I said I was going to take a break for awhile but I meant school not blogging but somehow I took a break from blogging too. So here is a quick update:

Stokes Family Thanksgiving Day Turkey Shoot:

Outing with Cousins: Fisher gets bored during the day with Dawson in school so we like to do things with his cousins Luke, Abigail and Carly.

Festival of Trees: Dawson and Fisher held up in the beginning but after the first few row of trees Dawson said "how many Christmas trees do we have to look at before we go home?"

Christmas:

Skiing: Ryan guides for Wolf Creek so every year our family gets season passes to Wolf Mountain. The boys love to ski and we go as often as we can. I get scared sometimes me because my boys are fearless. Dawson goes off all these big jumps and even likes to ski on the rails. Fisher cannot be out done by his brother so off he goes following Dawson. Fisher said he loves skiing on the rails.

We are keeping busy. Ryan is still going to school but will be done in August. (I can't wait) Dawson is skiing, playing basketball, attends his art classes and plays with all his new friends from his school, Venture Academy. Fisher goes to preschool and plays with the neighbors. I am enjoying not working and not being in school and just taking care of my family.

This post is not going to have any pictures but I am so excited that I have to post this. I finally finished my Masters of Mental Health Counseling program. It took me 3 1/2 years to finish but I finished tonight and I can't hardly take it I am so excited. No more school for a little while because I am taking a break.

Dawson went with his friend Mason Moser and his family to spend a night in the yurt. I have never heard of a yurt but it looks cool. He had a blast.

Fisher's birthday was Oct. 26th so I am a little behind at posting these pictures. He had a good time with his friends at a pumpkin maze and sliding down the slide. The kids made it through the maze in 5 minutes but play on the slide forever. I still can't believe my little baby is 5!

Lynnea (my mother-in-law) wanted all us girls to go to witches night out at Gardner Village. She wanted us to dress up like witches and we voted not too but we sure looked out of place there. Everyone was dressed up and the had to be thousands of women dressed like witches. We saw some hats and put them on for a picture and we decided that next year when we go down we will have to dress up. It was crazy but lots of fun.

I took Dawson, Fisher and two neighbor kids to see "haunted" dinosaur park. They had fun but I wish we would have gone at night because it would have looked cool.