Lots of Updates

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday, and now we find ourselves in the final two weeks of school before the winter break!  Can't wait--this is one of my favorite times of year!

Here are a few updates from the weeks before and after Thanksgiving:

 We got our first major snow of the season before the holiday.  The boys love snow!

 

 We went out for a snowy walk and all this boy wanted to do was throw snowballs at his mother...

Jacoby's playful side doesn't surface often, but when it does it's a blast (and it's relentless)!

 

Morgan is as happy and silly as can be!

 

The boys got their rental skis.  We have a family pass to Eldora Mountain this year and can't wait to hit the slopes closer to home!  No I-70 for us this year!

Justin went and had lunch with the boys at school.  These are Jacoby's BFFs who sit with him everyday at the peanut free table...that means their moms pack them something other than PB&J every single day so they can sit with our boy and we are so very grateful for that.

I squeezed in some time to give my latest $7 thrift store finds a quick Annie Sloan face lift.

#ilovepainting!

Our biggest excitement before the holiday was the oven breaking.  The boys had a quick moment of panic and worry that our feast might be canceled, but we ended up with a delicious meal thanks to three slow cookers.  We're always up for a challenge when it comes to food and cooking!

#bringiton

 We enjoyed a very peaceful, relaxing holiday.  We played games and read books.

 

The weather was gorgeous so we spent time outside and even had an impromptu football game.

  We thought about why we're thankful

 

 The boys are thankful for PE, school, friends, Legos, parents, food and feasts.

 Mommy & Daddy are thankful for our family, our health, and all the many blessings we have in our lives right now.

 And then we spent some time putting up Christmas around the house.  Look how far they can reach now!

 Morgan had the important job of placing the star on top of the tree.

 And they love the Polar Express of course!

 The boys set up the nativity while I made dinner one evening.  It's fun to listen to them explain who the characters are and what the story is.

 For Advent this year we're opening a "new to us" Christmas book each evening.  I've been collecting these since the summer from Half.com.

 They enjoy unwrapping a different book each night and reading together.

 And then we had our annual appointment with our team down at Children's Hospital.

The boys are doing so well...we even got to take them off of two of their medications!

 I took a picture of this, not because it's more testing, but because of how few scratch tests they had to have this time.  Only five, compared to 20+ in their very recent past.  We've come a long way, people!  We've got some blood work to do before we can see about adding anything to our diet.

I ran the ColderBoulder 5K with friends on Saturday.  Great course all around the CU campus and it was definitely cold.  I've managed to collect 2-mile, 5K, 10K, half marathon, and full marathon race bibs this year...it's safe to say that I've ran a tiny bit more than I expected to but it has been great fun (well, maybe "fun" is not how I'd describe a marathon, but you know what I mean).  (: