guess who ?

wound up and hot

all we can think of is that elf isn't sure how the controls work .. 

and he must have been missing the cooler weather of the north pole ..

really ..

thank goodness elf can't wake board .. 

around and around ..

after we finished making our pies on wednesday ellie and i ran for a quick manicure ..

when we came home this was going on ..

i was told more than once to stay OFF the track .. which meant that i had to stay behind the fence to take my pictures .. 

this is how the start goes .. cash says 1 and takes off .. then he hollars go and grandpa goes ..

i am not sure why he is standing up but it must make him go faster .. 

round and round and round they went ..

until cash was out of gas .. 

mom .. you have to stay behind the fence .. it is not safe for you out here ..

i go to fast ..

yes cash ..

watch out goble ..

thank goodness he didn't put a hook on the end ..

he's back .. and already in trouble with momma ..

look who showed up at our house this morning .. 

with chocolate smeared all over his little elfin face ..

it seems that elf had himself a little party last night .. 

he ate all of my peppermint bark ..

left all the wrappers as little trophies laying on my counter ..

the kids were both overjoyed that he is back and a little scared for elf because he ate all my bark ..

oh elf .. you should not have done that cash said ..

you are so gonna be in trouble with my momma ..

and he is .. big big trouble ..

lots to be thankful for ..

we had lots to be thankful for yesterday .. 

soon to be born babies .. 

that uncle jon and randy made it by to say hello .. 

even though they had mustaches .. 

it has been awhile since the kids have seen uncle jon so it was a real treat .. 

food .. 

food ..

and more food .. 

a big family .. 

yes .. we are even thankful for uncle ross ..

big plates ..

my kids were thankful that they were able to sweet talk mike into slicing them a piece of pie .. 

aunt mary .. 

sweet boys .. 

pretty weather so we could play croquet ..

and sit outside and visit .. 

we have lots to be thankful for .. we hope everyone had a wonderful day .. 

pies in pj's

our pie making day started in our pj's ..

we had to hurry because cash had to get up to granny's and rake leaves .. 

cash was in charge of cracking the eggs ..

just a few egg shells ended up in ma's pecan pie .. 

by the time that we got to our pumpkin pies .. the kids had changed into their clothes ..

not me .. i stayed in my pj's until 2

after pumpkin pies cash went to granny's and raked leaves ..

ellie and i made grilled cheese sandwiches and got back into back and watched gone with the wind ..

she is in love with scarlet .. oh mom .. i want a dress just like scarlets .. big and poofy .. 

me to .. i said .. me to 

happy thanksgiving eve  everyone !

look what i found !

look what i found on the shelf at the grocery store tonight ..

let the self-induced stomach ache begin .. 

around the house ..

things have been CRAZY ...

jeff thought that it would be fun for the kids to have a bow and arrow ..

WHAT !!!

we are going to repaint the inside of the house between christmas and new years .. 

we had a bunch of sample paint colors made up so that jeff can "see" what the color will look like on the walls .. 

sample paint chips .. 

we are going to repaint the island as well .. 

cash played trains last weekend .. he had it "organized" and i was told to please not touch it .. 

coats from the football game on friday night .. 

and bisquik granny borrowed to make pancakes for the kids on saturday morning .. 

jeff's oil filters for the big truck .. 

i am hoping that they are going to the shop tomorrow ..

shoes .. boxes and halloween cups full of tiger cereal .. 

needless to say we have lots to pick up around here .. 

going to start laundry .. eat some oreos and then get right on it .. 

the "twin" party

cash wanted to have another "twin"party .. 

like last year he says ..

what's a twin party i asked him ..

you know momma .. when we have 1 big cake and 1 side is for me and 1 side is for ellie ..

ok i say ..

so on sunday we had our "twin" party 

cash's most favorite person in the whole world .. besides granny .. hampton

the 'twin" party cake 

baby harper .. who is not really a baby anymore but we still call her that .. wanted to blow out candles to .. so ellie saved half of her 10 candles for her .. 

and thanks to ross's amazing picture taking skills and camera operating ability i got a great pic of the girls and me !!

thanks ross .. you really are the best !!!