fighter pilot glasses, I couldn't convince them to keep them on.