Thanksgiving

Dad waving. He always waves in pics. hee

My sweetie

Mom

The girls goofing around.

Part of the meal. The turkey tasted better than it looked.

It was a great day. I went over to my parents' house early to put in the bird. My dad helped me get it started. Everyone was going to come to our house but our oven broke. We got another one online and it is sitting in our family room right now until an electrician can hook it up. So I took everything over to Mom and Dad's and cooked it there.

Later the girls and Jay and Aunt Dee and Uncle Jim came. We all ate and fun was had by all. Then Aunt Dee washed what seemed like a million dishes and I helped tidy up.

The girls played outside only briefly. They weren't really dressed for the snow.

Some of the favorite moments of the day:

• Being with my mom and dad early in the morning
  
• Everyone being together during the meal.
  
• Stuffing
  
• Talking to my aunt
  
  
  
• Turkey finally getting cooked!
  
• Invited to Christmas Eve at McGraw house


• Making food for the ones I love most in the world.


• Emily riding home with me and talking "woman to woman" as she put it. :)

new do's

Tara's new haircut, wearing her favorite zoo shirt

I love Emily's new cut so much! No more tangles!

I'm gonna wash that gray right outta my hair!

Today we all three got our hair cut. I love how Emily's turned out the most. Her hair is now in a bob. It's a bit hard to see in the picture I took. I need a new camera I guess.

I'm really liking my new job. I got my ID cards for my medical plan in the mail a couple days ago and felt giddy. I know it doesn't take much to make me happy. :) I am really glad that a big test over six chapters for my night class is finished. I don't know how I did. I think I did alright.

Jay has been on leaf duty for the last couple of weeks. Imagine 12 oak trees surrounding the house. Nuff said.

We have decided to move our girls to my new district for school. It has much more opportunities since our current district's levies will just not pass. Because I am a full time teacher, the girls can go there tuition free. Yay!

Our oven died. I mean really died. It was 43 years old and it had duct tape on it since we moved in five years ago. We ordered a new one that should arrive right before Thanksgiving. I hope so, since I have lots of family coming, and I imagine they might want some turkey!

Learning to use a nail and hammer

The girls made leaf presses at Home Depot today as a Brownie function. Then they gave three bags of toys each to Goodwill to earn a patch. I was proud of them. It wasn't easy giving up some of their toys but they did it willingly. They still enjoy Scouts and I'm glad.

Jay stayed and helped all the girls make their projects. He thought for sure that one of them would bash their finger with the hammer but thankfully no one did. He said that the instructor told them to pick up a nail and they all held up screws instead. Cute.