Christmas tree 🎄2021
Tag: family
Dinner at IKEA
We took Jake to the airport this evening – he is heading to Vegas for a conference. Since it was dinner time, I decided to let IKEA do the cooking tonight.
Trip to the mall
We went to the mall to make a return and found these sparkling ornaments for taking pictures ❤️
Lights for Christmas 🎄
Shecklet #1 used his height and balance to help hang the lights on Great Grandma Lois’ house for Christmas. He and his dad also decorated the front pine tree with lights, which was a fun surprise for her.
He also used his talents to help hang his Aunt Larissa’s lights, too!
Thanksgiving visit 2021 – annual photos
This crew of kids continues to grow.
Shecklet #4 always gets an updated photo with her godparents <3
And this year, the moms decided to do a little posing for the camera as well.
Bball cheering section
Grandma and Grandpa came to watch Shecklet #3 play a couple of basketball games today.
Moving help
Our SIL/kids’ aunt is in town and was planning to help her brother’s family move into their new house. We piled into the suburban and gave them a hand. The extra hands made short work of the unloading moving truck!
Cousins
Meeting their new little cousin 💗 Shecklet #3 was a bit sniffly today, so she and Jake stayed home. She will meet this little one in a different day.
Halloween 2021
Hooray for the return of another “normal” activity! The kids and their friends ran through the neighborhood collecting an incredible number of full size candy bars this year. (I must admit, I jumped on this train of thought this year and it was amazingly simple – and about the same price, if not cheaper, than buying all of those mini bars of candy.)
While kids did their thing, a friend of mine (and mom to 4 of the kids,) hung out, handed out candy and sipped cider. Yum!
Two dogs and to Darth Vaders. These four made quite the haul!
Applesauce day 2021 – take 1
My MIL knows how much the Shecklets love homemade applesauce, so she sent us a bushel of apples from the orchard. It’s a fair amount of work, but the result is delicious.
