Headless Turkey Feast

HI-JACKED BLOG-MY AMAZING WIFE!!

It doesn't happen very often, but yes, this blog has been hi-jacked.  I am always grateful for my great wife, but just wanted to put it in writing this Thanksgiving.  She is beautiful, amazing, talented, smart, funny, organized, diligent, a finisher, creative, a great mother, and just out of this world.  She has a beautiful smile and mesmerizing eyes.  She does make me a little sick because she still has her girlish figure after 4 kids and 18 years of marriage and doesn't work out much.  She just got done organizing our whole basement.  What would have taken a man a year and a normal woman a week, took her just one day.  She is very caring with our children and teaches them about discipline, studying, hard work, sticktuitiveness, financial management, and Gospel principles.  Besides serving her family, she is also very active with her calling at Church and will help a friend or stranger at the drop of a hat.  She'd give you the shirt off her back if you needed it...now that I think about it, I'd like the shirt off her back:)  She is also a great kisser.  I love you lady.  Happy Thanksgiving!

Here is one of my favorite photos of her.

Thanksgivings Past

When I was a novice Scrapbooker, I started a scrapbook for each Holiday. The idea behind it was that we would pull it out during each of the Holiday festivities and remember all the years past. Such a cute idea! Go me! I even scrapbooked every Holiday from our younger years to our first Holidays together- all the way to 2004.
This past week, I have been looking through my old Thanksgiving scrapbook. I realized that the transition period between these amazing scrapbooks I started and when I commenced blogging got jipped. SLACKER!
I decided that I needed to remedy that. I pulled out piles of pictures from each of the missing years. But then what???? Unpack scrapbooking supplies- ie. scissors, paper, stickers, glue? Oh heavens NO! Way too much work! LOL So I scanned in pictures and went to work in my scrapbooking program. I finished up 2005 to 2008. Then discovered I would be way sad if I just ended the Holiday Scrapbooks there. So, I pulled things off my blog and got all caught up (using my journaling from my blog as well)!!! I called around and found a copy place that would print them for me for a really good deal. And magically my Thanksgiving Scrapbook is complete! I'm so excited!!!!
To get you all caught up from 2005 to 2013, here are my Thanksgivings past! Enjoy! ;) [You can click on them to see them larger]

 2005:

2006:

2007:

2008:

2009:

2010:

2011:

2012:

2013:

Happy Thanksgiving! Love the memories!

Snow Day

The kids are out for the Thanksgiving break. Today it snowed ALOT! It was a perfect SNOW DAY! Justice made a Snow Chair (recliner style). LOL The girls helped Liberty for a bit to make a pretty cool Snowman!

P.S. It warmed up Thanksgiving Day (the next day). By Friday- the snow was completely gone. Crazy! But then it snowed again Saturday night. Silly, Montana!

Thrilling Third Grade Thanksgiving Play

Victoria's teacher, Mrs. Melanie Sharbano is amazing! She is so positive, loving and super fun! Every year, she does scrapbooks with the kids, sings them fun songs, teaches them positive sayings and puts on an amazing Thanksgiving Play. It's put on by only her class for the year. All the kids get parts, costumes and practice like crazy. They put it on for parents, family and several other classes.

They did an amazing job!!! Victoria first wanted to be Squanto because it was a big part. But she ended up doing lots of little things that were way impressive. My kids always blow me away with how hiddenly talented they are. She was amazing! We are way proud of her.
One of the moms played the harp as prelude music while everyone filed in. It was beautiful!

Mrs. Sharbano narrated the play sharing lots of fun facts about the first Thanksgiving story. They made it light-hearted by making a few jokes, throwing fake snow at each other, spraying each other with water and just being silly. There was some superb acting skills here, people!

They also sang lots of songs as they told the story. They used a few VeggieTale songs and some impressive patriotic songs. Lost of kids sang some solos and seriously sounded great!

Victoria did a fabulous job. She threw a bucket of glitter at the audience (it was supposed to be water). LOL She was a pilgrim that got dragged away by the Indians. She sang a solo for a verse in the song, America the Beautiful. It was so sweet. AND she recited the preamble to the Constitution (She had memorized the whole thing BY HEART) Wow! Who is this kid?! Great job, Sis. You were amazing!

We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Glory's Turkey Feast

The 1st grade & Kindergarten classes had a Turkey Feast today. They spent the last couple days making bread, decorations, placemats, oreo turkeys, etc. Today, they put it all together to enjoy.

Happy Thanksgiving!

1st Official MT Pie Night

Technically, we had a pie night last year with the Lay Family. They invited us to enjoy some pie with them after all the Thanksgiving festivities. But this year was our 1st Official party throwing of our famous Seamons Pie Night here in Montana!! We had a fabulous time! Thanks to the Lays, the Coils, the Izatts, the Schoenfelds, and the Stovalls for joining us in our fun tradition. We are grateful for you in our lives!

Driver in Training

In Montana, the age for getting your drivers permit is 14. Believe it or not, (cuz I can't!!) within 4 1/2 months, we will have a 14 year old under our roof. So Brett did a little driving lesson this afternoon. Holy Moly! Heaven help us if this girl gets that much freedom! ;)

Beauty of this Yard

We are seriously in love with where we live! We are constantly amazed at the beauty that surrounds us. We love our house, the chance to have lots of people over, room to play, the mountain view, the sunrises and the sunsets and the wildlife. So gorgeous!!!

Our buck friend in the back yard:

Double Rainbows (We see them a lot in our front yard):

Fog Mountain off my back porch:

Snowy Mountain to the left of our backyard:

Sunrise shining on other clouds with deer in the left hand corner:

Sun peeking over the mountain:

Gorgeous colors from my front porch:

A Snowy Day (in December):