Christmas outfits

I am surprised that he was even smiling at this. I LOVE this picture!

Here are the yearly Christmas pictures that we took. It is SO much harder getting three to smile for the camera....wait even getting them to look at the camera is next to impossible. By the time we got Jax to smile, the other two were looking at him to see his smile. So this is the best that we got this year. I couldn't decide which ones I wanted so I just put them all in here. Enjoy!

SO Far behind....

This post is so overdue, but I keep putting it off and putting it off. Christmas came and went way too fast and I could not keep up. I have so many more fun posts, but I know that I need to post about our Christmas first so I can get my blog put into a book for this last year. So here goes....


This laundry basket has been a favorite toy for my kids. They can get Jax to laugh so hard. Who knew that it had so many uses? We have definitely got our money out of this purchase!

Thanksgiving and more!

Yes now that it is December I am posting about our Thanksgiving. I have been pretty busy with a few Christmas projects...they have consumed all my time. We did have a fun Thanksgiving and I can't believe that it is December and now almost Christmas. I always have such big plans and then Christmas comes and the craziness begins. I just wished the season lasted a little longer!

Halloween!

Here is Jax after he had found Brinley's Halloween bag and SHOVED his mouth full of cookies. He thought he was so funny....and I just thought he was so cute.

We got to have our niece stay with us for a while. We had so much fun with her! Here they are getting ready for the costume parade at Brinley's school.

Cutest little dragon

We took the kids to the Halloween carnival at Briney's school on Friday. They had so much fun, but we had to leave early because we had another Halloween party to go to.

He is probably thinking "please get me out of this thing. I can't move." But he sure looks cute in it!

The cutest High School Musical Cheerleader, Peach City car hop/50's girl and dragon that I have ever seen! LOVE these kiddos of mine~

We had a fun Halloween this year. Jaxston wasn't sure about his costume, but it sure kept him warm. My girls were so excited to go trick-or-treating to all the houses. They are what make life so fun! I love to watch their reactions to things and how excited they get.

Bear Lake and Conference Weekend.....

Over Conference weekend we headed to good old bear lake. My girls were so excited! We have not got very much use out of it this year. They LOVE to go there and it never gets old for them. This time it was chilly, but very peaceful.

Pretty soon Jaxston was fast asleep in this swing. We had to ride back on the 4 wheelers with him asleep on Nate's shoulder. He did stay asleep though!

More pictures on the swing

Jaxston's first 4 Wheeler ride. (No, he really didn't ride in the bumbo on the front) Nate just wanted it to look that way! :)

We didn't have a helmet for him so Nate put Halle's bike helmet on. He was a good sport and didn't bother it.

It was such a fun weekend. We feel so blessed to have a place to go and get away from daily life. I couldn't figure out why my kids LOVED to go there even in the winter because there isn't much to do. (Then I thought maybe it is because they have all our attention....guess I need to give them a little more of my time. I need to be reminded of that every now and then). All in all it was a fun little weekend getaway. Just what we needed at our house! :)

Look what I can do!!!

Jax is six months now! He learned to sit up by himself a few weeks ago. He feels so big now! When we go to the grocery store he loves to sit in the cart. You can see it in his eyes that he feels like such a big kid. He still is an excellent baby and very happy. He LOVES his hands, especially his thumbs. He puts his two thumbs together and is always playing with his hands. He also has learned how to make noises with his tongue. It is the cutest thing. I love this age and I love to see his facial expressions as he experiences new things everyday!

Halle's first day of preschool!

Halle had her first day of preschool a few weeks ago..but I am just now posting them. She made sure to let me know that I needed to take her picture...just like I took Brinleys on her first day....and then put them on our blog. She is such a funny girl. She sure knows what she wants and lets it be known! The other morning I had just finished running on the treadmill in enough time to tell her to grab her backpack and run out the door. Halle looked at me and said "Mom, will you please change your clothes and get ready, that doesn't look so good." I told her that I didn't have time today. She then asked me if I would walk her to the door but only to the door so no one would see me. When I got out of the car she rad ahead and then came back and said, "It's okay, mom the door is closed no one will see you. You can walk me..but only to the door so they don't see you." Leave it to Halle to let you know if you aren't looking your best or if something looks good on you. She is a very honest little girl and lets us know what she thinks. She is very opinionated and I have had to take many clothes back because she won't wear them. I never had this problem with Brinley and I still don't. I tell her what to wear and she does it. But they have always been so different and that is what makes life fun....right? So if Halle tells you that something looks good you must really look good!
From now on I really try to get my exercising and shower before I take her to school! If not, she looks at me and says, "You're not going like that are you?" I thought that I was going to be the one saying that! :)

Halle and dad!

Walking into school!