Happy Thanksgiving!

What a great day! So many things to be thankful for… we are so blessed :) 

 Greg pre-morning run in Cora's pilgrim hat

 Naptime between football games

 YAY Lions! Ironically, we were at the game 10 years ago when Packers were at Lions on Thanksgiving day… which was the last time they won. 

 Our "feast"

 FaceTiming with Michigan

Christmas cookies

Today Cora and Becky made homemade cookies for Thanksgiving. Cora especially loved the science behind mixing colors for the frosting. 

Sega

We're so excited to take Aunt Becky to Preschool Open Gym today...

 Emi working on her cartwheel

Yippie, Aunt Becky's back!

She's here for the Thanksgiving week and we are soooo excited!

 Yoga time!

(nice capes)

 Taking a snooze

 Only Aunt Becky paints these girls' nails :) 

Happy 9 months, Louisa!

Louisa's keeping us on our toes. She's totally mobile via crawling and pulling herself up to stand. Of course she's a curious little cat and into everything. She's saying a few more words (ma ma, da da) and is starting to eat some solid foods. She's got 3 teeth now and is working on her final front tooth. I'm not sure on her current stats, but she's growing a TON!

 Pulling herself into the moses basket to join the dolls

 Scooting in playroom

Standing at activity table

Farewell, Li

The great Li Mu Bai, whom Greg found as a kitten and "gifted" to his folks when he started living on ships, has moved on to better places. His persnickety personality and tolerance for our girls' boisterous pats and Greg's baths AND his affinity for beer will be greatly missed….  

RIP, Li (2001-2013)

Happy 8th Birthday, Finn!

We love celebrating birthdays :)  

yummy!

Typical little sister!

Aloha y'all

… To sum up our great weekend by combining the languages of where we lie our heads :) We look forward to the next time...

A visit to the ducks

It seems the Peabody Hotel is a favorite place to take guests when they visit. We came to see the famous march of the ducks and were pleasantly surprised by the uncrowded, easy atmosphere compared to other visits. 

 On the Skyview level, where the ducks live when not in the lobby fountain

 Relaxing on the mezzanine

Pretending to use the house phones 

Quack Quack!

a Tea Party!

As soon as Cora learned that Caitlin was visiting, she asked if we could throw a tea party, so we did! We sent the boys to get burgers while we enjoyed finger sandwiches - cucumber, olive, salmon and PB&J, fruit and cream puffs and cookies

Everyone showed up with hats and gloves 

 Cora was a very attentive pourer of "kid tea" 

Louisa enjoyed teething on the silver teaspoon...

Downtown Collierville

After church today, we went downtown to the square to run off some donut-energy and enjoy the beautiful fall day.

Sunday donuts!

 At the gazebo (preparing for a Veteran's ceremony)

Feeding the fish

 A pretty fall picture of our front yard and pond

 The girls feeding the fish -- they took the job very seriously (and had to be coaxed back a few times as they almost fell in the pond!)