We are getting ready for Thanksgiving this week. Thanksgiving is one of our favorite holidays; its all about family, good food, and remembering our blessings and all that we have. It's not stressful or commercialized as well. We did a little thanksgiving tree and Emily made a cute turkey too.

On the tree we all wrote on the leaves to say what we are thankful for. My favorites were "bacon" chocolate milk" and "toys" It was a fun family activity to remind the kids of all the many blessings we have in our lives.

The kids have been having fun doing cutting, gluing, coloring, painting etc... in the evenings when it gets cold and we're waiting to eat dinner. Emily is really great at art. She's a good artist and has talent in that area. I love to see what she draws and how she is creative.

This is a place setting from our Relief Society Gratitude Dinner this week. Our good friend Ray, sent it to us as a joke. We laughed so hard! He is super funny.



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Cute Isaac has really been interested in writng letters lately. He will spend a long time making books out of paper, writing thoughtful notes and then hiding it under our pillows or near my purse etc.... He wrote one for his teacher at school as well. I love his handwriting, spelling, and his special thoughts. He is six and it really is a wonderful age!



Lizzie has really been into cutting and gluing lately. She loves to cut paper and spend a lot of time cutting each piece. Then she glues then onto cardboard, other papers, or even the countertop. This day she was making "snowflakes".  It makes me happy to see her so busy doing arts & crafts. She is growing up too fast and is already a big girl, instead of our baby.




There was exciting news in the Shields Family this week. Natalie and Marcus has their new little baby:
Rosalie Vela Shields
She was born on November 21st and is such a beautiful baby girl! Congratulations to them, we are so happy for you! 



We wish we lived near Baby Rosie, so we could hold her. She is too adorable!
Happy Thanksgiving!