Happy Thanksgiving

We just wanted to take a minute today and wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving.  This year has given us so much to be thankful for.  We pray that all is well with everyone.  Thank you so much for all your love and we wish we could visit with each and every one of you.  Have a blessed day.

Random Post

I haven't posted for a while and I feel like something is missing so I thought I would just post something.  I wanted to say thanks again to those who left some activity ideas for us.  They were wonderful.  There hasn't been a whole lot new going on lately.  We did finally get our fence finished.  We had just the posts everywhere for over two weeks and were beginning to wonder if we were ever going to get a finished fence.  It is finished now and looks good.  We also installed the sprinkler system in the back with the help of some wonderful friends.  We had a company come in and do the trenching and backfill for the sprinkler system.  It saved a lot of time with digging and burying but they didn't do that great of a job when they backfilled so a lot of the work done on the sprinkler system will have to be re-done, but that is another story.  As for the girls, Elizabeth is getting used to Jr. High.  It is definitely a change from what she was used to especially in the area of teachers.  It was hard getting used to a different teacher (some nice and some not so nice) for every class.  She likes band but likes theater too so she is not sure which one she will sign up for next year.  Rebecca is doing well.  She is starting to get into make-up and nail polish more.  She is also starting to like the color black a lot.  She loves to cook, read (of course) and help everyone she meets.  Dakota has had no trouble getting used to all the changes a big move causes.  She has always been able to make friends easily and loves school.  She also loves to bring me water (I've been super thirsty with this pregnancy), help around the house, and play video games.  Megan continues to learn new words.  She has got everyone in the family wrapped around her fingers with that sweet smile of hers.  She also has the "puppy dog face" down pat.  I think I'm in trouble because it is nearly impossible to resist.  She did find scissors again but this time her hair wasn't the victim, it was the tablecloth.  I had a check-up for the baby on Friday and everything is looking great.  He moves around a lot and it feels so weird, but I love it.  I can't believe that we are less than 6 weeks away now.  CJ is in a different department at work.  He still makes tables but instead of making plastic ones he makes aluminum ones.  With the new department came a different supervisor and the difference has been a welcome change.  He is much happier at work now.  He also just celebrated his 5th anniversary with the company.  Jack and Oliver are doing great.  They continue to make us laugh all the time with the crazy things that cats do.  We did have illness in the house for a while and thankfully it wasn't the flu.  First Megan got really sick with a bad cold.  It wouldn't have been so bad but because she wouldn't take medicine to bring down her fever she suffered a lot.  After she recovered Dakota came down with the same bad cold and two days latter CJ got the same thing.  They have all recovered well (except for a lagging cough that is driving CJ crazy) and no one else got sick.  Other than that life is busy but good in the Thomspon house. 

Here are some pics of the sprinkler system before it was burried.  I must say I'm very proud of the fact that I now know how to install and fix the pipes.  I will learn how to wire them to the control box in the spring.

Star of the Week

Dakota's class still does star of the week posters for their class. She was given this poster and asked to fill it up with information that was all about her. She had a lot of fun designing and then decorating her poster. These are the items it has on it: loves to play video games, ride her scooter and her bike, write plays, play at the park, and eat macaroni and cheese. There is a masked cow at the bottom with a volcano I think. I don't remember what her explanation for that picture was, but that shows just how oddly creative she is. I was proud of her for doing the whole poster all by herself. She even had some hidden pictures on it that she asked people to find, like carrots and Tinker Bells, so that the poster was not only informative but interactive as well. Great job Dakota. You truly are a one of a kind.

Halloween Pics

I should have posted these earlier but life caught up with me and I have been real tired lately. Halloween was a bit different this year. We got a late start to the night so we were a little stressed. Elizabeth decided she didn't want to go out this year. She wanted to stay home and pass out candy. Unfortunately for her only 5 people came to the door the whole night. I didn't get her picture because of a miscommunication. She dressed up as a zombie. She really went all out so I'm sorry we don't have a picture of it.

Rebecca went as a Goth/Vampire. She really was happy that day, she didn't smile in the pictures because she was "in character". Dakota was a Bat Witch. It's one of her favorite costumes. Megan was a little monkey. Monkeys are one of her favorite things so she really loved it. Megan was excited to go to the doors, hear how cute she looked, and then get candy too. She kept running to the next house saying, "more candy". She fell down once but instead of crying she was looking around desperately for all the candy that spilled out of her bucket, she didn't want to loose a piece. We were only out for about an hour and then the girls were ready to go home. It was sad really because there were so few homes participating that night so the majority of the houses were dark. Next year will hopefully be different. We may just stay home and have a party instead of going out.