Our Thanksgiving Table

We give thanks for family & friends

Family Fun

Grandpa Dan and Grandma Julie came for a visit last week. It was so fun to see them!! We went Christmas shopping (I am so glad to be done so early) and relaxed and enjoyed the company. I shared some cute moments below...

Chloe in her Toy Basket

Chloe in her Bunny Coat

Grandma Julie reading to Chloe

Guitar

Nate brought out his guitar and music for us to play and sing for Chloe. This brought back so many good memories for us of our college days at UCSB when we were involved with Intervarsity Christian Fellowship or Gaucho Christian Fellowship (GCF). Santa Barbara will always have a special place in my heart because it is not only where I went to college, but it is where I found good friends and fellowship, where I met and fell in love and got engaged to my future husband, and where we spent the first year of our marriage. Nate lead worship the year I joined GCF (I was a sophmore). It just so happens that he kept all the music that they played during our friday night worship nights and he even had notes of some of the friday night line up of events that occured. It was fun to reminisce. We wanted to share this music, worship, with Chloe and she really liked it!! She was cooing and making fun screaming sounds while he was playing. Jack found his new spot in the guitar case and I thought it was so cute that I had to take a photo of it and share it with you.

A New Spot

Playdate

Melanie brought her daughter Mekenzie, six weeks younger than Chloe, over to play last week. The dads went out ATVing while the moms visited at our house and the girls played. Below you will see a few photos of Chloe and Mekenzie, and one of the two dads (Michael is Mekenzie's dad) after coming back from their ATV fun.

The girls with their proud papas!!

Look at my baby blues...

You are my friend...

Chloe & Mekenzie

Halloween

Chloe's first Halloween went off without a hitch!! We missed daddy though, Nate had to work late. We had a lot of fun trick or treating with Gpa Tom, Gma Kris, Cousin Hope, and Uncle Gordon (I came along too!!) Chloe was an adorable Minnie Mouse and Hope was a beautiful Snow White. We started at my sisters house with taco soup for dinner. Then we took photos, some of which I have published below, and went out trick or treating. Chloe was so excited to see all the kids and all the action that was going on around her. It was a real "treat" to watch her!! My sis stayed behind to man the candy at their house while the rest of the gang went around the hood to trick or treat. I also published two photos below the Halloween photos that I have been meaning to publish for some time now. You will see Chloe standing and sitting all by herself, just some of her newest accomplishments. She is six months old now and what a big girl doing all these new things!! We are having the time of our lives with her:). We pray that you all had a fun and safe Halloween.

Miss Minnie Mouse

Mommy & Me on Halloween

The cousins...We look so cute!

The "Gang" ready to Trick or Treat

This is fun!!

Look at me!!