Nathaniel outside our house.

Nathaniel with his turkey he decorated for preschool.

Gobble!

Our new set of wheels!  A splurge for all our road trips and camping adventures!  

A rainbow we spotted out our back windows.  We could see the whole arc - it is just very faint in this photo.

Annabelle and Nathaniel made these turkeys as a thanksgiving treat for friends.

Annabelle posing with her turkey-cookie creation.

Nathaniel with one of his turkeys

Nathaniel eating lunch with his friend Coal the bear.

11/20/05...Annabelle singing with the choir at church.

A tea party with Grandma Rudy (my mom).  She arrived to spend the week with us, mainly to watch the kids while I served on jury duty.

At the park with Grandma Rudy.

Reading books together...

Making cranberry relish.

playing with play-doh.

Thanksgiving morning...making pumpkin pie.

More books

Annabelle setting the table.

Our traditional Thanksgiving nature walk - it was a toasty 18 degrees!

Making cornbread stuffing.

Annabelle's place setting.

Thanksgiving dinner!

Annabelle and Grandma Rudy.

Pumpkin Pie!

The first snow, the day after Thanksgiving

Annabelle in front of our house.

At our church Advent event Sunday, making a manger our of graham crackers.

Playing in our basement.  We rearranged and painted a few walls purple - on a whim over the weekend!

Grandma Rudy's last day with us.  Annabelle was pleased as punch to have Grandma visit for  lunch at school.

At school, outside Annabelle's class.