Volunteer Lettuce

We have some lettuce that grew all on its own in the garden this fall.  (I suspect it's from the lettuce we planted this spring, that bolted and went to seed quickly in the unseasonably warm June we had.) I'll take yummy lettuce any way I can get it!

A New Ornament

My Tree

Leftovers

I mostly followed this recipe for a Thanksgiving turkey panini.  It has turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and gravy.  I used the rest of Jenny's bread to make the sandwich.  We loved this so much I think we will add it to our regular rotation of leftovers!

Christmas Helper

Guess who loves decorating just as much as I do!

A Project

I picked up this weaving craft project at the store for $5.  It was totally worth the price for Rachael to have a project to work on at home for a few days!

Family Time

Rachael had the day off from school so Ryan took a vacation day and we went to breakfast and then to see the Muppets. It was a fun family day!

Thankful Turkey

Our annual family home evening tradition for the Monday before Thanksgiving.  We all write things we are thankful for on the turkey's feathers.

Home Teachers

Awesome cookies from our awesome home teachers!

Louisville Temple

We loved spending some time at the temple tonight.  A big thanks to our friends the Jasinskis who watched Rachael so we could go.

Silicone Spatulas

These are some of my favorite kitchen tools!

Thanksgiving Countdown

We made this countdown tree last year for Thanksgiving.  Since it's my favorite holiday, I thought we should have a fun way to celebrate it just as well as Christmas!

Applesauce

Finally made applesauce with the apples we got in Pennsylvania!

Croc Slippers

These are my Croc slippers I got at Disney World a couple of years ago.  They are so cozy I spend most of the winter wearing them.  And I smile every time I look at the cute Mickey Mouse shaped holes.  (Because there is nothing else cute about Crocs!)

Moonrise

Fall Color

Fall color at Lake Reba.

Upside Down

Roses

Still blooming.  In November.

Girls

Love Rachael's cute friends Madi & Mikayla.

Bach

Thanks to our friend Nathan for the tickets to the Back concert at the Presbyterian Church.  The concert was wonderful.  (The hard wooden pews, slightly less so.) 
[I did not take this picture during the concert.  This is during the intermission; Nathan happened to be practicing for a few minutes.]

Weeble Castle

Probably one of the favorite toys of all the kids that have ever played at our house.

Wildlife

We love finding "wildlife" around the yard.  This is the second praying mantis this fall! We also get ladybugs, cicadas, all kinds of other bugs, toads and even an occasional turtle.

Antibiotics

Second ear infection this year...