Thanksgiving

Daddy arrived home from Albuquerque Wednesday afternoon. We were happy that his flight was only delayed a few hours due to the weather and crowds. Traveling the day before Thanksgiving was not ideal but it could have been worse. The kids are always so excited to see him when he returns. He has been out of state 5 times in the past 7 weeks. We still don't have any job offers and will be unemployed in January if we can't come up with something soon!
The good news is that we have faith, our beautiful family, the gospel and so many who love and support us. We are so blessed.

Claire took her job of decorating the Christmas tree very seriously. After the kids went to bed Mark and I picked out our 5 favorite ornaments, placed them at the top of the tree and put everything else away. With two small, strong, fast little boys we may have a bare tree for a few years.

Claire's totally awesome "mega-watt" smile!

Sean followed Claire's decorating by using a hammer to knock the ornaments off the tree.
He is a great helper.

Luke mesmerized by our snow globe.

Three little monkeys ready for bed on Thanksgiving.

We lost ducky two nights ago. Claire had to go bed without him. She told us that she was okay and picked out other animals to sleep with. We found ducky last night and the reunion was joyful. She must have been so brave without him. This was Claire and Ducky's first night apart in 2 1/2 years.