I did it!

I finished Dillon's stocking---and not any too soon. His was much more detailed than Wesley's. I'm just really proud of doing anything this crafty. I guess I'll have to work on mine for next year.

It starts with a B...

(I just accidentally deleted this whole post, so this will be much more condensed than the original!) Dillon loves playing the guessing game where you slowly give letters to help guess a word. So a couple days before Thanksgiving I asked, "Do you know where we are going for Thanksgiving? It starts with a B" ...thinking..."B, b, b, b" "And then a U" "Bu, bu, bu..." "And then an F" "Buf, buf, buf...." He stopped and his eyes got really big. "I know where we are going...to Megan's house!!!" "Yep, we're going to Buffalo, New York to visit Megan." Our first day there we were able to visit some church history sites. The first stop was the Hill Cumorah visitors center.

We went from there to the Palmyra temple---so beautiful!

Then we headed to the Sacred Grove.

It was so neat to walk from Joseph Smith's home toward the woods and think of him taking that same walk so many years ago. The Spirit was so strong in that whole area. There is no doubt that amazing things happened there. I'm so glad we made the stop.

We went from there to an awesome Children's Museum in Rochester.

Of course, Dillon's favorite part was the trains

Dillon and Megan are such cute friends!

Thanksgiving Day we stuck around the house cooking and getting ready for the big meal.

The kids were pretty impatient and kept sitting down at their table asking for food...

...so we did a little dancing to keep them occupied for a minute.

The meal turned out so good. The turkey was beautiful.

Wesley has got a pretty good "cheese" smile.

Here he is with baby Laura---we were so glad we finally got to meet her.

The trip wouldn't have been complete without a round of "Settlers", so we pulled it out Thanksgiving night as we worked on second and third helpings of dinner! As always, Erika won. Before leaving on Friday we stopped at Niagara Falls. It was freezing cold and the mist was so thick we could hardly see Horseshoe Falls. But we had a little better view of American Falls.

It was such a fun trip. Thanks so much for being such great hosts!

Gotta love the Circus!

Before Thanksgiving we took a last minute trip to the circus.

The elephants are always my favorite!

The tigers were pretty cool. The tamer/trainer dude was crazy! They know how to put on a show. As always, Dillon loved catching the confetti.

And I got to see my dear friend Christine. I am in total denial that she is moving back to Germany in 3 weeks! I am really going to miss her.

My Dillon