Harvey is not a fan of the cold though.... He spends his days curled up under his stool, curled up in my arms, or laying by the fire. We are not sure how he can stand laying so close to the fire, his body gets so hot. Matt thinks he feels like a rice bag that has been stuck in the microwave!
Then: Aren't they cute! 
Now: Their concentration and focus decorating cookies is amazing........
Working Hard!
The finished product.....
My little Christmas village
The dinning room 
Every Christmas my goal is to see how many wreaths I can put up.... I think there are only six this year....
Our little kitchen
Our Bedroom
On Saturday the celebration continued at his parent's house, with his family, my parents and brother and sister. Kathy made Matt's favorite, the most amazing lasagna and a chocolate birthday cake. After opening presents we decorated their Christmas tree!!
Of course Matt needed a little help, so I had to step in and show him how to cut down the Christmas tree....... 
November in Spokane
Thanksgiving is one of my most favorite holidays. This year Matt and I spent it with my family in Ponca City. Growing up, every Thanksgiving Day was started by running in the Pioneer Woman 10K. It was then followed with our big Thanksgiving dinner at the church building where my grandparents go to church. After stuffing ourselves we usually follow it up with a talent show or basketball game. In the evening the entire family heads out to my grandparents farm where we spend the rest of the evening eating more food watching sports or home videos. Of course I was always a firm believer in dressing up for the holidays.
The Pioneer Woman Run is no longer held on Thanksgiving morning, but that didn't stop Matt and I from taking a quick morning run around Lake Ponca. (don't worry, we didn't run into the Deer Woman) 
Thanksgiving dinner with the Stangelands
Matt and Bryan playing some basketball
Hanging out in the evening with the fam and celebrating Brianne's birthday.......
Melissa, Laura, and I now.......
All these leaves were on the big tree in the courtyard until last night. When the temperature dropped into the 20s the leaves gave up and fell off. Oh well...they look pretty on the ground too! 
We were able to tear ourselves away from the homework for two nights of fun!! Thank you to our friends for hosting awesome Halloween parties!!
Homemade costumes rule!!
Bryan found out about the concert on Facebook. Tickets were only $14 dollars at the door.... so we started to wonder when we drove down a small alley to get to the venue. It was a large empty warehouse with a stage. We were one of the first ones there, so we were on the front row! The Avenue in Wichita, Kansas
The concert was amazing (even standing for three hours)!! If you have never listened to Joshua Radin I highly recommend him!
On Sunday we had a birthday dinner at the Stangeland Farm in Ponca City. We celebrated September, October, and November Birthdays!
Playing football with the cousins at the Stangeland Farm
On Sunday night the five of us surprised my dad with tickets to the Neil Diamond concert for his birthday! The concert was amazing and Neil can still rock it at 67! The one thing that I had been hoping for the past few months is that he would sing Brother Love's Travelin Salvation Show, and sure enough Neil did not disappoint......the very last song he sang was Brother Love's! It was a perfect ending for a perfect weekend!!!
The fam (minus Matt) after an amazing rocking concert!! I have never danced so much in my entire life!
