Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We had a great time. My brother’s family came in from Colorado and we had such a nice visit. Here are some pictures to reflect.

Cousins - it’s so fun to watch these guys start to play together.

Uncle Ryan reading before bedtime

Piano time

Uncle Kevin and Ryleigh

All the boys went for a ride on G.Grandpa’s Gator

The Smith clan

Aren’t they so cute?!

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It’s been a while since I’ve posted… I dont’ have a ton of pics to post but a few fun things have happened this month.

#1 GO BUCKS!!!! Whoo Hoo! The Big game was awesome! Poor Kevy, our son is still wearing scarlet and gray for at least one more year. (sorry no pictures to report on this subject).

The New Hope Gala Auction was fun… this is the event that I planned and organized for years while I was still working and when Kevin came into my life I dragged him into it as well… we made a great team! Since I stopped working I’ve been slowly weaning my way out of major duties and this year we were actually able to sit back and enjoy the entire evening w/o running around like chickens with our heads cut off. (Still not many pictures to post … but here’s one). It was a western theme this year… we had lots of fun. Yee Haw!

Here are just a few random pictures taken:

Ethan just being cute:

Erin trying the straight look:

My new favorite picture:

Ethan loves to color:

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We had a great time trick or treating this year!  It was Ethan’s first time going out to get candy and he did great!  I wasn’t exactly sure how he would do cuz he can get a bit apprehensive of new things at times but he held out better than the older kids we went with!  Toward the end of our loop around the neighborhood he was really getting the hang of walking up to a house and getting something in return.  He was energized and ready to go for a second round just as all the other kids were tired and worn out.  What a fun night!  Check out the pictures in our latest album:

* halloween NOT FOUND *

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That’s all I feel like I say these days!  “No, Ethan, don’t do that, No, Ethan, don’t touch that, No, Ethan, put that back”  Ugh!  I HATE saying NO!!!!  Is this normal or am I a bad mom and don’t know how to get my kid to obey.  I know most of you reading this are around my little Ethan a lot and are saying… “yeah right, the kid is an angel!”  And most of the time he is, but man, this week he is trying my paitence.  He gives me that look … the look that says “can I get away with this?  what will she do if I do this one more time”.  It’s like he touches and gets into everything that’s NOT his toys.  I know he’s just getting to that age but come on, there’s gotta be a better way than following him around and telling him no when he touches or does something he’s not supposed to do.  Maybe I just need better ideas of what to keep him occupied with during the day.  Any moms reading this???  HELP!!!!

And it doesn’t help that I say “No” to my dog all day too! 

Ugh… I don’t know if I’ll be able to handle two.

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