Thanksgiving!

Teague is a beast to sleep with. He usually ends up completely on top of whoever is next to him. In this case, Ave was the lucky one!

We travelled to Watford City for Thanksgiving this year. We left on Wednesday as soon as the kids got out of school and arrived there at 11pm! Ave entertained us with some fabulous whiteboard drawings. This one says #notmom. I'm glad my head is not shaped like that!

We stayed with Erica and Sean (thanks guys!) and gave Hawkins his Birthday present when we woke up. I can't believe he's two already! He really liked the tissue paper!

Erica told us that he was liking Cookie Monster, so we got him a big stuffed animal. He seems to be pretty happy about it!

Then he tried to eat his eyeballs a few times! He's teething, so maybe it felt good!

Avery had some Cinnamon toast crunch cereal for breakfast. She left a couple pieces in the milk. Hawkins ate them and drank the milk, which Erica said he's never done before. He just knows Ave is cool.

These boys all looked very handsome on Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, it was hard to get a good picture of them. Nacho looks pretty great on the back of the couch!

Attempt #2 - Fail! We still love them though.

Hawkins wanted Avery (or A.V. as he yells to her!) to sit with him of course.

The remnants of a delicious dinner: turkey, ham, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry, 3 kinds of stuffing, olives, shrimp dip, rolls, and vegetable pizza! Yum!

Cats just inherently know that Dad loves them. Ha ha ha!

My little turkey!

The best pic I got of my kids - not really that good! They were very good though.

Teague and Link were best buddies this trip. They are both very into Superheroes. This is when they were trying Kelsie's jellybean game. You spun a wheel to land a color. If it was brown, for example, you grabbed a brown jellybean. It could be either chocolate or dog food. It was a crazy/disgusting game! Lincoln was hilarious though. He just ate them all. One time he said, I don't like this, but he kept on chewing it!

He looks so big in this picture. It's hard to believe my buddy will be 4 soon.

Everyone's favorite game - listening to Papa make up words to stories.

Boo reminds me a lot of Jordan. Kids are just drawn to her. I love this picture!

Watford City has some great parks. This one by Kelsie's house was a lot of fun.

Teague led me on a few obstacle courses.

Avers is a maniac on any kind of swing.

Hawkins makes happy noises when he swings. He's just a cutie.

Carterman did a little swinging after he, Landon, and Kyle walked around looking for Pokémon.

These things were super hard to balance on!

This might be my favorite picture of the whole trip. He loved this slide!

He kept yelling, "Auntie Brianna, I see you!"

Kyle went down the slide backwards, but it was pretty difficult to get out!

He and Lando Commando did some climbing. Landon is 10 now! No way! No way!

Papa took a tired Hawkins back to Kelsie's house, where he immediately got his second wind!

Kelsie and Joe have done a great job on their house. I really like it. Link and Teague had a good time playing together there.

They set the action figures up in many cool poses and took about 20 pictures. This one with Kelsie's feet and Emperor Zurg is very artistic.

 R2D2 in Laney's tail is also pretty great! It made me laugh when I saw all of them.

We went down to the Parade of Lights on Friday night. It was a lot of fun. They do a good job decorating Main Street.

They had a ton of fireworks! I'm glad Laney couldn't hear them from Erica's house.

Mom took a picture of her fellow parade goers. Sean, Carter, Hawkins, Ave, Erica, Me, Link, and Kyle.

This picture is pretty cute!

Uncle Kyle can always make Link smile!

Kyle's annual "doing the dishes" picture. He actually reminded me to take this.

Tired guy. I'm pretty sure he threw up right after this. We brought the plague with us to Watford City. We found out Monday that Norovirus is raging through Butte. Poor Teague had it first, then passed it on to Avery, Papa, Kelsie, Lincoln, Joe, Kyle, and Carter. Mom got it this week too. I have been washing my hands about 100 times a day! I don't want it! Sorry again everyone!

Luckily the kids seemed to get over it pretty quick. We had a lot of fun on Saturday at the Elementary School playground. It's awesome! This uneven ring that spins was fun for everyone!

