Navigating November

We had two main events in November. First, Boston's birthday and it's many different celebrations. Second, Thanksgiving and the weekend of family time. Unfortunately the pics are all intermixed. Oh well.
The following two pictures are of a lesser event. I was on my way to a court hearing for Baby B when my car broke down. Words cannot describe my fury with the bad timing. You may also recall that in September, my car broke down while I was toting 7 children. We thought we had already 'fixed' the problem twice and this was my breaking point.

I FINALLY got my wonderful, glorious, convenient, reliable, new-to-me MINIVAN! I love, love, love my van. (But don't love that I have a car payment again... oh well!)

Happy 6th Birthday Boston!

Brooklyn and I took donuts to his classroom and they sang "Happy Birthday" to him.

His cheesy smile is hilarious.

We went to I.D.E.A. Museum the next day.

The kids were so excited to spend time with Uncle Nate for Thanksgiving.

Time with Aunt Shelley was golden.

Even though she lives here, Aunt Ashley time is treasured time.

This is a terrible picture, but we had such a GREAT Thanksgiving! We went around the table naming things for which we are grateful, and there were many tears and much laughter.

Grandpa brought fun projects for the kids.

We had been missing Grandma like crazy! So glad she came!

Jumping back to Boston's birthday

Boston was a pilgrim in his Kindergarten Program. Those kids were hilarious and they sang the sweetest songs.

The day we went to the I.D.E.A. Museum, we had a birthday picnic nearby at the Mesa Temple grounds.

He is one happy kid!

Feeding the ducks is just what the doctor orders when Mom and Grandma are cooking Thanksgiving dinner at home and need the kids out of the house.

It really was a lovely month.