Disney on Ice 2023

Girl is ready for Disney on Ice! Complete with her Frozen dress, gloves, jewelry, princess shoes, and cape. 

We are ready for a night of fun! Love creating these memories for her like my parents did for me. 

Excited for the show to start! 

Her snow cone in the Encanto cup. 

It was a good show! 

 

Thanksgiving 2023

Julius Thanksgiving! Missing Brayden and Nolan as they were in the Bahamas. Addison and Mason were so happy the big kids played games with them :) 

Then Addison got all the adults to play Chase the Ace. I think the Julius love of games, especially card games, has been passed down to this kid. Ha! 

She usually wins..... but this time she got down to the final two, with 3 quarters left, and lost with an Ace. She really wanted a shut out. Ha! 

Helping me decorate the tree. She LOVES to decorate the house for holidays! 

Someone is loving my birthday peanut butter malt - ha! 

Her finished craft with the shells from Florida. It looks awesome! 
 

Sunset, Football, and Lents Thanksgiving

It only lasted a second but I got picture! 

Mason really wanted his pictures with his Rudolph and muffins. Ha! 

Went for a walk around the neighborhood to enjoy the fall weather before it got too cold! 

Took a picture of the cool sunset for Grandpa.

Mason with his scarecrow from daycare. 

Off to the last football game! 

Wes was showing Mason pictures of tractors and farming. He loved it! 

Horns down baby! 

Mason LOVES going to Aunt Ginny's house :) He asks to go through frequently, he loves all the toys. We were at Thanksgiving 2023. 

Finished seashell project! She also made Christmas ornaments and bottles with sand/shells with the shells and sand from Florida. She made a bunch of them for the family, they turned out really good! 
 

Basketball, Mah Jong, and art projects

Since we left Bondurant, we switched to taking pictures by the Bomber rock. 

Addison had one of her sickness weeks and missed a few days of school. One of her assignments to catch up was disguising a turkey before Thanksgiving. She chose to dress her turkey like Poppy from Trolls. I think she did pretty good!! 

My little dude's basketball group! 3-4 year olds do basketball stations on Saturday mornings. Mason was so excited for it before it started...... then a couple weeks in was ready for a game. There are no games..... oops! He was pretty disappointed after having to go to all Addy's practices and games! So this year we are taking him to Ankeny so he can play some games!  

My cookie helpers! They had to unwrap the Reese's peanut butter cups and count to see if they had enough for the cookies. 

Working on her Disney cruise journal! She put a lot of hard work into her journal and it turned out super cool! Wrote about what we did each day and included pictures. She loves looking at it every couple months since she finished it. It was fun! 

Play Mah Jong with Grandma & Grandpa - these kids love to play Mah Jong! It's so funny. None of the rest of us kids know how to play, but both kids do. 

Addison took pictures of Ryan setting up our Christmas lights. The kids climbed up the ladder to the roof but didn't get on the roof. 

Working on another project! This one is seashells we have collected in Florida and we were gluing them on the picture frame. It turned out really good! 
 

Trick or Treat!

Cuddling on the couch

Ready to go out trick or treating! 

One of the spooky houses in the neighborhood! It was a cold night, so we made Ryan run home and get the car to come get us. We let the kids warm up in the car for 5 minutes and then Mason was ready to go back out! Surprisingly, he wanted to keep going and Addison was ready to go home! Usually she is the one ready to go. But it was quite cold. 

Checking out the loot! 

Wild hair after a bath

This dude loves "crazy guys" - Grandma found a Halloween one for him - ha! 

This year, Mason is ALL ABOUT decorating for Halloween.... and I love it! 
 

Halloween events (and it's not even Halloween yet)

Addy's Company team performed at Huxley's Spooktacular Fest. It was our first time seeing their dance, it was a good one! It was to a Hercules song. 

Then we got to go trick or treating around the building. 

This picture was for Uncle Hugh

The dance girls

The witch and the combine! 

Mario Kart Trunk or Treat at church. The big church puts on an awesome trunk or treat event! 

Addison's school does a trick or treat event. They are supposed to walk up main street in Slater to trick or treat, but it was so cold and windy that they asked the businesses to come to the school to hand out candy. Pictures of Addison keeping an eye on that puppy - ha! 

 My cold little witch!