Not Bad for Animas

We had a little glimpse of winter here this morning. It snowed for about an hour. It even stuck a little. School got cancelled and there were three pile ups. Just kidding! But definitely not bad for Animas. The kids were so excited to go out and play in it. It took Clea thirty minutes to put on her cold weather clothes. I told Jed she won't last 5 minutes out there. Sure enough, she was finished playing outside in about 5 minutes. She never has been one to enjoy being uncomfortable. Leo and I went out together. He wasn't too thrilled to be out in it either. Bruce lasted the longest. He had lots of fun.

Happy Thanksgiving

I hate uploading pictures on my computer, especially if it is a busy time. So of course I will post things weeks after they happen.

We had a great Thanksgiving. All the families were down and even got to stay for several days. I read a question the other day about what is so much fun that time just seems to fly by. I think I enjoy spending time with family because the time just flew by and it seemed like we didn't have "time" to do lots of things. It didn't help that Thanksgiving weekend is the most popular cow works time.

The kids loved spending time with their aunts, uncles, and cousins. Since we will not all spend Christmas together, We thought it would be fun to exchange gifts at Thanksgiving time so we would be able to see everyone open their gifts, so we had Christmas on Thanksgiving Day. We also had a wonderful Thanksgiving feast. Lindy's beef was definitely the hit. We never did get tired of eating leftovers. Here are a few pictures of the kids enjoying the gift giving.

The Wedding Party

On November 22 Kasey, Jed's cousin, got married. Her primary ring bearer and flower girl couldn't make it, so Bruce and Clea filled in. They were thrilled, especially after Kasey told them they could keep their wedding garments. At the reception all the kids had a blast dancing on the dance floor. It was fun!

The Zoo

We have been planning a zoo trip for the last year or so. We finally just went! We went to the zoo in Tucson. I read on the website that fall is a great time to visit the zoo if you want to miss the big crowds. I thought "perfect." We asked Papa Bim and Mama Lindy if they wanted to go. So we all load up and head to the zoo. To our great surprise when we arrived at the entrance gate we learned it was free admission day. Wow we don't have to pay! I guess this was widely publicised in Tucson because there were lots of people there taking advantage of free admission day. Despite the big crowd, the zoo was nice. It was very well worth the trip over there. The highlight for Jed was getting to see an African Lion. Every exhibit he said, "Okay, lets go see the lion."

To his disappointment when he came to see the lion his first thought was that he was dead. Evidently the lion on duty that day was the "old" lion. He was laying broad side asleep with his tongue hanging out. We overhead someone say there was a younger lion; the old lion's son. I can't say which animals impressed the kids the most. The giraffes were neat. We saw a black jaguar up very close. The tortoises were impressive also.

Halloween

Halloween was very eventful. We went to the Sunshine Haven Nursing Home with the youth from church to pass out "treats" for Halloween. That was a lot of fun and very worthwhile. We freshened up and went to three houses to trick or treat. From those three houses we probably got enough candy to last 2 months. Bruce was spiderman, Clea was a girl Indian, and Leo was a giraffe. We had lots of fun and the kids are already planning their next Halloween costumes.