Happy Thanksgiving

This year we had a wonderful Thanksgiving. First thing in the morning Darrel, Damion and Heather joined in the traditional Rushton family Thanksgiving football game. They had a great time! It was to cold to sit outside so I stayed home with the 2 little ones. Then afterward we all went to my parents house for dinner. It was delicious! We were joined by my sister Kari and her kids Wilson, Austin, and Kennedy, and by my sister Holly and her kids Brady, and Braxton. We brought over our Wii and actually got my parents to play it! It was hilarious! Every time my mom got a spare or a strike she would do a little shake-your-booty dance! After dinner we went to Darrel's mom's house for dessert. Jessie made an amazing pumpkin cheesecake. Normally I don't like cheesecake but ooooohhhh this is sooooo good! We played a game of Scene-It on the XBox 360. Of course Julie and Jessie kicked all our butts! I am sure Carrie would have won but her and Mike skipped out early so they could go see 4 Christmases. She said it was super funny so hopefully Darrel and I will get a chance to go see it. Here are a few pictures. I didn't get as many as I would have liked because things were kind of crazy with everyone running around. Plus Shayla was fussy and didn't want me to put her down.


I think Shayla looks like a doll in this picture

"The Boys" Wilson, Austin, Damion, Connor

Shayla loved the jello Darrel gave her

Connor with the classic olive fingers

me and the kids making trukey day crafts

Heather and Kennedy showing off their Thanksgiving Day spirit

My Connor

Connor in hospital 5/31/06 Connor at home 10/17/08

It is amazing to me how fast little kids grow. I can't believe it has only been 2 years since he was born. He is so big now and so smart! He is at that stage where every day he adds a new word to his vocabulary. He always says "thank you" and "please". It is hard to get him to say "sorry" when he hurts Damion or Heather. Sometimes I wonder if he doesn't say it because he feels justified in beating them up since they are so much bigger than he is. You know, pay back for all those times when they bully him :D

Connor loves his cars. Anything with wheels on it. He gets upset when he sees cars get wrecked on the TV. He goes "oh no, cars!" with a very concerned look on his face. He will share any of his toys - except for his cars. I have tried to explain this to Heather and Damion time and again - if it has wheels it is automatically Connor's and you need to find something else to play with. Sounds unfair but trust me - you DO NOT want to come between this boy and his cars!! Recently he expanded his love of ground vehicles to air vehicles. He is starting to get into airplanes and helicoptors which he also calls planes. When ever he hears one outside (even if he is in the house) he has to stop what he is doing and go search for it. He has got a truly unique personality. I love my Connor Bonnor!

Halloween

Ok I am really hating how fast time flies!! Again it has been a month since I last blogged!! Oh well what can you do? I hope everyone had a safe and fun Halloween with lots and lots of candy, candy, candy, candy! Our family had a crazy but fun Halloween. We carved pumpkins at Nana Rushton's house. Connor tried to eat the pumpkin but I guess it didn't taste as good as it looks? The kids picked out the design and some how Darrel and I ended up carving all of them! On Halloween both Damion and Heather had a school parade. Damion dressed up as an Army zombie and Heather as a kitty (thanks for the help mom it turned out great!) Connor dressed as a car mechanic and Shayla was also a kitty. Both Damion and Heather had a class party and I was able to go to both and help out with the games. (thank you mom-in-law for watching the babies!) After that we all loaded in the van and headed to Darrels work for his work party. They served us lunch (soup bowls, yum!) and afterwards the kids got to go around to all the desks and trick-or-treat. They got so much candy that they didn't mind not going around the neighborhood to trick-or-treat. Also at Darrels work they had a costume contest with different catagories, Darrels won for scariest! People said they voted for him because it was so realistic for him to be covered in blood!