Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is my holiday to host and this year was no exception. Well actually there was a huge exception....Jeremy's oldest brother and wife got to join us this year. Ben was very very excited to get a chance to play with his Aunt Vickie. The turkey was good this year thanks to Jeremy the turkey chef. It was great having more to dinner this year. Ben and I had fun making place cards using Ben's had as the turkey.

This year I am thankful for my family and friends. This year has flown by and cant believe Christmas is around the corner. I hope everyone had safe travels.

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Santa Visit

This year Ben was so excited to see Santa he could not stand it. We went with his cousin Reagan to help her not cry. I cant believe he was there so early this year but whatever it works for us. Ben went right up to Santa sat on his lap and asked for a big red tractor trailer. I have no idea where he saw this truck however it is what he asked for. Sadly he will NOT be receiving this gift but he will be happy with what "Santa" brings him. His cousin did not cry with Santa but didnt talk to him either. They both were very cute.

Picture time

We have had a long week of lots of smiles. First Ben had his school pictures taken at school last week. Then this week I took him to get his 4 year old birthday photos and rounded the week off with visiting Santa. I will keep all of the photos a secret for now but look for your own copies of them in your christmas cards this year.

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Can't wait to design our holiday cards! They seriously have so many options that I love this year! I have spent so much time just going through their site. We are going to put up our tree soon and take our own pictures this year to save money. I have made some holiday cards already using pictures of Ben. I want to start doing this every year and make it a tradition. I think it will be kinda fun to come up with a new idea and a new card every year. My only problem will be selecting just one!
Card Stationary
Christmas Cards
Holiday Cards
 
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I absolutely LOVE shutterfly! I have done many scrapbooks for family and friends for gifts. LOVE IT! I will probably be ordering another one pretty soon. I think that they make adorable gifts! Check out the photo books that they offer here. Turnaround time was really good to. I had it in less then a week! Unbelievable. I know it will be a memento we treasure forever!

A sample of one of the books I have done is below of Halloween over the past few years. I hope everyone gets a chance to use Shutterfly even just to print photos. I order photos at least once a month if not more and love the quality of them. Enjoy!

Halloween

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Halloween

This year was so fun going trick or treating. We went with friends to a different neighborhood as ours only has usually one or two houses to go to. Benjamin was Optimus Prime from the Transformers and he loved wearing the mask. Jeremy had to work all weekend but made it home literally just in time to join us for trick or treating.

Ben and his friend Brendon

 

Ben and Kailey

Ben and I went to the church to join in on Trunk or Treat. It was a ton of fun as each room had a fun game to play for a cute little prize. Ben thought it was so fun and kept dragging me from room to room as he won each game. Then we had a costume parade around the church before heading outside to trunk or treat. We were both tired after that night. 

On Halloween we went over to a friends house for a fun get together before heading out to get yummy treats. Ben held his friend Kailey's hand almost the entire night. We had to keep telling them to wait for us as they were running from house to house. The street we went on even had treats for the adults (tehe). Over all we had a great fun (yet cold) weekend. It was so fun watching Ben be a little boy and independent from us.

The scary witch that Jeremy thought was cool. (I thought it was real.)