Happy Thanksgiving!

 I went go-karting with some friends last week and had lots of fun

I shared a picture of Henry wearing this sweater last week but this is a better picture

Last Sunday after church we saw these three moose across the street

They were actually on Lyza's teacher's front yard. Hi Ms. Reed!

Nixon got to practice with his camera

Quit licking yourself!

Lyza and Nixon have been doing extra chores trying to earn money to buy Christmas presents

The next day we saw 6 moose!

Knowing that there are two mothers, each with two babies, explains why we have seen so many moose this year and why sometimes the babies seem bigger than other times

One of the babies got tangled in Christmas lights

Put that on a Christmas card

On Thanksgiving morning Kim got up early and ran and then after read some books with Henry

We prepared a mighty feast

The sunset was really pretty especially with the visible moon

This is Wes, one of the other attorneys at my office

We had his family over for dinner

Henry loved his dessert

The next morning we had another moose sighting right across the street

Look at that tongue!

If you have ever wondered what it is like to watch the moose, you are in luck! I like watching the mom eat the apples off the tree

That same day we got the Christmas decorations out and Henry immediately fell for Santa

Nixon looks so cute in these elf pajamas

We got the tree all set up

And lit

So cute

Can you tell Mason dressed himself?

We had fun listening to Christmas music and watching Christmas music videos

And setting up the stockings

Portraits with Christmas lights in the background are magical

Mason found my favorite sweater

And we got all the ornaments on the tree

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

We read about the elf on the shelf

And that night we watched some Christmas cartoons

More Christmas books the next day

On Saturday we all went to watch the bald eagles

And do some climbing

There were lots out

It was really sunny and while the sun was out we didn't see much action on the lake. When the sun went behind the clouds the eagles got more active and started fishing

We had fun together

After that Kim and the kids played some games and Mason destroyed them at memory

Take care!

Moose, Eagles, and Caramel Apples

 Here is handsome Henry at church a couple weeks ago wearing the sweater that Nixon wore for Peter and Jane's wedding

Nixon asked me if I would read the Book of Mormon with him a couple of Sundays ago. It was such a nice experience.

Desperate times call for desperate measures...

Henry getting a moment to himself to play without Mason harassing him

We had another good moose sighting. I am no moose behavioral expert but I am pretty sure these two were snuggling

When the moose's breath shows it is very intimidating

The kids enjoyed watching from the window

This is one of the babies

And here is the mom. The garage door offers a good point of reference for comparison of their sizes

Just trotting along the street

Cars always slow down when they see the moose

The kids had a crazy hair day at school

Crazy kids

Henry enjoying a little bike ride on a chilly day

He is super cute when he paints

Some day we might see Mason's artwork hanging in a gallery

He was so excited to see this mail box at his friend's house where he did preschool. Now he has a place to put all of his mail. (He also made that paper bag all by himself)

The kids got to try out a new park this last week, which meant climbing new structures

And making music

We made caramel apples as a family. Here is a little video of the fun

The final product was delicious!

Henry got a new handsome haircut

The eagles are back!

They are here catching spawning kokanee salmon

Nixon and Lyza came with me and enjoyed exploring and watching the eagles

There were lots of eagles but they were mostly just sitting around looking pretty

The photographers were out in full force

The kids loved looking at all of the dead fish

I thought this view of washed up docks on the lake looked cool

It is really cool looking at the pictures of the eagles catching fish after because it all happens so fast it is hard to fully appreciate it in real time

Talk about a front row seat! I would be worried about getting my gear wet

Not sure how this one got away

I learned that these are the immature eagles that don't yet have the white head and tail feathers

I am glad to have these two who are interested in nature

#Merica

Five eagles in frame

While we were there the little boys were playing at the river

Mason was so excited to get his hands on this shipping paper and turn it into art

Henry was sad so his awesome big brother was consoling him

I am so impressed with Lyza's love for reading. This is something that she memorized from her favorite series, Wings of Fire

Take care