Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy belated Thanksgiving to you all! We had a wonderful thanksgiving, ate WAY too much (as usual) and spent time with family. It was a small dinner party this year, us and the boys, my parents and my grandma. After dinner, however, the party got a bit bigger, Trista, Jason and Kody came and then later the boys came for the annual Poker Game. I was SO tired I didn't even make it up for Black Friday to shop with all the frantic, crazy people out in search of a deal! It was very sad and I hope to resume the tradition next year. My mom and I shared the cooking responsibilities this year and eventually I hope to be able to do it all so she doesn't have to for those of you who do it you know what a big job it is! It was good though and we hope everyone had a great holiday! I will post pics soon, I have been having trouble uploading them as of late.
Loves!

Aunt Stacy comes to visit

So it has been quite sometime since I have posted anything. Darren's sister Stacy came to visit us this past weekend. She got spend some time with the boys and we all went out on Saturday evening. It was a fun time. It was a very short visit as she stayed with some other friends Friday and part of Saturday, but it was good to have her here! Braeden loved playing with her as did she with him! She is hoping to make it out our way again in January, we are looking forward to that.

Steelers Fans!

So Darren's favorite NFL team is the Steelers (if you hadn't guessed by the Title!) Anywho he got to go to their home territory for a quick visit while he was out of town and got some pictures of Heinz Field and their stadium as well as some beautiful scenic Pennsylvania photos...here they are! Enjoy!

The Stadium!

I have been having some trouble uploading the pics, I will add more to this post once I can get them to upload!

Darren's Trip to PA!

Here are a few photos of Darrens vacation to Pennsylvania with his mom to visit family! He went for his cousin Debbies wedding. He got to see many of his family member he hasn't seen in about 17 years or so! He had a lot of fun and said the wedding was beautiful and lots of fun.

Debbie (The Bride to Be - Darren's cousin) and Marcia (Darren's mom)

Sharon (Darren's Aunt, Marcias Twin Sis, Debbies mom) and Marcia dancing
Darren and Debbie's sister Lisa Sharon, Marcia and Darren's Grandma Helen
The bride and groom - Matt & Debbie standing above Grandma Benson

Costumes!!

Here are a few pictures of the costume party we went to on Saturday the 28th!! As I said before I was "supposed" to be an African Safari Guide however it turned out to be more of a tourist than a guide!! Braeden was of course (supposed to be) the tiger and Brooklynd the Lion!! As you can clearly see there are no pics of Braeden as he wouldn't keep his costumes on even for 1 picture at the party!! We did try to put it on again over the weekend just for ONE picture he started but didn't like it once it was up to his waste....I gave up...He did go trick or treating in a ninja costume with Freya at daycare on Halloween, so he must have just NOT liked the furry costume...he was so cute in it, at least I got to see him in it once (right when we got it!)

Cally, Tanner, me and BrooklyndRoar...
Braeden's costume (heehee!), Braeden, Tanner & Brooklynd!Our baby Lion!!