We celebrated Papa Dave's Birthday in November. :)
Pyramid of cousins!
Gabi with some basketball buddies before a school dance
Vet's Day assembly
Sledding at the cabin :)
We started a new tradition for Thanksgiving! We bought the Lego Home Alone House (4000+ pieces) and spent time as a family putting it together. It was super fun and we enjoyed playing with it all through the Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons.
Gabi dislocated her right shoulder while playing basketball in PE class. She ended up losing the function of her radial nerve for about a month. Her PT outfitted her with this special brace to go along with the isolation sling. She was very upset about having to miss the rest of her basketball season.
We had a quiet Thanksgiving here. We made lots of food and took it over to Joe's grandparents house to all celebrate together. I'm bummed that nobody took any pictures. It was quite the feast! After Thanksgiving, we found a Christmas tree and spent a little time at the cabin. I forced my family to take some family pictures. :) There isn't much snow on the mountain so far this year and we enjoyed the mild weather.
Jacob loved to help me decorate the tree!
It was even nice enough to do some kite flying!
Hudson and Rocky waiting outside the bathroom door for Maya to get out of the shower...so they can follow her around some more.
Jacob wanted to sleep the other direction in his bed so he could see our Christmas lights out his window. :)
Some pics I took for Joe's parents' Christmas card. The "weight" is over!
We tried to spend as much time at the cabin while the colors were still beautiful and then weather was nice!
My mom and dad joined us and even tried out the guest cabin!
Joe and Jacob caught a fish in our creek/pond. Pretty little guy!
This calf moose was hanging around one weekend.
Jacob tried soccer for the first time this fall. He had fun!
Gabi decided to cut off about 10" from her hair. We couldn't believe how long it had grown.
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After
In mid-October, we headed down to Laramie for another football game (unfortunately this time a loss to Air Force), but fun nonetheless. :) The next day, we went to the Great Colorado Air Show in Loveland to see the Blue Angels and other airplanes and jets. It was AMAZING!
The WY Air National Guard guys let Jacob get up in their big truck because he was wearing a Wyoming sweatshirt! Ha!
Jacob with the blue angels in the background.
The first big snowstorm of the season came and we got two snow days out of it! It dumped about 18" and made some pretty incredible drifts.
Ranch cousins headed out to sled!
Jacob digging a fort in a ditch drift
Hot chocolate warms you up!
Maya loves singing in the school choir. They had their first concert.
The first snow fell at the cabin too. We are still able to go in and it has provided some new adventures for the kids!
Happy Halloween!!
Joe and Jacob carved this pumpkin
Gabi was a Bills Mafia member, Maya was a pineapple, and Jacob was Sonic the Hedgehog for trick-or-treating!
The kids had fun trick-or-treating in town with some of their friends. Look at all the Bills players/fans! :) Go Josh Allen!
The fall wouldn't be complete without giving a shoutout to my cross country team! They made the season so fun and both the boys and girls finished as Conference Champs! The Boys took 3rd at the State meet. Love these kids!
