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Thanksgiving 2016

We had a fun Thanksgiving in Pullman this year. Grammy & Papa spent the majority of Turkey Days in Texas alone, but now that they’re living in Washington again, we all got to be together. Here are all six of the cousins together for the first time:

Heading out on our first long car ride as a family of six. All went well!

The men

The guest of honor

Picking apples

All bundled up for a walk downtown

Silas really wanted one of these for Christmas

The ladies in the family

On Friday we all went bowling

The cheerleaders

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November

November was another busy month, and on top of that my computer broke. It took us a while to sort everything out and eventually replace it, so I blame being almost two months behind on blogging on this. Expect a flurry of posts in the coming days. Here’s some of what we were up to leading up to Thanksgiving:


These two sweethearts have been joining me at night when I put Layla to bed. They sing songs with me and are becoming quite familiar with The Sound of Music soundtrack! I’m in heaven!

When he comes home from school in the afternoons, sometimes he likes to do this:

Happy girl!

For Veteran’s Day Kieron had to bring this star to class with the name of a veteran on it. He proudly chose Grandpa. 🙂   

Almost time for Turkey Day!

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Kieron the Yellow Belt

Kieron had (and passed) his first belt test in karate in November. He was so proud and excited to move up to a yellow belt. I feel like we’ve found a great activity for this boy. He can be quiet and sensitive, but he really packs a punch! We are so proud of him!
  
 

Earlier practices

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Snoqualmie Falls

We had a ton of rain at the end of October/beginning of November and the Snoqualmie river was raging. We took the kids to see the falls (only a couple miles from our home). The hike down was considerably easier than in years past with a young Silas. The boys were sprinting ahead of us checking out all the cool plants and trees. And Layla was happy as can be on Jonathan’s back.

Me and my boys

Jonathan and his little girl

The falls


  

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Late October

Here’s the rest of what we were up to during the end of October.

The three of us before heading out to (an adult) friend’s birthday party. Layla came along and the boys stayed home with Nana.
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At Elysian Brewing Company in Seattle (wow that was a yummy lunch!)
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Lake View cemetery is just north of the park. The boys enjoyed walking through and looking at all the tombstones. Some notable people here include John W. Nordstrom, Guy Carlton Phinney, and Bruce & Brandon Lee. Here we are checking out one of Seattle’s founders, Thomas Mercer’s grave.
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Silas really didn’t like it that some of the flowers were blown over or out of their holders, so he helped put them back. He started to get a little carried away with the rearranging, but it was thoughtful, nonetheless.
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