November

November was a busy and fun month. At the beginning of the month we held our annual grad student party. We ate, had a campfire, and made 'smores. It was a lot of fun and I know Sunshine really enjoyed all the attention that everyone gave her. We had a early frost so we cleaned up our garden and harvested the rest of the pumpkins. I am excited about starting a spring garden early next year. Our winter garden is not going so well right now, so I am thinking about just taking a break from it until it February or so. But, garden fresh salads would be great- so I may change my mind.

Loading up the pumpkins!

This year we spent Thanksgiving with my family. Sunshine and I went early so that we could attend my cousin's wedding in Dodge City. It was great to see everyone at the wedding and I am so glad that we were able to make it. We spent most of our time at my Dad and Mom's. We had so much fun and made so many great memories! I did get to visit one of my roommates from college while we were there. It was great to see her and get our kids together to play!

We helped my mom prepare Thanksgiving dinner. Sunshine "helped" in the kitchen and my mom was very gracious to let her.

Helping Grandma with the cranberry jello.

My mom enjoys playing the piano and Sunshine enjoyed sitting beside her and singing. They sang/played hymns and Christmas carols multiple times. I loved it.

My Dad took Sunshine for a ride in the combine. She loved watching the auger come around to the side of the combine and hearing Grandpa honk the horn.

Thanksgiving day with the cousins! This is 4 of the 5 cousins. They are a blast!

We ended our trip with dinner at Puffy's Steakhouse (one of our favorite local restaurants) with 2 of my sisters. My mom watched the grand kids and we enjoyed the time to ourselves. Thanks Mom!