Merry Christmas!!

Here is our Christmas card.  I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas.  We are heading home for Christmas to spend the holidays with our families.  We are excited to talk to my brother Jonathan, who is in Brazil, on Christmas day and hear how things are going.

Our New Favorite White Elephant Gift

Claire's Holiday Show

Jason, Drew, Brent, Nile, Claire, and Scott raking leaves at Grandma's

Aunt Sue with the Turkey

Grandma, Grandpa, and Claire after her dance performance

Brent and Claire with Santa

Claire posing in front of the Christmas tree

Claire had her dance holiday show this weekend.   She did a great job.  She knew her routine.  Scott's parents came in town for the weekend to see the show.  Santa made an appearance at the end.  

For Thanksgiving this year we went to my Aunt Sue's house.   Over the weekend, we went and raked leaves at my grandparents house.  The kids had a blast raking leaves and jumping in the piles.

Claire gets her Ears Pierced!

Its official. Claire is growing up too fast. We got her ears pierced last week. She wanted them done for her winter dance show coming up next weekend. Her friends Abby and Katie Tourtillot were there for moral support. 

Happy Birthday Brent!

Brent with his robot

Scott, Carolyn, and B 

The Spiderman Cake

Brent holding up 3 fingers for turning 3

My B

Today was Brent's 3rd birthday.  I can't believe my baby is 3.  We went to Chuck E. Cheese's with our neighbors.  He had a great time playing.  He was little scared of Chuck E.  Cheese.  He hid under the table when he tried to come over and say happy birthday.  Scott made him a spiderman birthday cake.

Happy Birthday Nile!!

Jason and Claire ice skating, she actually took off by herself this time

Craig, Marc, Kevin, Nile, Jason, and Grandpa

Nile with his birthday cake, Scott decorated it

Nile turns the big 9 today.  Yesterday, he had an ice skating party with some of his friends.  Emily and Jason came in town and so did Scott's dad and brothers.  We had the ice skating party from noon-2pm and then we all watched Nile play hockey later that afternoon.  It was a great game to watch.  The game ended 5-5.  We had so many shots on goal, it was crazy.  The most classic moment was when the other team went to do a line shift and they all fell out on each other, it was like a domino effect and then we went down and scored.  Kevin said it was more exciting than a few of the Blues games he had been to.  Nile loved having family come out to his party and his hockey game.  

Halloween Pictures

Claire as the Pink Power Ranger, Nile as James Bond, and B as  Spiderman

Claire with her bag of candy

Brent and his friend Landon

Scott with the kids in front of  our house

Here are some pictures of Halloween night.  We had some friends over for dinner and then Scott handed out candy while I went trick or treating with the kids.   It was a beautiful night.  It was the warmest Halloween I can ever remember.  Nile didn't feel so well after about 1 hour, so I went home with him and Brent.   Claire ended up trick or treating with Nile's friends and their parents.  They said she was going faster than boys and wanted to keep on going.  She came home with a huge bag of candy.  It was a fun night.