Kaylee and Lauren's going away party

Here are some pictures from the going away party we hosted last weekend.  Kaylee is Emily's best friend and our neighbor girl who was like part of the family.  Lauren is the other little girl in their class at school who is also moving this weekend.  (their class will be down to 15 kids!)

Nobody does it like Disney...

A couple weeks ago we went to Disney on Ice.  We got discounted tickets through Girl Scouts.  It's not every day that a family of six can have a night of fun like this for under $50!  We had never done anything like this before as a family, and we enjoyed every minute.

Note the $12 souvenier cups...4 souveniers cost as much as 6 show tickets!!!




The Finale

Thanksgiving...

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

Ours wasn't so great.  We didn't have any plans with family or friends.   Instead of spending a ton of money on food for only ourselves, we decided that we'd go to a restaurant for our Thanksgiving dinner.  Well, Wednesday night Brian got the stomach flu.  None of us left the house Thursday except for my failed attempt at finding a newspaper.  We had cinnamon rolls out of a can for Thanksgiving brunch, and pasta bake out of a box for supper.  The poor kids kept asking "where is our Thanksgiving dinner?"  Next year I'm going to be better prepared.   

Friday I got up at 4:00 and headed out the door by 4:40 to start my day of shopping.  Seven hours later I had my first morsel of food for the day at 11:30 at Sbarro.  I had a very productive day though!

Saturday night Brian felt a bit better, although a head/chest cold was beginning to settle in, so we decided to venture out for our postponed Thanksgiving dinner.  Sunday morning Brian woke up just as sick as ever with fever/cough/aches.   The girls and I went to church then came home and vegged out.  What a lovely weekend!   

None of the rest of us are sick - yet!