We kept things really low key for Thanksgiving, and it was wonderful! I ran a 5k in the morning with some friends, and then we cooked a turkey dinner for just our family. We didn't have to worry about getting the dinner on the table by a certain time, and it was such a relaxing day to spend as a family.
For some reason or another, I've stopped blogging for the past 4 months. I worked at Williams-Sonoma during the holidays, Joel and Nicole were busy growing up, and I got a new calling at Church. I did take lots of pictures, and for journaling purposes I'm going to attempt to get caught up. So please bear with me.
Alex had a business trip to Manhattan back in November, so of course the whole family tagged along. We had an awesome hotel right in Times Square, so I could walk out my door and have tons of options of things to do. We hit up the m&m store, the Disney store, Toys r Us, and got to hang out with Beth and Kerlyn.
Every day that goes by, we grow to love Joel more. He took a step a couple of days ago, but I'm pretty sure it was by accident. He hasn't shown much interest in walking (unless he's holding on to furniture), but he's a pretty fast crawler. When he really wants to go fast, he ducks his head down and charges ahead without looking up. It's pretty funny.
We headed to the park one day after Nicole's school for a picnic. Nikki had been asking for a picnic for awhile, so I decided it was time to do it! We went to a new playground near our house, and although the playground was overgrown, I loved that they had a stretch of lawn for us to hang out on.
