A little patriotism in December...

Brought to you by a little cowboy! Brayden learned the pledge of allegiance at school so we'd thought we'd share it with the grandparents...and whoever else reads this thing :)

Thanksgiving 2010

We had a great Thanksgiving this year. It was just us and we missed our families like crazy, but we made some good memories and it was nice to not have any pressure if I totally bombed the Thanksgiving meal! Last year I went all out and made a huge turkey all by myself, just to see if I could do it. And it turned out great but it was way too much meat for our little family and a lot of work. So this year I just made a little turkey breast and that's it... it was easy and still yummy! We also had mashed potatoes and gravy, grilled asparagus, corn, homemade rolls, stuffing, sparkling cider and of course pumpkin pie. Of course, we had to laugh when all Tyler ate of the whole meal was a bite of corn and a roll. Go figure!

Brayden had a Thanksgiving party at his preschool. This is right after he shared what he was thankful for...his little brother. Cute :)

A kid in Brayden's class brought a pinata to the party to celebrate his birthday so it was a lot of fun. Brayden missed the first time but on his second swing he got a good hit!!!

The boys and I made another Thanksgiving tree where we wrote on each leaf what we are thankful for this year. Truly we need a lot bigger tree to fit everything we are thankful for on it. We have been so blessed this year!

Brayden taped this feather to his head all by himself to pretend he was an indian

Doing some serious indian fighting moves!
And a little love from the baby indian, who wouldn't let Brayden tape a feather to him.

I don't blame him!

Getting ready to EAT! Everything turned out really yummy!

And then after Thanksgiving we tore it up at the Black Friday sales...well I mean Guy did. I stayed home with the kiddos and was his support team. Go Guy! He went to Toys R Us on Thanksgiving night because they opened at 10. It was outrageous because there are really only 2 Toy R Us's in the area, but he made it in and out and lived to tell the tale. He came home with some SWEET deals. Everything we got for Christmas this year was definitely half off or more! He also stopped by walmart when they opened at midnight and good a few steals there as well. All I have to say is black friday is crazy, but we always get killer deals every year so it's totally worth it. Or maybe I just say that because I am the one at home in my nice warm bed. Although, doing black friday in Florida is nice because it's not cold at all. The real crazy people are the ones waiting in lines outside in the snow!

These are just a few funny pictures of Tyler...Sleeping with the Disney autograph book.

And his crazy post nap hair...
Can you tell which side he slept on??? :)

Quick beach stop...

Clearwater beach is gorgeous. White sand, palm trees, pretty water. What more do you need! I love driving on the bridge to get there and being surrounded by the ocean on all sides. It's one of my favorite things!

We randomly went down there one Saturday in November to get some lunch (thank you groupon coupon) only to find out that an Ironman race was going on and the beach was CRAZY! So we left but stopped on our way back home so the kids could play in their "giant sandbox" real quick. It wasn't the nicest beach in Clearwater but it sure was nice to pull our car right up and not have to lug all our stuff really far. Plus the parking was free...we like that!

This is how Tyler spent most of his time...trying to throw all the sand away. It was cracking us up!
Hard at work and very excited about the feather he found. The beach is always full of such great treasures!!!

Tangled

I thought the new disney movie Tangled was SO cute! I forced all my boys to go see it with me at the drive in and they all secretly loved it too, even if they won't admit it. But I do realize that I need a girl someday so the forcing part doesn't have to happen! :) Where was my sister Kelly when I needed her??? :) We also saw the characters from Tangled at Disney awhile ago and again, I forced Brayden to go get a picture with them. It was actually really funny because usually he isn't shy around the characters, but around the pretty Rapunzel he was SO shy and would only nod his head to everything she said. They were so cute with him and seriously I think the guy they had be Flynn Rider looks so much like him (even if the sun was blocking out his face in the pics). So thank you my Brayden for putting up with your mom and making her happy even though you were one of the only boys in line. Guy made sure to do something really manly with him after!!! :)

The Many Faces of Brayden

Brayden told me to take a picture of him.

He then busted out all these poses which cracked me up.

I love this boy! And Tyler gave me one good shot

And then he was outta there! That boy can't sit still!