Christmas Season

Blake and I are very excited for Christmas. We have been very good this year and I know Santa is watching us. We have seen him several times and I like to sit on his lap but get very shy talking to him. We have a special tree here in town that is decorated with over 37,000 lights, it's called the Magic Tree. We love to drive by and see the magic tree every year.
Mommy and I have been busy baking for the holiday season. We spend lots of time on the weekends in the kitchen making yummy treats for everyone to enjoy. Here are the reindeer that we made (along with some chocolate covered pretzels, we couldn't let the leftover chocolate go to waste)...

And the sugar cookies that we made (I got very creative with my Princess sprinkles, ask me how to make a bow tie out of glass slippers sometime!!)...

This is the Gingerbread house I made with my baby-sitter Ms. Janay.

First Snow of the Season

Tuesday morning we woke up to SNOW! Blake and I had so much fun playing at Aunt Heather's house in the snow. All the way to Aunt Heather's Blake kept saying "Momma, SNOW", he was really excited. Mom and Dad love the snow too.

Army training?

Perhaps our kids should join the Army. We're teaching them lots of valuable skills for that. Here are some pictures.
Sleeping in the field in a tent (or your own backyard).


Doing recon on targeted properties (our old house where we lived when Lauren was born - there was supposed to be an open house, but no one was there).


Preparing food outside over a fire (do Smore's count as food?)


Physical combat training


R&R at the end of the day


How to transport precious supplies - like pretzel sticks in a train.


Mess hall (Thanksgiving at Abeula's and Grandpa's)


Getting a haircut

Halloween 2011

The kids had a blast tonight for Halloween. Cinderella and Yoda (with matching pumpkins) were very polite and well-behaved - and we enjoyed Uncle T, Lala, Sadie, Ethan (and their friend Kyle) being with us.

Fall fun

Blake reading his favorite book - Goodnight Gorilla....we read that book at least 10 times a day!


Pudding night...



Thank you Nana and Papa for the fun Halloween gifts!!!



Getting ready to make some Halloween cookies with Mommy


Decorating is serious business!


The finished product

Blake's 18m Appt

Blake is growing FAST! He has now surpassed Lauren's length at the same age. Before now they were neck and neck. His weight is only 3 lbs more than she was at the same age, that surprises me. Here are his stats as of today.
34" tall - 91%
28 lb 3 oz - 87%
his head is still in the 90%

More Summertime Fun

Here are some more pictures of our summertime fun. We've played in the back yard; Lauren and her friend Landry have started ballet/dance classes; and we had a visit from our relatives Steve and Rebecca Lance on their motorcycle / field trip to South Dakota and back.