Thanksgiving!

We went to Oak Bar for Thanksgiving! Oak Bar is a old fishing lodge that friends of ours own up by Yreka,CA. It is on the Klamath River, Mark and Sherry Crawford own it. It is a beautiful old lodge, with lots of room and beautiful property. They have 4 kids who also have lots of kids, so needless to say there were a lot of people! We had 47 for Thanksgiving dinner!! There were lots of kids for Camilla to play with and lots of great people to spend time with. We had such a AWESOME time and I'm so glad we went. We ate way too much food, played lots of music and talked and talked and talked! It was great! I love leaving a place having more love for people than you had when you first got there!
I didn't realize the pics would come up in the opposite order, so the captions are backwards, but I'm sure you all could figure it out! =)
This was the dining room where we had our meals. The big table in the top right of the picture is SO awesome! The center part of the table spins around. So if you need something say mashed potatos or ham you just spin the top layer around and there you go! It is pretty nice for a big group of people. The "turkey" centerpiece was made from vegetables! It was So cute. Then all the delicious rolls and the way too many pies!!




Ian sitting on the huge couch in the lodge.

The men working on the screen doors that Dad made. Behind the screen doors is a entry way between the dining room and the main lodge room. Some bats like to hide in there so they were wanting screen doors to try and keep them out. One time when we were up there a long time ago, we had a bat killing party. (How redneck is that?!) Anyway we had bats and brooms and whatever you wanted to kill the bats. It was fun but pretty gross, I was afraid they were going to get in my hair.

Clarabella and Camilla with Grandma.

It was Katreece's Birthday, she wanted a Caterpiller cake so her Mom Angela made a very cute cake for her! (sorry about all the spellings of the kids names)

Pictures of the beautiful lawn and river. See the fairy rings?!


Guess who's daughter was crying? I love how the first picture they are all smiling and then the next one they are all looking at her like whats your problem?!! =) Their names are from top left. Again sorry about the spellings. Dinah,Auralee,Tara, Treeva, Ciecel,Adelin, Jolene,Katreece and Camilla.


Jeanie and Clarabella and some cute pictures of some of the kids on the 6-wheelers.

Matching dresses!

My Mom made Lila and Camilla matching dresses. They were so cute!! We were together last weekend up in Weaverville for a early T-Giving so we got some pics. Amazing how 2 little girls can look so different but yet still both SO cute!!

 

 

 

 

At the Park

Today we went to the park with Grandma.. It is a great park, with swings and a wood castle kind of thing. And lots of fun things to play on. Camilla loves the swings and just can sit and swing, especially the "big girl swing". But she's not a huge fan of the slides. I think because she doesn't hold herself up so she slides down a little on her elbows. I think it might hurt her a little.
The other day I was in the store and she was sitting in the cart and I looked at her and just thought she is SO cute! I just want to hold her and keep her and be there for her at all times. I am just amazed at what I feel for her. Everyday she does things that I'm just like wow she is getting so big and grown up! I am so thankful for her and can not believe how much I can love such a little human!

 

 

 

 

Little red riding hood

 

 

Balloon

Camilla loves balloons! So she had to take her nap with her balloon. Heaven forbid let go of it!! =)

 

Halloween

We didn't do too much for Halloween since it was raining. I took her to the mall and there were so many people! We didn't stay for too long since Camilla really wasn't interested. But she loved carving pumpkins! She had fun scooping stuff out and flinging it everywhere. I didn't get very many good pics of her in her costume but I think theres a better one on a earlier post.
I'm enjoying the rain. but it is making me tired. Camilla has a cold and so she's cranky and just wanting to be held. So that makes me want to just lay down with her but then I get tired. Anyway this is a boring post. But not too much has been going on around here! Ian got all 4 of his wisdom teeth pulled. So he has been in pain and very whiny the last week! Ever notice how men think they are so tough but the minute they get sick or hurt they turn helpless and whine a lot?! =)