It's getting cold out there

The kids rediscovered this whiteboard and have been having lots of fun with magnets

 We had a fun FHE this last week learning about gratitude and coloring thanksgiving pictures afterward

 Since moving to Idaho we have seen a lot more spiders than back home. I found this guy out on the driveway in the evening while I was cutting some wood

 It is a false black widow. It has got this name because it resembles and is often mistaken for a black widow spider. He didn't last very long after I got my pictures

 It's starting to get cold around here and the kids are excited to wear their winter gear

 Learning about shapes at preschool

 Lyza and her best friend

 What happy kids

 Nixon's latest bad habit is not eating his food at dinner time unless he is sitting on my lap. I hope we can get him out of this phase soon

 I put up the Christmas lights last Saturday before it got cold and snowy

 It is hard not to turn them on

Mr. Nixon got a hair cut last week. We had to bribe him with a sucker to get him to sit still

 He looks so grown up with his short hair

 Last week at church 

 Here he is before church this morning. What a little model!

We got a Fisher Price catalog in the mail and Lyza loves looking at all of the toys

 Interesting place to read

 There was a huge windstorm here on Tuesday and lots of areas lost power because of damaged trees. We got our head lamps out in case we lost power (we never did) and the kids had a great time playing with them

 This guy decided it would be a good idea to draw on the wall with crayon. His mother made him clean it all up. We hope he learned his lesson

 Kim and the kids made some cookies for our new neighbors. The kids were excited for them to come out of the oven

 The library had a visitor and our kids were terrified of him. I don't blame them! Look at those dead eyes.

 Our little composer

 I had a little repair project under the sink and Nixon was right there by my side willing to lend both hands

This is a video of the kids getting a little crazy with their good night hugs

Here is a video of how Nixon says "hello." I think he is so adorable!

That's all for now. We are excited for Thanksgiving this week and some company. Take care.