Carly Crosland

Happy Thanksgiving! We had a great low-key laid back weekend here in Minot! We always are missing our families, but knowing we are going to be in Utah in a little over 2 weeks is such a good thought... and we have some fabulous friends here. We started our day by watching the infamous Macy's Thanksgiving day Parade and just hanging out while we baked!  We then headed to the church to meet up with some families in our ward for dinner! The girls had a blast running wild, and we had a good dinner. I think next year we will be staying home though! You just don't get to relax at the church! But we had a great dinner and headed home for some down time!  Later that night Celeste & Taylor, and Spencer came over for some appetizers and Desserts! We had such a good night with them and Celeste and I even snuck in some shopping at the mall from 8-10 while the men held down the fort with the babes!  I sure love this girl. Whatever she's feeling- ...

 the cold and christmas songs have set in... and I love it!  Tyler also gave me a "no handstands in the kitchen" rule. I feel like I'm 8 again. and I for sure don't follow it.   Clara got to babysit Eleanor and it was the best day of her life... then Eleanor fell asleep, and Clara cried.  Lucy love, loves Ballet. Mr. Rinat is awesome. I'm still coaching gymnastics and it's going great- I love being back in the gym, even if it's only one day a week! Lucy comes early with me and gets to play for an hour before her class starts. It's pretty much a dream come true for her!  We got our first big snowstorm which naturally calls for midnight sledding.... it was SO much fun... and literally, FREEZING! This was the temp the next morning, but it was coooolllddd!!  The girls each got their own trees from Target and got to put all of the ornaments on themselves-- it was pretty much the best thing ever, and they both took it extremely s...