Thanksgiving Weekend

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays! We have been given so much and have a lot to be grateful for. I love that we get to spend the whole day visiting with family and eating scrumptious food. Recently, I feel like people go right from Halloween to Christmas and skip over Thanksgiving completely. Most radio stations start playing Christmas music the week of Halloween. We have a rule in our house that we can't play Christmas music until the day after Thanksgiving. It's important to take the time to be grateful for what we have been given. We had such a great Thanksgiving holiday this year. We spent Thanksgiving day with my Mom's side of the family at her house. I hate to brag, but I think the Rigby's make the best Thanksgiving dinner ever! And my mom's pies are the best! It was so nice to relax and visit with family. Friday we spent most of the day hanging up our Christmas lights and putting up our decorations. That night we went to Rob's parents to celebrate Thanksgiving with them. Rob's brother Dave was in town from Seattle, and it was so great to see him. I am so grateful for our families. I am especially grateful for my wonderful husband and beautiful son! Rob works so hard for our family, and I appreciate all he does. I hope all of you had a great Thanksgiving holiday!

What a crazy week!

This past week has been a little crazy. I got sick with the flu the day before I was supposed to get my flu shot. Now what are the chances of that? Only something like that would happen to me. Luckily, it didn't pass on to Rob or Wesley. Last Friday I participated in the Family Christmas Expo for Modbe. It was a lot of fun and I even got some great Christmas shopping done. I had never been before, but they had a lot of great booths with great gift ideas. Then this week I have been struggling with a hitting toddler. I don't know what else to do to teach Wesley not to hit. No matter what I do, the minute I tell him not to hit, he pulls back his hand for another swat. I think he thinks its hilarious to do the opposite of whatever I tell him to do. If any of you other moms have any suggestions, I will gladly take them! Wesley has definitely turned into Mr. Independent. He won't let me help him eat anymore. He has to do it all by himself.

And he makes the biggest mess while doing it!

Just like Daddy! I love this picture of Wes. He already loves to try and walk around in our shoes. It's hilarious to watch him stumble around in them. What a funny kid!

Discovery Gateway

A couple of weeks ago, my friend Maren and I decided to take Wesley and her little boy Rowan to Discovery Gateway. Wesley and I had never been, and it was just after Wes started walking. I decided to just let him rome free since he hated being in his stroller. He had a blast!!! For two hours, Wesley and Rowan played and played and played! There is so much to do there, but Wes' favorites were the ball and water exhibits. We had so much fun that day, that I talked Rob into letting us get a membership there. So, yesterday we invited my friend Jessica, her son Carter, and her niece Avery to come with us. They had such a great time together! I took my camera and got a ton of cute pics. If any of you have little ones, I highly suggest getting a membership. It is so worth the money and a great place to go now that it's cold outside.

Halloween

Halloween was such a blast this year! Wesley certainly had a lot more fun than last year. We tried to take him trick or treating but he wasn't too interested. Every time we handed him his little pumpkin, he would check it and his candy would go everywhere! After trick or treating to my sister's house, we headed to my mom's for her famous chili! It was so delicious! I was so full, I could barely move the rest of the night. After spending most of the night at my parents house, we headed to my grandparents house to show Wes off in his costume. We pretty much have the same traditions every year. My grandparents get a kick out of seeing all of their grandchildren and great-grandchildren all dressed up. We didn't get home until late, and Wes was certainly all tuckered out!