There Goes November

 Glow Dance at Thornapple Elementary!  Laney could not WAIT to go back to her Elementary school...everything looked "SOOOOO SMALL" coming back.  Mr. Lyon was so happy to see her back in the building.  

The girls LOVE haircut appointments with Ms. Nicole. Evie was loving how she made her hair curly.  

Laney is LOVING football.  She wants to play so bad.  

Escape room birthday party!  Laney had 3 birthday parties 3 weekends straight.  She's a social one.  

Uh Oh!   Look who passed us!  Don't worry, Patrick loves proving he's still stronger even if he is shorter :-) 

My Dad has been talking about taking Carson to Cincinnati to go to a Bengals game for years.  This year he made it happen!  Carson drove down with Auntie and Grandpa and spent the day bopping around Cincinnati and watching the Bengals WIN!  They went to a great game and he had so much fun.  It was pretty special.  Laney was pretty jealous she's ready for the roadtrip next time!  

Laney invited Grandpa to be her special guest at her school for Veteran's Day. Carson did the same thing when he was at Central Woodlands.  Laney is also on the H.I.T. team at school that stays after for meetings to plan all these fun events, so that was her poster.  

Birthday celebration for Eliana!!!  We had such a fun day in  Midland with Aunt Beth, Uncle Nader, Eliana, and Addie!!  Wish we could do it more often.  

Aunt Beth planned so many fun games for us! 

Shrek the Musical with Grandma and Grandpa!

And snow, snow, and more snow.  30 inches in 3 days all before Thanksgiving.  Ahhhh!!!

Laney and Evie are rocking bball!  Evie can dribble that ball like no one else!  

Had to visit the big guy at Meijer Gardens!  

Best.  Santa. Photo.  My favorite for sure!  And it was all Santa's idea!

Got to see Uncle Mike and Aunt Sarah's names at the new Meijer Garden building.

Thanksgiving this year was just what we needed....EVERYONE together at last!  We had both sets of grandparents and all our Aunts, Uncles, and cousins!  What more could anyone ask for?  We are so lucky!

So so so thankful for all these people on Thanksgiving Day.  Best.  Thanksgiving.  Ever! 

Back to Meijer Gardens to see the Christmas train.  

Gosh it feels so busy and rushed right now...it's nice to go back and look at these pics and see that we are still keeping the joy with all the hustle and bustle of the holidays! 

Evie taking it down the court and scoring!

Laney is the goalie.  We estimated she saved 120-160 shots in this game.  No joke.  

Laney's free throws last week.  She makes the 2nd one :-)