Thank You Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving, we really wanted to drive to Casper, WY to visit Tyler's sister and her husband.  Tyler's parents were flying in from NJ so we were hoping and praying that we would be able to.  If the weather is bad, I-80 will be closed and there's no getting through.  Fortunately, we were super lucky and the weather was perfect, so we got to go!

There are lots of buffalo in Wyoming

Wyoming just brings this out in you

We ate so much food while we were there.  I think the only time I was actually hungry was Thursday morning.  We stuffed our faces and had a delicious Thanksgiving.  I made pumpkin pie (my annual tradition!) and it turned out really yummy.  Proud moment.


Lupe & Ron

Kendall & Ashley

Tyler & Dominique

We bummed around and played games.  We did some Black Friday shopping and scored some good deals that we were happy with.  We saw the sights of Casper and even went to a museum.  It was a nice little get-away and we were happy spend time with our family!

Greyson as a mammoth

Grandma Lupe in fur

Choo choo!

Thanksgiving is a good reminder of all the blessings we have in our lives.  We have so much to be grateful for, and I'm glad for the opportunity to celebrate it and say thank you!

Halloween!

Recognize us?  Hiccup, Toothless and Astrid from How to Train Your Dragon!

We had a really fun Halloween weekend.  We started off by going to the zoo with my step-sis Annie, her hub Matt and their daughter Mia.  We went trick-or-treating to the animals....or vendors who gave us candy and free kid's meals. 

Cheese!

Then we attended a family party where Greyson's pumpkin won first prize!  Tyler had to work that night, but G and I went to a neighborhood party and he jumped in his first bounce house and never wanted to come out.

Our winning car pumpkin

Tyler's dragon pumpkin

On Halloween day, Tyler and Greyson came to my work and went trick-or-treating to my coworkers in their cubicles.  Greyson started to catch on to the whole idea because this boy loves candy.
That night we went door-to-door as Halloween predicates, and he ate it up!  Once he figured out that he got to push buttons (doorbells) and got cakies (candy) when someone answered, he was in it to win it.  We went all over our neighborhood and brought home a good haul.  He was one tired little guy by the time we got back, but the candy revived him and we watched It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.  Top choice out of the candy bag: tootsie rolls.  Maybe his tastebuds are still developing. ;)


Halloween haul

What a happy Halloween.