"Little" Lady Sabrina

 Sabrina continues to grow at her own pace.  At her 9 month check-up she was 14lb 8oz putting her in the 2 percentile.  She was 25.25in. tall.  Yes, the quarter inch is important because even with it she is not on the charts.  Developmentally she is right on track.  She loves patty-cake and can wave and say her version of "hi".  She crawls everywhere and has begun pulling herself up on furniture.  Overall she is a very happy child and when she is grumpy food, or sleep usually fix the problem.  We love our little beena girl.

Happy Birthday, MiKell

 I had a wonderful relaxing birthday.  The morning started with a delicious breakfast in bed.  I was invited to a birthday party for another lady in the ward and had fun being with friends over lunch.  The afternoon and evening were spent with my wonderful family, being spoiled and loved.  Another year older and hopefully wiser too.

Gingerbread

 Kyle found a Gingerbread village kit after Thanksgiving.  We had a fun evening building and decorating little houses.  We also enjoyed eating them :)

Meeting Santa

 We were able to see Santa at Eric and Wendy's school.  Sabrina was very curious as to who he was.  

MERRY CHRISTMAS HO! HO! HO!

Trees

Christmas Tree

 We decorated the Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving.  It was a fun activity.  To avoid fighting I divided the ornaments evenly by size, and color and they had their pile to put on.  They each did a great job.  Sabrina was a great observer.

Front Yard Trees

 We raked the front yard and got 12 more bags on Saturday.  The kids had a great time playing in the leaves and scooping them into the bags.

Thanksgiving

We had a fun filled Thanksgiving.  We had the missionaries over and they livened things up and really entertained the children.  They began arriving around noon and raked our leaves.  This was a huge chore that although they spent almost 3 hours and got almost 40 bags was not finished.  I am sooooooo grateful for their help.  While raking they also kept our children entertained and helping which allowed us to finish dinner preparations.  We had a wonderful meal.  Kyle made the meats, turkey and ham.  We had cranberry jello, and pear jello, green beans, shredded carrots, cooked cabbage, rolls, banana pumpkin bread, stuffing.  Delicious!!!  

Wendy read her library book to the missionaries.  They were a great audience and she was super excited to be able to read.

 After dinner we all added to our Thankful Turkey, played the nickle game (Eric won the pot).  We then had pie.  The choices were, pecan, strawberry, mincemeat, banana cream, and peaches 'n cream cheesecake.  Tasty!

 Sister Richards & Sister Uffins                               Sister Hartley & Sister Jones                                   Elder Anderson & Elder Jarrett