Happy Birthday David

Here I am a week and a half later finally posting about David's birthday. Better late than never I guess! We had a great time celebrating David's big day. I love the fact that Magnolia LOVES LOVES LOVES birthdays. She doesnt just love hers, but loves everyones! She was so excited we had to buy plates, napkins, party hats, and blow horns for the special day. Thank goodness for the dollar store! She spent a very long time picking everything out so it was just right for daddy. Happy birthday to the best husband and dad! We sure do love you!!!

Thanksgiving

We had a very wonderful Thanksgiving! It was just the three of us and was perfect. We put up Christmas decorations, listened to Christmas music and just had fun being together. Magnolia has been reading Fancy Nancy Thanksgiving so she had many ideas what she wanted for Thanksgiving dinner... which included stuffing, mashed potatoes, a table cloth, a fancy cup to drink out of, and apple pie ala mode. So, we borrowed a table cloth from our neighbor, made the yummy food and let her use a fancy cup and even put chocolate milk in it. Her favorite part was definitely apple pie ala mode! I am so thankful to have been able to spend the day with the most amazing 3 year old around and with a wonderful husband.

Sioux Falls

Magnolia and I were in Sioux Falls last week for another fun-filled very busy adventure! We had a great time seeing everyone and going to some new places. One day we got to go the Children's Museum with my mom and Dylan which was new for us. Such a fun place and I think it will be on our list to do every time we go back to South Dakota. Another new place we went was my grandparents new home... beautiful! Ah so fun! We were also lucky enough to have Matt, Sus and the kids come down for a few short hours on Thursday. Magnolia got to play with all of her cousins on my side, what a very lucky girl! Thanks to everyone that made time for us while we were in SF!

Our little Tinkerbells

Here are the cutest Tinkerbells around! I must admit, I LOVE LOVE LOVE Magnolia's costume. The wig definitely makes the costume complete! Ziggy is seriously the best dog in the world. She let us dress her up and didnt even try to get the costume off! They are just beyond adorable! Happy Halloween!

Orange Dinner

We had our biggest Orange Dinner yet on Saturday night. 28 people showed up to help us make our annual Orange Dinner. This year each family brought some orange food to share. It was so much fun to see what everyone brought and we had a HUGE orange spread!

Carving a Pumpkin

We carved a pumpkin last night. Magnolia takes after her father when it comes to scooping out the "guts" of the pumpkin... they both find it disgusting. Good thing this mom is not afraid of a little slim or I dont think we would have been able to finish the project. :)

First Snow

We had our first big snow fall yesterday. Let me first say that on Monday it was 80 and yesterday we got about a foot of snow. Thank goodness it is warming back up quickly so it will all be gone by Halloween. Magnolia was beyond excited to get out there and play in it. We ended up having a ton of fun because our neighbors Elle and Bella came out and played with us.