Thanksgiving Aftermath

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving. The weather was gorgeous the food was awesome and everyone was in to the holiday spirit!

Garett, Kate and Maggie

Maggie wearing what Daddy calls her, "Maggie About Town Hat"
I always manage to get these pictures of her when she's sticking her tongue out!

We all ate way to much and afterward everyone was exhausted:

Especially Mike and Maggie.

November Birthdays!

A big happy birthday from the Doran Clan going out to you rockin' Scorpios out there...

11/21 - Happy Birthday Jeri!

11/17 - Happy Birthday Dad!

Scorpio is symbolized by the Scorpion. Intense and emotionally perceptive, you pick up on unspoken words and speak the language of gesture. Deep, mysterious and magnetically attractive, you yearn for emotional intimacy. If hurt, you really sting -- and you don't forgive easily!

Famous Scorpios include:

Leonardo DiCaprio
Julia Roberts
Joaquin Pheonix

Two Posts In One Day... Exciting Stuff!

It just gets better and better. The kids and I drove by the lot today after school hoping to find that it had been all trenched out.

Instead... we arrived WHILE THEY WERE TRENCHING IT!!! Which meant that the kids actually got to see them starting to "build" our new house. I can't believe how truly blessed we are to be doing all of this. It's very exciting!





Ethan says that now the "hard part" will start... we'll go out there (every day like we have been for nearly two months) and we'll complain about how they haven't made any progress. ;o)

Mike says he is sure we are going to drive him crazy over this house.

Duh!

Groundbreaking...

Today is the day they dig the trenches for the new house on Starlight Drive!
I was out there early this morning to capture the preparations for the trenching that will happen a little later today (in fact... it might have already taken place by the time of this post!)

Woo hoo!!!!

A Dig Date - A Dig Date

Ok... we finally have a trench date for the house.

They are officially breaking ground on Wednesday, November 16th!

That's not exactly "early November" like we were originally told... that's more like mid-November. But, that's really just splitting hairs I suppose (or at least that is what Mike calls it).

I'll post pics on Wednesday!

A Doran Halloween

Ok, alas, no DoranFest this year, again. My apologies.

Kate's recital went off without a hitch. She only played once because Pioneer Village was PACKED they were expecting 2,000 people and it appeared they got that and more. There was barely any room to walk and the lines to get up to the doors (to get a piece of candy) were 20 minutes long. There are RIDES at DISNEYLAND I won't wait that long for.

We scooted Maggie around a bit and then got the heck out of there. I would have hated to see that place ON Halloween. Good grief.

Halloween was fun. Mike picked up pizzas and breadsticks from Joseph's, I picked up sodas and candy from Target and we blacked out the house. We all piled in on the bed in our bedroom to watch "Ghost Hunters" and "Most Haunted LIVE: The Search For Jack The Ripper" it was GREAT!

Still, next year we are all looking forward to handing out candy at our new house and taking Kate and Maggie out to Trick or Treat.

I'm already starting to brainstorm about decorating the new house for Christmas next year. I am just so excited!!!

Speaking of the new house... no news yet. We are hoping they'll break ground this week or next. Early November is what we were told...

Not sure I would call that "expediting the process."

;o)