November Happenings

Last weekend we celebrated Thanksgiving with my mom, sister and nephew Mason. We were supposed to travel to Cincy but snow in the mountains prevented us from going. I'm so happy they came to us!!! It's so hard for me to look at this picture because I love this sweet baby so much. Miss him...

Addy's 9th birthday was on Thanksgiving Day but we celebrated the weekend before at her party with school friends.

We also celebrated Aaron's 5th birthday. The highlight was a trip to the Lego Store.

One weekend we explored north Charlotte and hiked at the Latta Plantation.

We went to the Raptor Center nearby which has tons of rescued birds.

This one was my favorite. Addy collects owls and we have one in our woods we hear hooting sometimes.

This is a picture of the park just through the woods behind our house. The kids love to go here.

We just walk through this forest to get to our house. It's so beautiful, especially with the colored leaves!

I didn't get the kids pictures in their Halloween costumes this year. But here's Benny in his festive bat shirt.

He's still got his baby blues.

So proud of this girl, she finally loves to read. We go to the library often to keep her interested.

And finally I want to brag about Jackson. His handwriting is almost better than mine! And he spends hours everyday with paper and pencil writing and illustrating books. So proud of him! Here's some of my favorites...