Feeding Geese

Chasing us down...
Tom trying to shoo them away

Attack!

Julia helping :)

Our family was going through a particularly stressful time about the beginning of December, so we decided we needed a little joy in our lives. We went to the next town over to feed the geese, but didn't realize how aggressive they are! They were literally following our car through the parking lot, and then ran us down as soon as we got out of the car. Since I had the camera, and Tom had all the bread, they left me alone, but surrounded Tom and Julia. Tom was focused on getting rid of the bread as fast as he could, Julia was panicking, and I was cracking up laughing! It's a miracle any of the photos turned out, since I was laughing so hard, but we all needed just those few minutes of fun. We've been back once since then, but just threw bread out the car window so Julia wouldn't get as upset.

Thanksgiving

Tom carving the deep fried turkey
Julia having fun with Gramps!

Visiting the St. Louis Arch

At the top of the Arch

Saying goodbye to Patrick and Jordan at the airport

For Thanksgiving, Tom's family was able to come out and spend a few days with us. We mostly relaxed at home, watched the civil war game (unfortunately the Beavers lost!!), and were able to tour the St. Louis Arch.

Halloween

Going through the loot!
Trick-or-treating pros!

Ready to go out!

I'm again, trying to catch up with everything, so here are some photos from Halloween! Tom actually had to work that night, so Julia and I had dinner with our neighbors and then went out for some trick-or-treating. I got Julia a strawberry costume, but couldn't convince her to put it on. She had no problem dressing up as a princess though! Her and her friend had lots of fun, and she is actually still talking about the time she got candy in her basket and "ate it all". She really only had a couple pieces and then Mommy and Daddy helped get rid of the rest.