i'll show you what i'm thankful for...

happy thanksgiving!!!

wood project #001, aka reindeer

so, recently it was that time of year again. the time when the landscapers trim all the trees in the area. last year i collected a few local branches and one of them i used to make truman mobile in his room. (don't think i've posted any pictures of truman's room ever, i'll have to do that) so this year i got really excited when i started seeing piles of "sticks" alone the roads. but this year it was taken to a whole new level involving pulling over on the side of the 99, hand saws, chain saws, tie down, and several (4) car loads of "sticks" (i use the "" because some of them could possible be classified as trees). my neighbors all think i'm crazy after watching me unload car after car load of tree branches. but i've been really excited thinking of all the cool things i could do with them. so this wednesday when sam took the day off to start our thanksgiving break we made our reindeer.

the boys took several breaks including one while watching nemo in our driveway

with "other isaac".

isaac and beckam helped pick out all the parts for the respective reindeer. beckam's is rudolph, and isaac's is comet. i was a slacker with the pictures i didn't even get finished pictures but i will soon and i'll add them to the post. they turned out awesome and now we just need to make one for truman.

dad's first ever turkey

i think isaac eat more turkey than sam did.

truman trying his first thanksgiving turkey.

sam's dad cooks the turkey at his house and for years i've been hoping that this would be a tradition that we would carry on at our house. finally our time came and yes, he did it. sam cooked our first ever turkey, and he already has ideas on how to improve the next one. he decide to cook it on the sunday before thanksgiving just in case the first one turned out bad. but he did a pretty good job and we are still eating it.