Beautiful Ballerina

Hannah's ballet recital was a couple weeks ago. When the curtain opened she was front and center looking confident and beautiful. It was fun to see the result of all her hard work. She did a great job. Auntie Kelly and Cameron even came to watch. Here are a few pictures of her after the show.

Thanksgiving 2009

Since it's almost Christmas, I thought it would be a good time to post a bit about our Thanksgiving...maybe I'll get around to a Christmas post sometime before Easter.  We had a quiet Thanksgiving at home complete with school-made table decorations.

...and missles and guns or whatever

(spelling can really trip a kid up)

Here we are all ready for our feast.  We spent some time reflecting on what we were thankful for.  Jesus and each other were at the top of our list.

The week of Thanksgiving, Hannah's class had their Thanksgiving feast.  The class had worked hard to memorize Thanksgiving poems and prepare their readers theater pieces.  They were all so cute dressed up as pilgrims, indians and turkeys.

The day after Thanksgiving we packed the kids up and headed for our friend's mom's house where the boys did some skeet shooting and the kids and I climbed a rather steep hill.  If you look closely, that's a picture of Rob with a shotgun.  It turns out he's a pretty good shot (might come in handy when the girls start dating).  I think he surprised a few of the rough, tough cowboys they were shooting with.  I know he impressed his wife...what a man!  It was a great weekend.