It Snowed Today!

Thanksgiving

Phil, Nicole and the kids came back after only being back home in Cali a little over a week. We spent the last few days up at the cabin and had a tasty dinner there last night with everyone including our cousins the Carrasco's. We played lots of games and watched a few movies together. Tori and I played Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella all day, she was in heaven. My favorite part of dinner had to be Grandpa
Clyde's candied yams, as always! Aunt Mill's orange rolls were delicious too! I love Thanksgiving!

I love photographing Tori and Henry

Ember was feed way too much turkey, she zonked out

Genius

Look at this genius. We moved his dog house closer to our house thinking that he would use it then. But instead he likes to lay on top now. Even last night when it was pouring rain he still couldn't figure it out. What a dummy. 

Good Times

Phil, Nicole and the kids left back home today to Palo Alto, but lucky for us they will be back in less than 10 days for Thanksgiving! We spent the night at the cabin last night, it was so nice! We played "Ticket to Ride" for the first time and it was actually a lot of fun. Ryan shockingly really liked it which is a huge deal because he has always been an anti-game playing kind a guy. He even wanted to play it again! We're gona have to buy that one. Anyways, we had fun hanging out with everyone. This morning we woke up to Grandma's yummy home-cooked pancakes and buttermilk syrup. It was a wonderful reminder that the holidays are finally here. I love the cozy feeling this time of year brings.

Here's some pictures from last night. Somehow we all got a little crazy and found ourselves carried away trying on some of my great grandma's old hats and wigs. We were laughing pretty hard. My fav is Henry! 

Happy Birthday

We went out to lunch at Zupas for Nicole's B-day. I haven't been there in a long time, probably since nursing school. It was fun talking to everyone and playing with the kids.  Hopefully we'll be able to spend some more time with them tomorrow.

Family

We've been so lucky to have seen so much family in the last little bit. Ryan's cousin Cody stopped by on his way to Cali on Halloween night and stayed with us. It was finally the first time that I met him. Ryan's brother Sean stopped by on his way to Durango, Colorado where he will be starting his new job. Hopefully we will be seeing more of him. As you saw in our last post, Ryan's grandparent's stopped by over the weekend. Now my brother Phil and his family have come to town and will be here for the next week. We had a very nice dinner at my aunt Mill's house in Highland. Henry has grown so much and Tori is getting so mature! She started pre-school since the last time we saw her a few months ago and she has learned so much.

We had an appointment as a family with the social worker yesterday to meet and talk about my mom and her conditions. My mom had some testing with the neuroopthamologist after to confirm her diagnosis of PSP. She will meet with her neurologist in a few weeks to discuss the test results. It was very good to have our whole family together to talk and all get on the same page. Matt was able to conference over the phone from China. Even though it was like 3 in the morning for him, we were happy he was able to be there with us. We talked a lot about her condition and expectations for the future. We are so blessed to have such a wonderful family. Everyone has been so amazing.

I've finally finished all my shifts at work for the week, so now I will be able to spend more time with the fam. Tomorrow is Nicole's Birthday as well as a baby shower for Analyn. I'm excited to make some good memories. Hopefully I'll have some good pics to come too.

Lucky Dog

Yesterday Grandma and Grandpa Dunlop came to town on their way to their winter house in Arizona. They spent the night at our house. They came bearing gifts for us and Recon!  We went out to a nice dinner at Magelbys last night. It's always nice to see them! Thanks G&G for Stoping in and we hope you enjoy the nice weather!