an early tgiving with the ainsworths.

this saturday, the whole ainsworth gang gathered at the ainsworth casa for an early tgiving celebration.  lots of the clan will be celebrating with other families on the actual day, so i'm so glad it worked out for us to have our shindig a tad early.  it was a lovely day of cooking, spending time together, enjoying the weather and a little five crowns {a card game}.  becca and chris were in from arizona {!} and kata and drew were in from mississippi {!}  it was a WONDERFUL celebration, we have so much to be thankful for.

 boys in the kitchen

 kata the trifle the master

 aunt becca and logs

 uncle chris and logs

 the ainsworth women

 drew and mike frying a turkey

 uncle mike and logs

 aunt kata and logs

 family photo: take one

 take two

 and take three.

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life {according to instagram}.

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a few more house photos.

from last friday.....

ahhhhhh - it is really happening.

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on the move.

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progress!

we got progress people!  we FINALLY got the permits!  it was really frustrating how long this process took, especially since at the beginning of this whole deal they said we could get the permits in a few short weeks.  well it didn't take a few short weeks, it took a few LONG months.  but, we got them and the true work as begun!  check it out.

this is the existing kitchen.  it was way old and super out of date.  we really couldn't work with anything in there - so we are ripping it out and starting fresh.

this is the back of the house where we are putting the addition. 

happy friday eveyone!

we are off to check out the house and see what kind of progress was made today!

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DIY

while we were at the lake, mags and i got some fun craft time.  both of us love to be creative and work with our hands so this was heaven for us.  mags had the great idea of making our own clips/hair pieces for logan.  {hair clips have been great for logs because she has long hair on top and i just cannot bring myself to cut it yet, and so it is a great way to pull her hair out of her face.}  so we made a michael's run and got to work at the lake.  it was just a matter of cutting felt, gluing {with a hot glue gun}, sewing, and layering fabrics.  here are our results.

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life {according to instagram}.

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saturday fun.

this weekend, we wondered over to the museum of fine arts to check out the latest exhibits.  it has been a few years since we have visited this museum and it was amazing to be inside its walls again.  the building is stunning and we really enjoyed the "scandinavian designs" exhibit.  don't even get me started on those gorgeous textiles.  yum.  afterwards, we found ourselves at the taco food truck across the street and enjoyed a nice lunch outside.  it was a lovely way to spend our saturday.

hope your saturdays were delightful too!

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hello and goodbye.

logan's new favorite trick is wave hello and goodbye with a big ole grin.  it is pretty stinkin cute. 

happy weekend everyone!

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logan's first halloween.

it was a festive day.  first, we had cousins jason {the dinosaur} and casey {the kitty cat} over for a play date and lunch.  we dressed logan up in a zebra outfit given to her by omi.  she was not a fan of the head piece - but we managed to snap a few pics.  also, please note the giant monkey.  it is an art piece of my moms that always gets lots of comments.  not to mention the stares from the little ones.  we thought it would only be appropriate for uncle monkey to be in some of the pictures.

for the evening festivities, we decided to dress logan up as frida kahlo.  we did some trick - or - treating to a few neighbors we know and then just mainly answered the door to hand out candy.  the grandparents were in attendance as we had our cocktails and frightened little ones with uncle monkey. 

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