I saw an elf!

Thanksgiving

Only moved in a few weeks and we hosted Thanksgiving. Luckily, I have a very laid back family who doesn't need coddled, and I don't need to be the "hostess with the mostest".
It also helps that we had a room to "hide" everything not unpacked yet. (Where everything still is a month later!)
It was a great time, we each of my siblings made it over at some point and we enjoyed Grandma and Grandpa the whole time! Thanks everybody!
The pictures are of Joel and Naomi at the tableand Aunt Steph with Nathan. I know a picture was taken with everybody at the table, but who's camera it ended up on, I'm not sure!

We miss the "dangerous" playgrounds

On our move to Fruitland, Idaho we stopped in Hines, Oregon for lunch. The playground there was old. It was great! The old merry-go-rounds, teeter-totters, swings, and a HUGE slide. This things was a monstrosity of height and length. Definitely an over-protective parent nightmare. Miss those "dangerous" days!

Medieval Times at the Palmers

We had been studying medieval times while in Oregon and as we packed up to leave the children were loathe to part with some of our creations. To ease the sadness we took pictures of some of them for our memory books. Pictured is our cardboard castle,(catapult is hidden inside), our diorama of a peasant hut, and the poem the boys composed about peasant life.
Of course, the helmets, shields, and swords we made came with us. :)

Enoch's Birthday

One of Enoch's presents for his eighth birthday was a (real) bow and arrow set. Here is a picture of him posing with it. He is very excited to develop his archery skills. He had a great birthday and we were also able to baptize him a few days before we left Myrtle Creek. The family picture in the blog title is a picture of our family we took for his baptism. It was a great weekend!

We love Grandpa and Grandma Schoenwald!