A sweet pair!

A quick post because I just think it is so cute...today we were getting Emily and Viktor ready to go out and deliver some Christmas goodies. Viktor got dressed in his usual winter gear (hat and sunglasses) and Emily decided she needed her hat and sunglasses in order to make the two of them a complete father-daughter pair. So, here they are ready to go on their errands...

Coming soon...a post on getting ready for Christmas!

We are thankful!

Last year we started a tradition of doing our "thankful tree" each night of November as we prepared for Thanksgiving. Here is our thankful tree from this year. As you can see we didn't get our hands up there every night due to other commitments or traveling, but here is a sample of our thankful hands. Notice little Gabi got a hold of the bottom of the trunk and ripped it off. ha. I can only imagine what our Christmas tree will look like before the end of the month! 

On the Tuesday before Thanksgiving Emily's class had a little program for the parents followed by a potluck lunch. They sang a really cute song about being thankful. It was hilarious to watch a group of young 3 year olds sing and act out a song. They all seemed puzzled most of the time.  These pictures crack me up because you can see everyone doing their own thing. Cuteness.

Emily was in charge of holding up the "S" in the middle of the poem they read about Thanksgiving. She didn't even stand up all the way. haha.

 Viktor got home from work on Thursday morning and slept for a couple hours before we hopped in the car and went to my parents house in Indiana. We had a good day visiting with them and their neighbors who we hadn't seen in a long while. Here is Viktor carving turkey for the first time!

I'm SO thankful for these two blessings!! Gabriella celebrated her first Thanksgiving!

My parents are renovating their home, but we had a nice, cozy meal...and my brother even joined us for a bit. Emily thinks he is pretty funny!

 We left Bloomington that night and went up to Carmel to stay with our friends for the remainder of the weekend. Sadly, Emily got pretty sick and our trip was cut short. We didn't get very many photos of our time there, but here are a few from my phone.

Emily and Mae bowling. Em loved it!

 One night we went to a place called Bubs for dinner. They had a huge burger, the Big Ugly (1# cooked), that Viktor polished off in no time. His picture is now proudly displayed on the wall of the restaurant.

Oscar and Viktor...they conquered!