And then came turkey

We were really lucky and took some time off to spend Thanksgiving with Grandpa Steve (aka Little Steve's mentor) and Grandma Rosy (his other favorite grandma). He did so well on the drive up. We stopped over in Boise to sleep and then stopped in Bend to see our nephew Justin (yeah, no pictures - too much time visiting). We arrived late on Wed, but Cole settled right in with his Grandma, just like he spend every day with her.

The next day being Thanksgiving -- we ate (what do you do?). Dad and Rosy throw a mean spread and the house if filled with family and friends until it all blends together. It was great to see people we haven't see in years and great to see (aka meet) new people we look forward to seeing again.

This is not Grandma Rosy's typical attire, but special for the day and a lot of fun and very festive for the day.

Natalie and her husband Duane came and we were lucky enough to sit with them for dinner, breaking up our time throughout the day with various folks.



And Shawn, right at home even away from home, with Cole snuggled in, teaching him in the ways of enjoying the rest after the meal.

Not having enough to eat the day before, Dad and Rosy treated us to dinner at their restaurant. It was all good, but having seen / tasted the food before, Grandpa Steve was checking out our latest gadget, courtesy of black friday sales (thank you Costco).

Grandma Rosy and Cole, again nearly inseparable all night and enjoying checking out the view in the window behind us.


That is, until we talked about heading home the next day - then as you can see, not too happy about that.

Luckily, Grandpa Steve distracted him by describing how we might mount our new 32" TV (another black friday purchase, thanks again Costco).

We had such a good time and can't wait to come back up or them to come back down. Thanks Dad and Rosy for letting us pilfer a few pictures from your blog (your nicely updated blog).

Don't hate me because I'm covered in sugar...

At the risk of calling attention to the absence of posts, I thought we try and catch you all up with some pictures and details of what's been going on in our little happy lives over the last few months.

October brought about another cotton candy fiesta, well maybe not a fiesta -- then perhaps there would be flan

or churros, but it was a big party none the less. It was unseasonably warn -- warning, warning -- that means lots of extra kids! Luckily, we started really early and started spinning around noon, that's right while you were enjoying your hot dog or taco (again with the latin reference...) we

were busy spinning the flavored sugar.

Each year we get a little bit smarter in the cotton candy making. Seems fair, I'm pretty sure we're getting a little dumber in other assorted areas of our lives ... love getting older! This year we devised stringing rope across the garage and with a few hundred clothes pins, we could spin up and have at hand 250+ bags of cotton candy. That came in especially handy given we gave away close to 350 bags of the fluffy stuff.

Luckily we got a few shots before the crowds star

ted but then spent 5:30 - 8:30 non-stop spinning or bagging and then spinning again. Fortunately (or unfortunately for us) Aunt Jeni and Uncle Brendan came by with their phones and took a few shots to complete the whole scene. Cole got off easy with the Cat in the Hat, while Shawn and I stayed warm as Thing 1 and Thing 2 (we'd like to apologize right now for what you're about to see).

Just to clear out your eye palette, here's another picture of someone much cuter!

And then of course, while we get things cleaned up outside, Ellie and Cole hang out together revealing in their sugar smell high.


I still contend, we have the best smelling garage for DAYS after and there's nothing better.