Bye November

   With Thanksgiving being so early this year it took me a while to realize that we had a whole other week of November after that.  We had pretty good weather that week, so Luke and I were able to get outside.  He even took us on a long hike down, across, and up the ravine by our nearby park.  Luke was a real trooper through it all.  I only had to carry him a little bit.  That wasn't too bad for a four year old on a three mile hike where we went up the equivalent of 30 flights of stairs.  I loved it.  If I thought I could get away with it we would definitely do more hiking together.  I'm just not sure how far I can carry a four year old, and I am in no particular hurry to find out.  

One of Dax's favorite places to sleep is on our beach towels

Luke swinging at the park

The creek that Luke and I hiked along

Luke all smiles on our hike

I caught Emery sleeping one morning

Then I found Avery asleep like this one night.  That's the Zelda walkthrough that's open.

I forgot to get a picture of Luke's stunning Thanksgiving turkey

Avery playing with Sisko's new beloved Ikea cat toy

We got our Christmas tree all decorated

Here's Harper, Emery, and Avery painting some Christmas scenes