Thanksgiving

This is the first Thanksgiving I have ever spent without my family. Luckily I survived. We went to our friends, the Bushmans', house. Jess and I split up the cooking and ended up with waaay too much food. Dan kept asking me how many people I expected to be eating and if I knew that a recipe could be cut in half. They are from Utah and don't know the Texan philosophy, more food is always better. I am thankful for so many things that I know I couldn't name them all. I can't believe how happy we are with the life we are living. I am so grateful for my family and how we have stayed close even though we are far apart. I am also grateful for our friends who have made California feel like home.

Trick or Treat

This year Zoe was a Chinese Doll. We got this outfit in China Town when we went to San Francisco last month. I wanted to put make-up on her but I decided it would be way too hard to get it off.

Jacob was Buzz Lightyear. He absolutely loves the "Toy Story" movies.

We had two Halloweens this year. On the Saturday before Halloween we went to a Trunk-or-Treat at our church. We were supposed to be there at 5:00 but didn't get there until 6:15. We thought we allowed plenty of time to get the kids in their costumes but were not prepared for Jacob's complete melt down. When Brandon started putting his costume on, Jacob screamed and went into the fetal position. I don't think I have ever seen him get so upset. We finally got him to calm down by letting him play driver in the van (his favorite thing to do). Once we got to the Church he was fine and ended up not wanting to take his costume off. He figured out that when he wears it, he gets treats. On Halloween night we went to a friends house for a party. There were a lot of kids running around in costumes, so he had a really good time. On the way home, Brandon drove Zoe and I trick-or-treated with Jacob. He thought that every house we went to, was a party. He would ring the door bell and as soon as the door opened, he would run past the person and the candy. He almost got to the living room at one house before I caught him. When we got home we realized that Jacob hadn't gone to the bathroom since we put him in his costume. We also found out that there isn't an easy way for him to us the bathroom with the costume on. He started saying tee-tee and running to the bathroom, but when Brandon tried to take his costume off, he got mad. It was a very interesting catch 22. No need to fear, we got the costume off in time. I hope every one had a Happy Halloween.