Thankful Madsens

I love that the 5th graders put on the Veteran's Day Program.  They sing patriotic songs and invite all the students' veteran family members to come and be honored.  It is such a great tradition!!

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All set up for Miranda's Host a Murder dinner birthday party!

All the guests get their speaking parts:

Success!

Then... Breaky in Bed!

And family gifts!

We host Thanksgiving dinner at our house:

Halle & Kierste woke up SICK the morning everyone was coming, so they were quarantined in their room.  We brought them Thx dinner, and they watched movies on my laptop.  Poor, poor sickies.  They really missed playing with their cousins.  =(

Decorating the tree!!

Sleepout!!!

Breakfast in bed for this little mister after his sleepout with the kids.  =)

Derek is 7!!

The Activity Day girls put on skits and talents for us!

Boys' dinner out at Tucanos!

Then Derek's friends come over for an Angry Bird party!!!

One of the games was to fling Angry Birds over the arch!

Photo after photo after photo

Our favorite park:

Conference!

These 3 will quietly play on their Leapsters together... so cute.

Connor growing up against his mother's wishes.

Leaves at Grandma & Grandpa's house!

In the apple tree!

Aaron & Kiri's Nathan's blessing day:

Kate was feeding Connor little pieces of food for SO LONG.  They were so stinkin' cute.

And my beautiful mother with her 28th grandchild, sweet Man-of-the-day Nathan

Then we go to Kimmy's house for dinner:

And Halloween is here!

Bumblebee:

Supergirls with Ellie:

Our 6th grade skeleton:

Our handsome 4th grader:

Trick-or-Treating time!!!

The spoils: