Thanksgiving

The Salisbury family took a little drive over to Flagstaff, AZ . . .



. . . to join the Vaughn and Tammy Peterson clan . . .
. . . and the Royce and Jen Peterson clan
. . . for a fantastic Thanksgiving weekend! There were: lots of cousins . . .
. . . lots of help with the food prep . . . Pearl was a pro posing for the camera . . .

. . . Eva showing off her baby blues . . .
. . . wishes for a dog--couldn't stay away from Odin . . .
. . . Will mashing potatoes, Henry supervising . . .
. . . Vaughn carving the turkey . . .
. . . waiting patiently
. . . the girls and super yummy food thanks to Vaughn and Tammy and Royce and Jen . . .
. . . a fun movie night
. . . some rock band action . . .
. . . keeping Odin out of the house with all the kids running in and out . . .
. . . attending a REAL rock band--my brother Royce's!! Very cool. (Isn't he cute playing his guitar?) I need to learn . . . I missed out on a jam session with Curt/Vaughn/Will on the guitar, and Tammy on the drums!!
. . .and Lots -o- love. :) Too cute a picture not to post.

OH! And thanks to Mom and Dad for sending some REAL apples with Uncle Steve who was driving through Flagstaff on Friday. It's been a while since I've had authentic WA apples!!

Heidi 3 months--per grandparent request :)

Heidi loves to suck not one, but both her hands at the same time.

Kid thoughts

Ryan (has a cold)--"Mom I need some medicine." Me--"Well you don't have a fever, so let's just make sure you eat well, and get lots of rest." "But I do have a fever." "No, you really don't." "Yes, I do, it's in my foot!"

Isaac (I was talking to him while swinging him)--me "Isaac will you stay five for me, I don't want you to grow up." Isaac--"But I want to grow up." Me--"Why, it's much more fun being a kid, you get to swing, play etc. . . .what's so fun about being a grown up?" Isaac--"You get to make dinner."

Nicole (our bookworm) Reading to herself tonight says "Mom can you get me a drink of water, sometimes when your reading to yourself in your head you mouth gets dry like when your reading out lout." :) Anyone else ever have that happen?

Lots Going On---and Halloween Pictures

Happy Halloween from our fighter jet pilot, and litter of cats!!





Nicole was actually three different things this Halloween. (All things we had in the dress up box, except for the cat ears that I made.) She was a black cat for our ward party and for trick-or-treating. Kaya (An American Girl Native American) for her Story book parade at school, and Snow white for a friends Halloween party. It pays to have a dress up box!!
Little Heidi got to wear her costume a few times too. Curt says I take enough pictures that we don't ever need a video camera, we can just flip threw our pictures. Well, below is evidence of that. I was pretty selective though so be grateful I didn't post ALL of them!! Wouldn't you take that many pictures of an adorable snuggly pink leopard!?

This is what Curt has been working on for the past few weeks. We have a huge dumpster in our backyard that he has been filling with our old carpet and tile. You just can't have carpet in the bathroom with little boys. If you notice in lots of the pictures you can see our lovely concrete slab floor right now. Oh so chic. You gotta give it to him though. He gets things done!!

This is what Heidi thinks of all the hammer and chiseling.

Designers at work

The masterpieces. Ryan wouldn't let me take a picture of him. His is the little one, Nicole's the cat face one on the right, and Isaac's on the left.

Watching the SNOW!!!??? We've had snow twice this week!! It was freezing!! Then today it got up to 70 degrees. Perfect for Isaac's last soccer game and trick-or-treating. Speaking of trick-or-treating, we had a few 60-70 year olds come by?!!

Proud big brothers

Two month old Heidi--smiling all the time now

Balloon Fiesta Invitation--This is the first year we have gone, and it is pretty cool. I think we will be going every year from now on!! Anyone who looks at our blog is invited to come next year. You won't be dissappointed!! The kids get a day off of school for it. It's even called the INTERNATIONAL Balloon Fiesta. Yep. It's that big. :) hee hee.

Heidi's Blessing Day

Lots of Salisbury's

Grandma and Grandpa Salisbury

Our other exciting September event was Isaac getting 5 stitches. I wish I could say he was swinging from a chandelier(sp?) and did a double somersault onto our fireplace hearth, but all he did was slip and hit his eye on the edge of a chair. It was pretty gaping, and lots of blood. I can't believe I didn't get a picture with the stitches in!! This is the day after Curt took the stitches out. Scars are cool right?