Thanksgiving

We had dinner with my family this year and then joined my extended family for dessert. Emily helped my mom decorate the table ahead of time and made the name cards herself.

Ashley- 3 1/2 months old

Hey Pilgrim

Angela made a very cute program in her school music program. We've been hearing "Hey Pilgrim" and "Turkey Tango" around the house a lot!

Emily's Knee Surgery

Emily has had trouble off and on with her knee since last May and it got much worse a couple of months ago. She could not straighten her knee fully and walked with a limp. She had to stop playing soccer and going to dance class. An MRI showed she has a condition called Lateral Discoid Meniscus, meaning the meniscus in her knee is shaped like a discoid (oval) instead of a crescent. This makes it more prone to injury and there was a small tear in the meniscus. So last week she had surgery on her knee to remove the tear and some of the extra meniscus. She was so brave and tough about the whole thing. She said the worst part was having the IV bandage removed. She was back to normal activity within a couple of days and hardly needed any pain medication afterward. She was putting weight on it the same day! I was amazed. She still can't straighten her knee, so we are doing lots of stretching to help that get better. Here she is after she got home with her Get Well balloon and a little baby robin they gave her at the hospital. She didn't want me to take a picture of her at the hospital and I don't blame her.

Halloween

We had a busy Halloween day with Emily's last soccer game, soccer party, a birthday party and then our ward's Trunk or Treat. This was the first time my kids have worn store bought costumes. It made me kind of sad that I didn't sew any this year, but I just wasn't up to it with a two month old. I'm already excited to do it next year though. Nicole picked out her costume and just loves it. She wears it all the time. Unfortunately, it got a few inches of mud on it at the Trunk or Treat (we do ours around a park, so they walk in the grass), so she came home and took it off and wouldn't put it back on. Emily had been planning to be a High School Musical cheerleader for almost a year.
Angela is a Mulan Ballerina (her dance costume from last spring) and Ashley is a pumpkin.

My dad and Michelle came over to do some trick or treating with us. Michelle is Hannah Montana and my dad is her speaker. He held a boom box inside that was playing Hannah Montana music. So we trick or treated with music, pretty fun.