Hannah's birthday on Thanksgiving!

This year, Hannah's birthday fell on Thanksgiving! Sunshyne, Chris, Makenzie, and Ethan came from California for the celebration and turkey of course! We sang happy birthday to Hannah and gave her the present from us. Pictures from the party on Saturday will be coming soon!

Hannah's choice: Chocolate cake with cherries.

Hannah really wanted a purple bike with sparkles for her birthday.

Baby Ethan was cheering Hannah on as she learned to ride.

Hannah, Mason, Ethan, and Makenzie having fun on Thanksgiving!

Hannah showing how old she is now! My baby is FOUR???

More pictures from Illinois

These are the last of the pictures from our visit to Illinois.

Aunt Marilyn had us and some of the family over to her house for a lunch one day. She kept busy with the kids on the trampoline!

The guys played washers.

Later, Aunt Marilyn took us to their property where they keep their horses. The kids even got to take turns going for a ride.

Aunt Adria had fun with the kids too!

Halloween

For Halloween this year, a couple of Hannah and Mason's friends, along with their parents (our friends) came over to join us for trick-or-treating!

Mason was Spiderman!

I was sorta a disco girl :)

He was a little grumpy after waking up from a nap.

But then he warmed up when we told him about all the candy he was gonna get!

Hannah was a purple butterfly! Scary how beautiful she looked! :)

Once she was in costume, she was quite the little poser!

Later in the night, Jim and I went to a very fun party at Randy & Rachelle's house...dressed as a disco girl and Zorro! :)

Visit to Illinois

I know I've been getting A LOT of heat for not updating my blog enough lately. :) So I have a lot of catching up to do....ready for a lot of pictures? LOL These pictures were all taken during our stay at my dad's cabin in Harrisburg, Illinois the first week in November. The kids had a BLAST and were very entertained with everything outdoors!

This picture was taken at an old Civil War cemetary near my dad's cabin.

The Ohio River...also just a few minutes from my dad's cabin.

The kids LOVED how Papa made lots of bubbles for them in the jet tub.

These waterfalls were amazing and just a short 10 min drive from the cabin.

Since Papa couldn't be at Hannah's real birthday party, he threw her his own little surprise party at the cabin...complete with cake and presents!