Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving at home with the family. 

Emily made these super cute indian corn sugar cookies to go with the meal.  She also made leaf shaped cut outs for us to write what we are thankful for.  I am so grateful to be able to spend Thanksgiving with my family. 

Will BJ eat the turkey?  This year he actually ate it without too much of a gag reflex.

Andrew with his second or third helping of mashed potatoes.  We lost count.

Evan had fun using the fancy glassed for his apple cider.

I even got some help this year with the meal.  Evan had a great time rolling up the rolls. 

And Andrew helped peel the potatoes, which was only fair since we knew he would eat most of them anyway.

Halloween 2010

We decided not to go trick or treating this year, Halloween being on a Sunday and all.  The boys still wanted to enjoy the holiday, so they dug through the costumes and did some double dressing.  We've got a clone trooper dressed as a dinosaur, a dragon dressed as a Jedi, and Darth Vader dressed as a pumpkin.  Gotta love the creativity.  These boys are so good at entertaining themselves.

Austria

We had the amazing opportunity this October to travel to Austria for a business trip for Dave.  We invited my parents to come along with us.  My dad served his mission in Austria and retained his German speaking skills.  It was so fun to hear him talk to people and order food for us.  This trip was only possible because of 4 super families at home that watched the kids for us while we were away.  Thanks again for making this amazing trip possible for us.  We will be forever grateful!

The Abby in Melk.  My dad recommended this place for us.  We took a beautiful train ride through the countryside to get here.  The abby was amazing up on the hill.

This was my favorite place.  It is Hallstatt, a small town on a lake that boasts it's salt mines date back to prehistoric times.  It was such a charming little town.  The sun came out for us to enjoy it even more.

The view of Hallstatt from across the lake.  Me with my mom.

A palace in Vienna.

This is the parliament building in Vienna.  Almost all the buildings had these amazing and enormous statues with them.

On the grounds of the Shonbrun palace with my mom.

When my dad was a missionary the town would let them set up there street meetings right here inside the gates of the Shonbrun Palace.

This was my favorite meal.  I ate gulash while overlooking Salzburg after visiting the fortress.

The fortress in Salzburg.

A church in Innsbruck.

We took a tram up the mountain in Innsbruck to see the Alps.  Love being on top of the world.

First night in Vienna, we listened to a quartet playing Mozart in the same room that Mozart played in when he was alive.