Hudson's 1st Birthday

Per tradition we attempt a family picture at the birthday party that is anything but pretty.
Can't believe our little prince is ONE! What a crazy fast year!
He really enjoyed his cake...more than the girls ever did. :) What a boy!

Of course we loved shopping in the boy section of Toys R Us! And you can't be a little boy without a big Caterpillar.

Some more random Thanksgiving weekend photos

Paige looking her finest.

Everybody needs a silly hat
Cousin Lindsey enjoying a granola bar
Marina taking pictures of Gramps
Touring the new place (will we ever get to live there?)

Thankful for Family and Friends

We had a wonderful time consuming mass quantities of poultry and potatoes this year. Rob and Andrea Vail hosted our Thanksgiving Dinner at their house this year and included Leann's Mom, Dad and Brother, as well as Don's Mom, Dad, and Sister. The table was gorgeous and the food was delicious. For more copy on the occasion check out the (Prairie Pandemonium Report).

Grape ice and ginger ale was AWESOME.

The chocolate fountain was amazing
Marina thought so too!!

With all of the free help in town, we got a little work done on our house. Check it out at our house blog.

Something to be VERY thankful for!

Baby Stickel #4 is on the way. Here is our first picture of our little 9 week old! We're so thrilled to share this news -- our family arrived last night and were only "kinda" surprised :) I guess when everyone knows how much I love even numbers...they knew it was just a matter of time. We're due June 29th.

Happy Halloween

Well...no shocker in our house...we had 2 little girls that wanted to be pink princesses. So they were Sleeping Beauty. Most of the time Paige still called herself a princess, but once in a while she would say that she was "leaping booty" -- we love 2 year old mispronunciations.

Don took the kids to the Vails (friend in our area) and they went trick or treating with Kenrick the fireman and Anthony the rabbit. Hudson was sick so I had to stay home. I will try to get a picture of him in his costume & post it later.