Thanksgiving at the Decker's

Thanksgiving was such a great time this year. Well, it is every year actually but, you know... This year we had Thanksgiving at Mom and Dad's (of course!) and Ronda and Gary's family was there along with Gary's brother Randy, his wife Marlo, and her kids Preston and Vivian. Rob, Melissa, and Cade joined us which made it even MORE fun! Dad smoked a turkey and Gary deep-fried a turkey. We also got a ham from the HoneyBaked store (Bless the Honeybaked store!!!) and had ALL the trimmings. Thanks to Rob and Melissa for the "to-die-for" gravy, stuffing, and cranberry chutney. I have to admit, I had to ask them what in the world chutney was. You all know just how classy a gal I am so I'm sure that doesn't surprise you much.

What I absolutely loved about our Thanksgiving is that it was so low-key and fun-filled. Who wants to waste time with fancy dinnerware when you can spend more time with family and friends because you can just throw the paper plates away?! HAHAHA!!! No, no.. it just happened to work out the best this time. I am all for the fancy shmancy stuff in certain occasions.. like when there's no more than 6 people at the dinner table. Any more than that equals too many freaking dishes to do if you ask me!!! After dinner we all attempted to watch a movie in Mom and Dad's theater. It lasted about 20 minutes but it still made for a great time!!! I absolutely love this time of year. No matter if it's fancy dishes or paper plates, this time of year means getting together with those most dearest to you. Of course, there are those that are far away that we miss so much. Maybe next year I'll throw a paper plate on the table for you guys and your family too (Kirsten and Susan :-). I sincerely hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!!

After dinner... Reagan and Cade were POOPED!! Just to prove it.. Cade NEVER cuddles!! :-)

Two of my most favorite guys in the world. Only Hunter is missing.. Rob & Melissa. Why does Rob look so annoyed?? Reagan and "Auntie Ronna" (Ronda) Hunter. I think he's already wishing he had some chest hair. Yes.. he unzipped his zipper that low..

Miss Melissa & Hunter

Happy 2nd Birthday Hunter and Reagan!

Well.. it's here! The twins are TWO!!! The house is all decorated for their party today. It's Thomas and Friends and I know when they wake up from their nap they are going to be so happy! Well.. Reagan never really went to sleep. She's been up there for 2 hours now just talking to herself. At one point, I could hear her singing "Happy Birthday" to herself. I wish I would have recorded it!

To my sweet, sweet babies:

It's so hard to believe that it has been two years since you came into our lives and truly completed your Daddy and I. You have the sweetest personalities and truly make the world a happier place. I pray every day that you will always be kept safe and healthy and will always have happy and thankful souls. You both are the biggest blessing we will ever receive and we love you more than you will ever know.

I love you so much my sweet Hunter and Reagan!!

Almost 2...

Today is officially the last day I can use months to say my kiddos age. Today is also the last day I can tell people "they're almost 2". I'm not sure I like it. What I do like though is how insanely hilarious they are right now. They are totally different little people and it's so fun. Reagan counts to 10 all by herself and loves doing so. She learned that from walking the stairs up and down and us counting everytime. Hunter can count to 10 too but it's more like "ah, dee, doh, da, tee..." You get the point:-)

I will have a nice, longer post tomorrow that I'm sure will make me cry.

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

Who says Gnomes and Hippies aren't scary?!?!

Rob and Melissa hosted a Halloween Brunch yesterday morning. They went all out and it was amazing... and so much fun! I don't have a great picture of Rob but he was a vampire and even had the creepy contacts and everything! Hunter and Reagan were little garden gnomes. They were supposed to almost have matching costumes but evidently Hunter is a tad bigger than the 2T costume we got. He is a true 2T so I'm not sure what the costume was all about. So.. I had to buy him a Hansel bottom and keep the hat, beard, and booties from the gnome costume. I know for a fact he will want to do harm to me when he sees what I dressed him as for his 2nd Halloween. I don't have very long to dress them how I want so I am taking full advantage of it while I have the chance!

Melissa & ITrevor (Little Bo Peep's sheep!)Ronda the Rydell cheerleader and Tyler as Little Bo PeepShe was pooped!

This is pretty much where he hung out for the entire party. He loves his cars and trains!

Yummy!!!

Cade the Dinosaur!

After the party, we came home, the kids napped and then they went outside to play in the snow! The wonderful thing about Colorado weather is that it can be warm even though there is snow on the ground. They built a snowman and thankfully it was Halloween because it was a pretty scary looking snowman!

I told you it's warm with snow on the ground! I totally dig the shorts AND snowboots!

And... you can slide in the snow! Can you tell she's been waiting on Hunter awhile???

Finally, it was time to carve the pumpkins! Grandpa and Grammy came over to bring some Halloween gifts. They brought plenty of change for Hunter and Reagan to feed to their pigs too! The boy loves his suckers!

He loved this part!! Ick!!

Well.. it may not have been warm enough to not have any clothes on outside but we've been known to be a little white trash now and then...

Hunter is proud of his "jack"

We hope everyone had a very fun Halloween!

Happy Halloween!

Here's a couple pictures of Hunter and Reagan on Halloween Eve. Don't mind the sucker slobber all over Hunter's shirt. I was just lucky to get a picture!

Snow Day(s)!!!!

Yesterday, the downpour began and it is still coming down as we speak. Unfortunately, the wind has kicked up a bit so now the snow is going sideways. I'm thinking we might be in for one heck of a winter considering this big of storm hit us BEFORE November!!

I felt horrible yesterday when I remembered that I hadn't outfitted the twins in winter gear for this year yet. Hunter was standing at the sliding glass door whining and on the verge of crying because he couldn't go outside in the snow. So... dear 'ol Daddy ventured on over to Target to get all that they needed: snowboots, Hunter's snowpants, hats, and mittens. We thought Reagan's snowsuit from last year would still work. Oh, it worked all right but she was sporting her pants a little short:-) We had so much fun in the snow! We didn't make it outside until after 5pm so we didn't get to hang out for long. Ryan even built a sledding hill in the backyard and Hunter and Reagan thought sledding down it was about as fun as it gets!

I'm not sure if you've ever read those emails titled "Wyoming" or "Colorado" but they talk about the first snowstorm of the year and how everyone is all excited and building snowmen and loving the fact that they live there, yada yada. Then on down further it starts talking about how sick of the snow they are and they're ready to move. I'm just preparing you for what may be ahead in a future blog posting of mine:-)

"Let's go see why the heck we look like the boy on 'A Christmas Story'!"

Don't worry, it wasn't yellow snow he was eating:-)

I am still trying to figure out why I can never make a normal face in any picture!

Reagan loved the snowballs

The camera died before we could get one of Reagan on the sled:-(

Raking ALL the leaves

Ryan (and Hunter of course!) got the leaves raked up JUST in time for the huge snowstorm! The twins are such a big help when it comes to chores like these;-)

WHOA! What a BIG boy!

"I don't need to help. I'll just stand around and look cute."