An Activity-packed November

It's hard to believe this all happened in one month, but here are some highlights.

November started with a visit from Jason's brother, Tim, who lives in Texas. He flew in for the BYU v. Cincinnati game and stayed with us Friday and Saturday. Friday we drove down to Lexington and gave ourselves a very brief tour of the University of Kentucky basketball arena, library, and hospital lobby. If is seems a little random, it kind of was, but we had some good laughs. Friends of ours watched Ethan and Lydia for us and Jason and I were able to go to the game together. The weather was perfect and BYU won so it made for a great day!

UK library is big and has beautiful architecture. It has a lot of natural light and would be a great place to study....probably not the best place for young kids though. :)

There were a lot of BYU fans at the game which made it even more fun. Part way through the game we sat by our friends, the McKinleys.

The week after the football was also eventful. Donald Trump surprised many Americans and won the presidential election in spite of all the polls that pointed to win for Hillary Clinton.

We were also surprised that Lydia started crawling that week and a few days later was pulling to a stand. She loves to get around now and you can find her following us around the house.

Crawling at 8 1/2 months

Pulling to a stand a few days later

Love that smile :)

 We had pretty nice weather in November so we could be outside a lot. Ethan really loves riding his tricycle, going down slides, and swinging.

Ethan trying to do what he sees in the pictures. :) It's adorable. :)

For Thanksgiving Jason's brother Andy visited us again this year from Beloit, Illinois. They stayed with us Tuesday night through Saturday so we had plenty of time to play and visit. Wednesday, Andy and Jason had to work a half day so the rest of us went to the Cincinnati Children's Museum. On a cold rainy day, everyone else had the same idea and it was packed, but the boys still had fun

Cincinnati Children's Museum with the cousins

Playing with the water toys

The boys plus Kimra and Maisy went to a Cincinnati Bearcats basketball game

Both Lydia and Maisy loved this table toy. Maisy isn't quite crawling yet, but she can wave and clap her hands and Lydia hasn't mastered those skills yet. 

 Thanksgiving morning Jason, Andy, Drew, and Grant went to a Turkey Bowl organized in our ward by Jason. It was very successful and lots of people attended it.

We ate a delicious Thanksgiving meal that the babies slept through. The boys helped set the table and assigned our seats.

 Friday we forgot to take pictures, but we drove to the Louisville Temple and did a babysitting swap and the stake center nearby. Jason and I were able to do some family sealings together that was really neat. It worked out really well. Ethan loved riding in their new van with them and Kimra rode one way with me so we could get some girl time. That evening we also rented the movie "Finding Dory" and watched it together. We played games and ate good food. Thanks for joining us for another Thanksgiving Andy and Kimra!

Our Thanksgiving crew. We added two girls since the last Thanksgiving together.

Last year we got a photo of the two of us pregnant together, so we decided to get another shot of us with our babies this time.

Lydia was put behind bars so she wouldn't fall down the stairs after learning to both crawl and pull up and everything.

I love, Love, LOVE this darling girl of mine!

And she loves to play with the girl in the mirror too. :)

This picture was just taken a couple days ago. Ethan just keeps growing up so fast. I have loved watching him ride his tricycle "cheetah fast" the last few months.