The Tradition Continues!

Well- Thanksgiving has come and gone. We had a good time even though our numbers were few. This photo sums up how we felt without the rest of you here with us:

After pouting a bit- we put on our happy faces and dug into a yummy Thanksgiving dinner!

We continued our tradition of making candy houses. This year I went green- refusing to buy any new candy. We dug out our candy bag from years past and used whatever was left. Dad insisted on eating jellybeans that were at least 2 years old. He thought they tasted great! I guess you can't go wrong with jellybeans. Here are the results of our labors:

Dad 's "Merry Christmas Mansion" & Karli's "Peace, Love, Happiness Cottage".

Dad, as always, balked at the idea of having to decorate a house, but as usual once he got into it did a fabulous job and showed great creativity and resourcefulness, opening up every drawer in the kitchen to find things to decorate with. Karli was going for a psychedelic, hippie theme...what you can't see on the side of her house is a big peace sign decorated with wild colored candies.

Mom's "Pastel Palace" and Elder Miller's "Casa de Ecuador"

I wanted to do Michael's in the colors of the Ecuador flag (red, yellow and blue) but do you know how hard it is to find blue candy-especially in a bag of 2year old leftover candies?

We couldn't forget Marty...we know how much he MISSED the candy houses this year--so we made one for him:

Marty's "Man-Cave"

Karli and I had fun with this one! That's what you get for not coming home for Thanksgiving, Marty! With Black Friday over- we are heading full speed ahead into the holiday season. Can't wait to see you all later this month. Enjoy the season!