tara's turkey day pictures

Mich's Thanksgiving pics

Logan and lil Lyla

Logan loved seeing both his lil girl cousins. He tried to grab Violet's face off at one point but she tried to bite his hand so she is good at defending herself :)

All Dad's grandchildren

We had such a good time at the Mckee acreage for this Thanksgiving Holiday. It was so good to see Tori it had been too long. Logan just loved Nana! Unfortunately on Saturday and Sunday I was very sick and didn't take any pictures :(

red rover red rover violet rolls over

So violet rolled over for the first time Nov. 3, but has recently decided that rolling over is something she wants to do ALL the time. She is so proud of her new trick. She will be 4 months old on the 23rd! I cannot believe how fast time flies. She is the silliest little baby. so expressive and fun.

I want to wish everyone a happy thanksgiving. I am so thankful that all of us McKees are communicating in blogsville. It means so much to me to be able to reconnect with family. I love you all.

Violet, Eric and I are anxiously awaiting the arrival of Aunt Kayla and the boys and 2 thanksgiving dinners - one at the McKee ranch and the other at Chateau Mom. mmmmm good.

I will leave you with the many faces of Violet. Enjoy.

Peek a BOO

Logan is all over the place! Does anyone have a freeze ray I could borrow? I don't want him to grow anymore :( He is so sneeky and I have caught him trying to get in his brother's room!

MESSY BOY AND MAX

IT WAS JUST ME AND THE LIL GUYS TONIGHT! ZACH IS AT A FOOTBALL BONDFIRE AS HIS TEAM HAS REACHED THE PLAYOFFS THIS YEAR!! DAD IS AT WORK UNTIL LATE SO WE HAD A MESSY DINNER :)

julianna

my bbff julianna just did a radio show in lisbon. she is doing something very innovative with music. It is the kind of music you want with you while lying in a field of flowers or standing amidst falling autumn leaves.

please check it out:
http://www.mafama.blogspot.com/

download the show above her picture on the ma fama blog. i promise you will not be disappointed. Her music is absolutely beautiful. I describe it as circular sunshine. You can buy her album from her myspace page or on itunes if anyone is interested. Her myspace page also features other mp3s to listen to. I hope you all enjoy.

THE BAND

Logan loves to bang on things so I pulled out some pans and spoons and he had a total blast banging on them! Now I figure I can start a band with my 3 sons :) Max wants a guitar for christmas woohoo! Now what can I get Zach to do maybe sing or the SAX humm!!

happy fourth birthday pixie and panda

Happy 4th birthday to my first babies, pixie and panda. This is the first day we got the little girls. look how small they are. i miss their puppy-ness.

this is pixie - i don't have a close up of her at work (where i am posting from- i am a bad worker- teehee)... so this blurry picture will have to do. We are playing fetch in the backyard - her favorite game in the world.

these two pictures are of panda. She has really taken to Violet and keeps trying to sneak kisses which is really cute, but a little frowned upon since i am weird-about-germs lady....

They really are the two best dogs in the world. I cannot believe they have been in our lives for four years already!

Last GAME & Pizza Party

Max's teacher Mrs.Morris came to his last game and brought her 3 children. I have to admit I spent most of the time watching the babies and not the game!! This is her youngest daughter Isabell. Logan & Isabell had a great time sharing animal cookies!!




This is Max's team and they had an awesome pizza party after the game and he got the coolest trophy with a bobble head :) Max got 2 flags and made the extra point touchdown! He was finally getting the hang of it the last 3 games!!

Bones bones bones

Happy Halloween everyone! Here are pictures of Violet's first Halloween. Eric made the sweatshirts to match Violet's outfit using Maura's freezer paper stencil technique! They turned out really good - Thanks Maura!!!

pixie witch and panda devil - dressed up for the occasion. Their costumes lasted maybe 5 minutes!!!

Here is a picture of Lyla bear in her penguin costume and a close up of skeleton Violet!

We had a fun night with mom, Margaret, Ava and Bennie. We did not have too many trick-or-treaters this year :( But we all still had a great time.