Leaves

Just a few more from Thanksgiving. This time of year I always wish I were back home at my grandma's celebrating the holidays the traditional way I did growing up. Now it's time to create some traditions for my own kids. The holidays spent with their cousins is one of those traditions. I feel so lucky to have my sister so close. Love you Jen.

Ava's Jump

I think the running start may have been her favorite part.


Almost there....


Then she comes to a halt and sits down...saying "cheese." Wow, she's trained!

Lainie's Jump

Another running start.


The jump...


eyes shut of course and then onto her knees.


and every landing looked like this.


she couldn't be more proud of herself. Such a cutie.

Anna's Jump

It all started with a pile of leaves.


She wanted a running start.


And she overjumped and missed that pile of leaves!


Now she's telling me, "I'm going to try that again."


This time.....


She made it!

More of our Thanksgiving leaf jumping to come...stay tuned.

Giving Thanks

Last day of school was full of fun and parties. I helped in Lainie's class where we had a thanksgiving feast and made turkey's out of oreo cookies. We truely have a lot to be thankful for.

Jump House

Outback

Lucky for us, Paul's mom was able to visit for a few days following a business trip she had. We enjoyed the visit and wish so much that she didn't live so far away. These pics were taken the night before she left our house at good old Outback steakhouse.

Apparently Anna is into rabbit ears...nice.

End of Soccer Season

Another great soccer season has come to a close. Anna's team did so well and were undefeated for the second year in a row. This was Lainie's first year. I wondered how well she would do being quite the cheerleader, but she loved it! In one of her games she asked me why I didn't cheer for her as loud as I cheer for Anna and I felt terrible. I did cheer, just not as often I guess. (Truth be told, Anna's games were just a bit more intense.) From then on I cheered my heart out for her. It paid off, she scored her very first goal in the second to last game and could not have been more proud of herself. It was awesome. Next fall should be interesting with 3 in soccer.