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 Thanksgiving! It was wonderful to celebrate with family and friends!

 Thanksgiving take 2. We decided this year to do our traditional Mexican meal on thanksgiving day and then on Friday our friends made a traditional turkey feast! It was nice to have both foods and a great weekend of fellowship.

 Decorating the tree!

 Finished tree, I have about 7 strands of lights on my tree, and two stands on my gate. And after tens year of collecting, I almost have a full tree of snowmen. LOVE IT!!

 Jordan showing us how they play zombies at school! So funny! I love this picture!

 Titus! He was wearing this great hat and I had to have a picture of him. I love this little one so much!

Jordan and his Mohawk.  He asked me this morning to make his hair a Mohawk with "Jello" (gel), so that he could show all of his friends at school.

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 Bryce and Shawn holding a snake. Shawn was much more freaked out than Bryce. I don't think that little man even knew a snake was on him!

 Corban holding a snake. We had a book fair at school, and they always bring in tons of snakes that the kids can handle. They are very tame, it was quite an experience.

 John even held a snake, so proud of him!!

I held one too, scared to death, asked the lady to not let go, but I did it! Yay me! I don't think I will be doing that again anytime soon. But hey we only live once right!!

 Titus helping us with the christmas lights.

Our thankful banners for our thanksgiving service at church. Each boy made their own sign of what they are thankful for. It was a great night of thankfulness, and remembrance of the year past and all that God has done!!

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 Coupon shopping with my amazing friend Kelly! We have so much fun going out together and getting some deals!!

 Shawn and Zeke. Since Shawn has been home he is taking the time to go see each of the boys at school. This is the day he visited Zeke!!

 John and Ximon and their amazing game of stratigo. They had so much fun together! Two great minds at work!

 Audra and our gang of boys (minus John). They went to the high school boys soccer championship games at Dicks sporting good park. They love to go and watch the games, eat yummy food, and of course see Miss Audra!

 Stick um up!! Love this picture of Corban!

 His first lost tooth!! Yay! We were eating a snack and all of sudden he said "mom I'm bleeding". I looked at him and realized his little tooth was missing, the funny part all of these is he had a mouth full of skittles. :) So we spit everything in his mouth out and being the mom I am, found the tooth, now blue in the middle of half chewed skittles and spit. But the prize was found, money was given, pictures taken, all to document this great day. It was the last first lost tooth of our gang!

 Shawn and his day at school with John! He was happy to have dad there with him for a bit!

 Precious little Leeroy, smiling big for the camera! It's been so much fun to have him and his little brother with us for a few days!

Me and my extra gang! Love these guys, well guys and of course princess Quinn, the only girl in the bunch!! :) Leeroy, Wesley, Memphis, Quinn, Bryce, and Titus!! I am so blessed to have these little ones and their parents/families in my life! I don't think I would be compete with out each of them. God is so good, allowing me the honor of having them in my home each day. Who knew?! Not me, didn't see 6 of my own in my life, let alone 6+ more to love on! Thank you Lord, thank you wonderful parents of these kiddos, and thanks kiddos for the daily laughs, tears, hugs, snuggles and memories that I get to have each day with you!

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 Zeke at the Alligator farm in Saguache. It was such a great trip to see mom and dad. The boys loved this place, it was so cool to see the alligator and feed them, we even got to hold one.

 A hike in Saguache. The boys loved climbing up all of the rocks, it was nice to enjoy a warm day outside, before winter sets in.

 Game night with grandma, and grandpa. Everyone had a great time playing this old game. Such a great visit!

 Shawn's photo of a tree on our hike.

My amazing husband helping out and hanging out with all of our extra little kiddos. I think he is liking being home, well at least for now. And I appreciate that he is understanding a taste of my days at home with all of these little ones. It is busy around here!!

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 Pumpkin carving time! The boys love pulling out the insides and seperating the seeds so we can cook and eat them.

 Boys and Puppies! Just another day in our house!

 Corban and again his excited for our roasted cinnamon sugar pumpkin seeds!

 It's not Halloween without some cotton candy and the church harvest festival. It was a great night of games, food and more candy then we know what to do with.

Oh no it's the wolf!! Love this photo of our friends twins, B was the big bad wolf, and J was little red ridding hood! Love the costume and love J's expression! It was a fun night of trick o treating with our friends!

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 John and his dinner creativity!

 James and his art teacher. He put this wonderful lion picture in the whole districts art contest. He didn't win the grand prize, but we were so proud of his picture and how hard he worked on this piece of art. It was such a joy to go to the art showcase and see his friends, teachers and of course his art. Go James!

 First snow treat! Homemade cookies and hot coco! We look for any reason to celebrate and have some yummy treats! Corban was showing off how happy he was!!

 Daddy and John! Such a great picture of them just hanging out!

One of my all time favorite photos of my little men! Each one in their costume, showing off. Love their expressions, the way they have their bodies, just the joy of the day, season, and life that we get to live each and everyday!

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 Shawn enjoying his time off with this precious little girl!

 We went to the school night at McDonalds and Jordan was able to see is best friend Trevor! These two really are cute together!

 Weekend project finished, thanks to my wonderful mother in law. My storage room was such a mess, things every where, nothing marked, a huge to do on my list. So mom said she would tackle it for me and I'm so glad she did. Everything has a place, everything is marked, and it's so clean, I can actually walk in there!! Yay, thanks mom for all of your hard work!!

 The cutie that I had the honor of photographing today. Such a sweet, chunky, lovable 6 month old and of course his wonderful parents! I love you Brown family!

Sweet treat I found off of pinterest. Pumpkin, cream cheese fried wontons! Oh my gosh, these things were awesome, and totally addicting, we ate all of them!! Now I know that since there are 8 of us that might not mean a lot but we each had 5 and we ate them all in one sitting! Can't wait to make them again, and experiment with other yummy ingredients.

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 My beautiful fall bush out front, I love this bush!!

 Oh my, he is eating an eye ball!! Such a great picture of Ximon!

 We tried a new restaurant  and Corban ordered pasta with meat balls and it came with the biggest meat balls every, this was just one little piece of it.

 Our puppies, relaxing with dad after a long day!

 Zoo day! I love when we get to visit the zoo, we have such a blast each and every time we go! Thank you Lord for family memberships that cover us to go all year long, for such a little cost!!

 Princess Q is 1!! It was so great to go and celebrate with this special little girl!

 Music day! We found a lot of great grandpa's instruments and the boys were able to play a few. Great night of remembrance  family and fun!

 A very key verse of me today and the days to come. Today is the day Shawn lost his job and I am holding tightly to this and many of God's promises to us! He is in control, he will provide, he is good!!

Shawn sharing at church. His first time at Calvary Aurora to share. His words were so great, God used him so greatly and is still continuing to do so, what an honor and a blessing! To God be all the glory!!