My My & Keely

Val and Lannis' little girl, Keely, loves Myles.  She calls him My My and loves it when they are able to play.  The other day I was tending Keely, and her and Myles were having fun sharing some crackers.  Keely would hand Myles a cracker and he would laugh and clap his hands then proceed to eat it.  They were acting so stinkin' cute, I had to take some pictures.

Myles was pretty good at leaving the tree alone and then one day I
find him backing his way into the tree as far as he could go and
then he just stood there like he was the coolest thing ever.

This kid cracks me up!

Santa & the Grinch!

Home Depot had Santa and the Grinch come visit.  The kids were so excited to go see them so we headed off to the store.  Once we were there, however they immediately froze.  None of them wanted to talk to Santa, Parker was fine standing by him, but Myles and Madi didn't want to have anything to do with him.  Then they weren't too thrilled with the Grinch either.  He was a great Grinch, but none of the kids would go near him so I didn't get a picture.  Hopefully Santa can read minds so that he will know what to get them for Christmas!

Chess!

Lately Lynn has been teaching Parker how to play Chess.  He is picking up on it quickly and it has become one of his favorite games to play.  Madi humors him and tries to play, but it seems to frustrate Parker more because she doesn't know how all of the pieces move.  Thank goodness he is patient.  It's a great game and I'm glad Parker is learning how to play. 

Grandma & Grandpa were here for one night and Parker had to
immediately challenge the Chess Master.

Cute little bugger!

Grandma loves to walk the kids to school when she is here, and the kids love it as well.

What are you Thankful For?

Once again the Thanksgiving holiday was filled with plenty of family, food, fun and laughs.  We were able to spend Thanksgiving day with all of Lynn's family and as always had way too much to eat and tons of relaxation.  Then on Friday we headed up North to Island Park and spent the weekend with my family and had another delicious feast on Saturday.  Who can complain about having two Thanksgiving meals and plenty of pie at each.

Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures taken at the Dahle festivities, however below are the pictures from Island Park (once again, I apologize for posting so many, but I had a hard time choosing which ones to use).  There was even enough snow for sledding this year which hasn't happened for quite a while so the kids had tons of fun.

Madi & Claire waiting for Grandpa

The hunt for the day along with the grandkids & Tood -
Briggs, Pace James, Parker, Claire, Spencer, Madi, Audrey & Myles

Myles was pretty much stuck the whole time.

Spencer, Audrey and Parker waiting to get pulled.

Grandpa, Claire and Madi

Madi, Lillian and Claire

Jaygen

Like I said, Myles was pretty much stuck everywhere he went.

Isabelle

I don't know if it was a race between the brothers or the kids.
Kevin pushing Audrey and Todd pushing Parker.

Madi loves to eat the snow.  Thank goodness it was all white.

Lillian

Grandma joining the sledding fun with Parker and Audrey

Pace

Audrey

Parker

Claire

Grandma and Claire

Spencer

  

Madilyn

  

Grandma and Pace

  

Madi and Claire

  

Parker

  

Parker and Audrey on their snow horses

  

Hooking up the train.

And down they go!

 

WEEEEE!!!

  

All the kiddos!  Madi, Claire, Spencer, Pace, Audrey
Parker, Lillian, Isabelle and Jaygen

  

Parker, Myles and Madi on the deck from our hotel room.

One of the main highlights was seeing Grandma Helen.  Or Great-Grandma to all the kids.
Briggs, Isabelle, Jaygen Spencer, James, Grandma, Parker, Madi, Audrey, Claire, Myles, Lillian and Pace

 

 

Let the feast begin!  Thanks Aunt Mick for the hats!

Myles hanging out in our room.

Mom and Myles

Ready to head home!

I am so thankful for our family and love that we all live so close.  It was a great Thanksgiving weekend and we had a ton of fun.