Erica tried to lay on it...

And she's off!

Hawkins trooped all over this!

Carter and Lando played with us too after Pokémon searching. They had the best time together!

Lando had this thing spinning fast! Thanks everyone again so much. We had a wonderful time!

We made it back on Sunday in time to decorate our tree. We beat the snow barely too!

Teague did not sound good at all. I ended up taking him to the Dr on Monday (croup, of course.) He did hang up Bumble though. That's his favorite ornament.

Ave and Carter were really helpful this year. Ave was quite impressed by the number of ornaments she has made over the years. Hope everyone had a lovely Holiday!

Jocko is 18!

I can't believe it! My baby cousin Jordan is 18! She is the absolute best, and we enjoyed celebrating her birthday with her!

Just a fun day down at C Street Park. Ave got some air swinging around with Daddy. 

We were going to go swimming, but there was a swim meet. We ended up out at Margaret Leary. Kyle looks like a model for playground equipment here.

Carter was in Watford City with my Dad, so it was just these two monkeys. They both love swinging - Ave especially likes to soar!

We went over to Bozeman Friday night to watch State volleyball. Butte High got us a room at a Holiday Inn with a very nice pool. We had a good time swimming Saturday morning.

My little clown loves his floaties.

Not sure what this pose is, but I like it.

Daddy and Carter enjoying the hot tub together.

They are good kids. I can't complain. We had a fun little overnight trip.

We hit Target, the Dinosaur Park, and Johnny Carino's (Yum!). We haven't been to the dinosaur park in awhile. It was a great day for it.

Swinging boys!

Ave is champ at monkey bars.

Teague and his friend the Triceratops.

Even a quick trip to Bozeman wears these two out. They took a little nap together when we got back!

Time to have some of Dad's Coldstone for a great breakfast!

Teague wanted to "Lady and the Tramp" a noodle with me. How could I ever say no? I'm lucky he's still my cuddly guy.

Picture retakes for these two. Fingers crossed that their smiles are this good!

Halloween

We had some gorgeous fall leaves on the tree until the wind picked up. We did get some nice pics in there though. Here is my handsome Carterman in the fall foliage.

Teagie William in his cool skeleton sweatshirt.

My pretty little Googlebear.

I like how the leaves are resting on Teague's head here!

Action photo!

Halloween with my little Star Wars family. Avery was Rey, Teague was Boba Fett, and Carter was Jango Fett. They looked pretty awesome, and no, I did not make them pick a theme!

Teagie in his parade at Emerson

Avers looking good. She's a trooper. I would have been freezing!

Carterman, with his buddies Duke, Jordan, and Terri in the background.

Helmet on! This pose makes me laugh!

Three good kids. Laney was very happy to see them as always.

We went to the mall first. The wind was really cold during the day time. Ave found her friend Autumn there.

We made it down to the Stodden's party; it's always a good time. Here are some of the 4th graders that were there: Danika, Piper, Nate, and Carter.

Teague was the only kindergartener, but he still wanted a picture!

Ave and her friend Paige.

Teague getting ready for a hayride!

My girl all bundled up.

Carter hanging off the end. It's pretty cool that we can do this every year! Look at that sky - it looked ominous...

Then suddenly it wasn't too bad! We trick or treated from our house to Mom and Dad's.

I had to get a picture of Carter's jet pack. I think it was the reason he won best costume for his class and a $5 gift card at Bonanza Freeze! Grandma Burgman ordered that for him. She couldn't help it. She got Ave's headdress and goggles too. Poor Teague's blaster was out of stock. He certainly didn't mind though!

Jordan came out for awhile with us (Terri and Mom too). Teague picked this out for her to wear! She's a good sport. She'll do anything for her little buddies!

I love this picture. Teague's pose, Carter's smile, and Ave being so sweet in the background. It's just funny to me!

We met up with Ave's best friend Korin, who was a vampire cop. They get along so well.

Her little sister Kelly is in kindergarten also. She and Teague play together at recess a lot.

Family picture!

Dad stayed home and passed out candy. He looked so festive that we had to take a picture! These guys had a wonderful Halloween!