Happy Thanksgiving!

Well, we had a very nice Thanksgiving today. It was a bit colder and more mellow than we had planned, but nice. We originally invited several families over - and only one made it. We've had a stomach bug going around in Abilene for nearly a month now and it hit Maddy a good 4 weeks ago, however, it struck two of our star families this week and so our party got smaller.
Todd is also visiting (friend we met in England, lives in Montana, visiting family in TX) and he brought his Uncle and Grandma up to eat with us so our party got a little bigger again!
It's nice to share today with old friends and new!

Where in the World.... is Maddy?

I got super excited about the prospect of renting a bounce-house for Maddy's birthday and we never quite pulled it off. So... I decided we needed one to entertain the 7 kids that would be at our house today! Well, as those 7 turned into 2 (and a 5-month old), the house didn't get as much use as I thought. Oh well, If you could see Maddy's reaction to this montrous castle in our backyard - you'd know it was well worth it! We also played with the neighbors yesterday in it and may have to have some kids over tomorrow before we return it Saturday morning.

Jumping with Aiden.

Luckily, the weather took a slight detour and our expected 30's became more of an upper 40's, low 50's today. Now I know it is much colder for most of you, but after a week of nearly 80, we were not quite ready for this chill! It sounds like we are coming back up a little, but I may safely say we are done with the 80's for this year? Who knows... I've never spent a Fall/ Winter here before!

Well, we hope you all had a marvelous/ thankful/ blessed day. Our love to you all until next time! x

As promised from almost two weeks ago... all those great videos I have :)
Maddy helping the boys with the shower:

Riding Rody:

Birthday cupcakes: Please note the adorable shirt that she also wore today: "Everyone is Thankful for ME!" :)

Kitchen play. I love how her imagination continues to grow. She continues to come up with new things to make us (and insists we eat) every day. And she always remembers to serve us our coffee :)