long weekends!

i've always loved long weekends...

i mean who doesn't enjoy four long days of nothing ;)

this past weekend was wonderful

one, it was thanksgiving...yummy!

two, brandon was home for four days with parker and i

three, so much good food.

weekends in general are good but since we had an extra long one...it was really good.

we started with the thanksgiving service on wednesday night at church.

it's such a great way to remember all the things, people, places, everything we are thankful for

thursday- turkey day! we started with a crisp walk (to make room for food!)

then headed to the K's for a thanksgiving feast!

friday was super relaxed with morning coffee, grocery shopping,

it was super rainy so it was fun to snuggle up on the couch with parker

friday evening we celebrated brandon's birthday! (a day early)

ray and carissa came over to enjoy a beautiful meal

and yes, brandon cooked his own bday dinner!

it was delish! sorry no pictures :(

we had sea scallops with hollandaise sauce with pulled pork on top....so good!!!

saturday meant michigan football! go blue

and more hanging out :)

parker enjoyed all the extra time with dad...he was all smiles for most of the weekend!

sunday wrapped up the beautiful weekend with church, a walk along lake washington, soup for dinner 

and watching the packers play.

 oh! and parker wore blue jeans for the first time! soooo cute :)

 family fun :)

thanksgiving

hope you all had a wonderful thanksgiving!

we had/have so much to be thankful for...

parker has been a huge blessing for us this year,

we have jobs we love,

a new house,

wonderful family,

terrific friends,

awesome food to eat (huge thanks to brandon),

and most importantly a God who never leaves us,

forgives us,

and loves us unconditionally

forever!

some pictures from turkey day

 hey wait...that's a turkey on my butt :)

 so excited for turkey!!

 food coma...

3 Months!!

wow! parker's three months!

we can hardly believe it!

and as you can see he's thrilled...

or not so much :)

football

this weekend was super rainy!

and today...more rain!

we filled the weekend with a yg event and lots of football!

i think parker is well on his way to being a 

michigan and packers fan 

:)

 watching the wolverines win!

parker time!

go pack go!

 not football related...but parker giving baby cheng a hug! too cute!

parker's room

welcome back on a tour of our home :)

i thought we would jump to the top floor

to parker's room!

its seen a lot of change since we moved in

and there is still a bunch i would love to do!

this is where the washer and dryer live...hooray for laundry on the top floor!

 parker's room!
his crib, the rocker (it's the one brandon was rocked in)

dresser/changing table...shelf for toys!

i made parker this mobile last week

 he loves it!

on his shelf...three canvases...specially painted for parker!
plus my frog from the thills and a doggy from the thills :)

parker's bookcase, laundry and some unfinished art work!

i'm hoping to paint his room a light grey with the wall behind his bed in grey and white stripes!

our week in pictures

 giggling at the mirror is always fun

 asleep...oh hats!

 so comfy!

 cat napping

upside down!

(i know, looks dangerous

...but i was right there and put a blanket under his head....and he really thought it was fun!)

a weekend of burgers and relaxing!

it was cold this weekend!

and rainy!

perfect for burgers, snuggling and relaxing!

so that's what we did!

 what a weekend for sports! did you catch the Michigan game? we did! whew!

brandon was jumping around which scared parker...who cried :(

 we celebrated with yummy burgers and roasted carrots...yum!

 we enjoyed the burgers so much we had them again on sunday!

and watched the sounders lose to la...boo

all this good food wore parker out :)

a tour...

i thought it would be fun to give you all a tour

of our new home!

and of course,

 highlighting the current projects,

 finished projects, 

projects for the future!

so let's start!

when you first walk into our home you are on the ground level.

 we have this awesome spot for dumping...actually i would prefer it to stay neat!

huge thanks to mary for her help with painting!

 this was my first project...the cabinets were originally a dark wood and the baskets wicker

i love the look of the clean, crisp white with the blue :)

 continue down the hallway and you pass a small bathroom and then enter our guest room

 which is pretty tiny...but does the trick!

welcome to the first floor!

more on the other floors later in the week!

lately...

whew...we've been busy lately!

garth and mary came for a visit!

 parker loved meeting his grandpa and grandma!

grandpa and grandma worked on projects and made many trips to the local hardware stores :)

and of course cuddles with parker!

we showed off our dino hat!

enjoyed the fall weather!

 

brought a spiffy outfit...

it was wonderful to have them visit!

parker and i went to our first peps meeting!

its a group for new moms and their babies...

parker was really into checking everyone out, 

while all the other babies slept or ate!

we saw uncle andy and aunt allysha!

he was wiped out!

happy halloween :)

we had a fall fun party last night with yg...aka halloween. it was a blast :)

 roar!

 space cowboy

hooray!

p.s. parker looked like this for pictures only! then he relaxed like this...

huge thanks to R and C for holding parker for most of the evening!!