50/52 We bought a House!!!

Sunday: Nicolas Birthday at the Gym at the YMCA- the kids had a blast!!  

Wednesday:  NavNight we prayed for Johanna who has led our group this semester but is heading to study abroad in England next semester- we will miss her, but are so glad she will be back next semester!  And yes, I am pregnant in case you were wondering;)

Thursday: Morning Playtime where everyone was happy doing their thing before school.  

Thursday: I help lead a women's prayer group- so after dropping kids off at school came home with Sam to finish prepping it.  Sam promptly walked upstairs and put himself to sleep!  I had to wake him up to go to play with his friend Bethany.  Later that afternoon he fell asleep again reading in the orange chair.  

Friday: We bought a house!  what?!!!???  So amazing.  Later that night the students really honored us with thoughtful, special gifts at our annual Christmas Party.  

Saturday: I stayed home with the kids and tried to purge some of our arts and crafts projects.

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What a fun week!  Wednesday night dinner and ICE CREAM at UMASS

 Thursday Night Dinner with Friends- Love this gang!  I hope they remain lifelong friends!!

Saturday Night We got to meet this handsome little boy- Desmond- lets just say I am thankful I get to have my own little one, one more time :)

 I don't know what night this was...  but his hand was stuck in the salsa jar.  Nate did help him right after this photo was taken.

 This was Saturday daytime- Gingerbread Houses at Liz and Andy's

 Nate's.

48/52 Thanksgiving!

We had a lovely week for Thanksgiving.  We have so much to be grateful for- its really amazing.  Monday and Tuesday were "normal" except our friends Randon and Kelly visited with their two boys- who share birthdays with our two boys!  Randon and Nate went to college together and we had great time catching up.  Wednesday we headed to Bolton for the big day.  Thursday morning we watched the parade and played outside before having dinner.  Friday we were lucky enough to see all of my family in Lincoln for a few moments.  Saturday was a rainy day in Amherst and the kids played SO WELL while Nate and I got much needed work done.  Today we went to church and Olivia has a play date with our neighbor while th boys napped and watched football.  I must say there are hard moments when I yell or scream in frustration but overall- I really like my life:)  I am blessed!

Isaac playing in some mud (before his hands got COLD)

Olivia on her playdate

Sam loves football!  its really funny how adamant he is- he even wanted to go back to a specific game when Nate tried to switch the channel on him.

Rainy day Saturday- the boys and I were in our PJs all day.

Riding bikes at Nana and Papas on Thanksgiving

Having lunch appetizers while watching the end of the parade.

Papa and my nephew Liam- so cute! I love his hair!

All the people playing "football"

Aunt Linda always has something fun up her sleeve- this time it was a lunch sticker book.  My other nephew Drew is playing here with Olivia.  Also has great hair:)

Must have been Tuesday that Sam didn't want to nap, so he promptly fell asleep during TV time later in the afternoon.