Thanksgiving weekend!

So much to be thankful for in 2012!  And VERY thankful for a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend to relax, play, visit with family, and get ready for Christmas.

 We spent Thanksgiving day at my Grandma's house.  Not too many pictures, but here are a few!

 The girls both enjoyed a turkey leg!

 Natalie helping NaNa in the kitchen.

 Avery helping Daddy pick up tons of pecans!

 Today, we took the girls to the zoo, and my parents joined us!

Such a perfect day for the zoo!  It was nice and cool, and hardly anyone was there!

 Such a great picture of Avery and Papa!

 The girls loved the tree slide!

 Mommy and Natalie and the giraffe!

 NaNa and Natalie

 Our family

 Such a pretty time of the year to visit the zoo!!

 The jaguar was so cool!

 The girls loved this slide!!

Such a fun trip to the zoo!  We'll definitely be going back soon!

Love these little girls

Days and weeks are exhausting around here with these 2 little girls and our other jobs (which sometimes feel like "vacation"), but I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.  I frequently remind myself that they are only little for such a short time, I will not always feel this tired, I will not always worry about the "little things."  This is the time that is so important, I can never get it back, I will only have pictures, videos, and precious memories of these cute little girls in the years to come...  They will soon be young women, and I hope and pray that I do a good job now, so that hopefully they will be best friends and know Jesus and be as blessed as we are. 

 Their school pictures from last month... I was so happy with them!

 Avery at 3 years, 2 months

 Natalie at 16 months

 My silly Avery.  She just lives in dress-up clothes! 

 My little diva showing off her first pink Christmas tree!

 Sweet Natalie, growing up so fast!

 She is just full of energy and learning so much here lately.

I love being a Mom to these precious little girls. 

Halloween and Peyton's Birthday party

The girls had a fun Halloween again with their cousin Tanner.  As their Texas trip is getting ready to end, and they are preparing for their move to the Netherlands, they spent a couple more days with us.  This is starting to become a tradition, as they have spent the last 2 Halloweens together.  Last year was a little different, as Natalie and Tanner were just babies. 

We did a little bit of trick or treating around the neighborhood, and this was the best picture we could get of the 3 of them.  haha

 This year was a little different!  The kids got all dressed up and we headed out to our church's Fall Festival. 

 The cutest little bug, mermaid, and princess we've ever seen!! 

 Our family had a great time!  I think Avery ate enough candy for the rest of the year!  haha

 Dan, Tikkibird, and Tanner... oh, how we're going to miss them!

 Avery had the best time in all the bounce houses!

 Daddy and Natalie

Our sweet little nephew Tanner... love him! 

 And today was our other little nephew's 1st Birthday!!!

 A John Deere Party for a very special boy!

 Natalie and Peyton.. so cute!

 This inflatable was awesome!

 Even Natalie went down the slide!

 Fun times!

Oh... and did I mention today was opening day of deer season?!?!