Thanksgiving

We had a really good thanksgiving this year. I made some homemade cranberry sauce that was really good and Kims mom made a great turkey. We all sat around the table and in the end we are all thankful for health and family. Our kids were on the best behavior and were really a joy to be hanging out with. We went to a movie- Madagascar 2 and it was really funny! Then came home and began the ritual of setting up Christmas decorations. A co-worker sent me a very true email that really makes one think. Some of the snippets were "if you are upset at the loudness or off-key singing of ones around you-Be THANKFUL that you can hear, If you are aggravated with your kids behaviour, be THANKFUL that your kids are there with you, If you are tired of reading about the bad things in the world, be THANKFUL that you are educated enough to read, If you are feeling strapped financially and cannot go out and do the things you want, Be THANKFUL you have a roof over your head.
We do take a lot of things for granted and even in hard times we need to see we are still fortunate. HAPPY THANKSGIVING !!

Other side of track.

Race Track on the table now

Race Track Table - Coming together well

Okay so I decided to pull out all the SCX race track stuff and build a cool platfom that I can hoist up to the ceiling in the basement when not in use. That idea did not work, so we decided to just create a table 9 1/2 feet long by 4 feet wide for the track. Kim's gonna paint it soon and we'll get the track set up soon. This should be a fun project for the family. We'll keep it updated...

What a COOL picture this is.

Found this picture in my background images on my Iphone. I think it is a great pic.

The 1st Snow Day of the year!

Grace was so excited, she had her boots on before any of us were even really awake!



Grace was hanging around in this spot, later we realized it was where she decided to fill her gloves with snow, WHILE THEY WERE STILL ON!! She was so cold after this- Duhh!



Grace making snow angels in the 1st snow of the town.

Rob decided "Let's make FUNNEL CAKES!" so we did, and they were quite fun to make...

...but we could not eat them all, cause it made so much. Next time we will cut the recipe into a 1/4th!

This is Camo's 5th Judo Class. Doing the Osoto Gari Throw (A leg sweep)

That little girl is very good!

Grace in her "Judo" stance

Grace is so cute here. This is her picture after she came back from Camo's Judo class!

Cameron at his 2nd Judo Class

Cameron has really done well. He's got a great form, and is very serious. This is an amazing class, as the instructor is a 6th dan and even represented the Italian National Team at the Olympics in Seoul in '88. He also teaches Ju Jitsu.

Grace drew us a monkey!

Grace also was a "Rainbow, Butterfly Fairy (Vampire) Princess"

Uncle John and Ali (Soccer nerd)

Candid Shot of Uncle John Ali and Gracie

Doc Rob and Uncle John

the Burgans with Uncle John

Halloween costume 2 for Grace

Grace's Picture This Morning