Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope everybody had a nice Thanksgiving! Henry and I had Thanksgiving at our house yesterday. My parents, Henry's mom and brother Larry, and our friends Fumi and Chizuka came to celebrate. We enjoyed a huge meal followed by pie, and since it was so nice outside, some of us played on the four wheelers. We didn't partake in any Black Friday shopping. I never have, and probably never will. We were ready for bed around 5pm!

Lara stayed busy making name cards for everyone who didn't have one from last year.

This year's ended up a little fancier than last year's.

She also was a big help in the kitchen, peeling potatoes. A little slow, but they got the job done.

Here is everyone except Fumi

It was a great day! I can't believe Christmas is right around the corner already. We will be celebrating in the new house this year. Can't wait!

It Snowed Today....

....and I am missing these days already...

 I hope spring comes quickly. Or at least February, when we head back down to Florida with the fam!

Happy Halloween!

I can't believe Halloween already came and went. This year we had a skeleton bride and a doctor. Ayla and I went to Lara's school parade, then the 3 of us went over to Stillwater. Henry's restaurant closed early for an employee Halloween party, so we hung out around there and went trick or treating in Stillwater in my friend Naomi's neighborhood, with her and her 2 boys, Owen and Max. We finished before it got too dark so we didn't freeze, and got just the right amount of candy. Afterwards we went back to the restaurant for a couple hours to eat pizza and hang out with employees.

I didn't have a costume so I dressed as Henry Chan for a couple hours. Maybe next year we'll come up with something good.
I had parent/teacher conferences for Lara last week and she is doing very well. Her teacher loves her and said so many good things about her. I'm so happy and proud of her!
Henry is getting closer to closing on the house, maybe even later this week. It has been such a long process. Hopefully we'll be able to have Thanksgiving at the new place this year! That's all for now. I will share some pictures of the new place once we get moved.