Monday, November 27, 2017

Harrison Lake Thanksgiving

It is such a treat when we get to spend a few days in a row at the lake.  And I love it in the fall just as much as the summer.  Slow, beautiful days outside playing and inside cooking and playing games. It is just the best.

Mendy made everybody matching shirts this year because the lake is truly our Happy Place. Self-timer for the win! 
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Thank goodness Aunt Minnie is around to help my kids make their paper bag Indian vests and play a game of "who can find the biggest leaf?!" 
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 No makeup at the lake means Snapchat filters!
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 Family Turkey Trot at the lake. 
This is basically me guilting them in to going running with me. 
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Cooking with my girl.
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 Boys prepping for the fried turkey
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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Even in November, its beautiful to get out on the lake and drive the boat. 
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 Lots of games played at the lake.
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Ty and I spent a good bit of time on this Ninjago Lego build 
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And the biggest hit of the week was a family obstacle relay race. 
 It was intense and so much fun creating obstacles in the backyard and racing to the finish. 
Everyone had to participate. 
 No excuses.
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Sparklers for the win!
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 More family walks complete with Kinley leading family stretching in the living room. 
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We even took the kids to the driving range on a beautiful day! 
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 We cleaned up for some family pictures that Gary & Cheryl could use on their Christmas card. 
 I love a big family group picture. 
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Celebrated Pops' birthday too!  It was such a fun week at the Lake!

Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Compass Christmas Video

We spent Tuesday of Thanksgiving week as a family (and with multiple other families) shooting a video for all of the Compass Christmas services.
It was such an honor to be asked to be in this video.
 It was a feature during the service and a tangible memory we will have for a lifetime! 

Cannon spent the first half of the day with us as our fourth child (while Mendy had a dr apt) filming the extended family Christmas dinner scene. 
The second half of the day the kids were all dressed up as different characters from the Christmas story. 
 I only have pictures from the second half of the day but a link to the full video is below. 
It's LONG. 
So if you end up watching...just beware. 
 But, I think it's TOTALLY worth the watch and I want to have it linked at the bottom.

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 playing in the sandbox between takes
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All the kids for the manger scene 
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