Pre-Christmas December Highlights

Brett ooozing adorable-ness





We got out our Christmas decor and nativities and Heidi found interesting ways to display Joseph.
We had a snow day--school cancellation and we made sugar cookies and went sledding in our backyard!






Ryan's preschool Christmas program--he was a camel. Had to have lots of "discussions" with him in order to get him to wear nice clothes for the event.


Failed attempt at a Santa hat picture--too "sunny" for Heidi
More oozing



Brett helping me with Christmas baking

Curt being goofy


Schools out--snowman building





Lots of sledding trips with Dad




Curt and my anniversary. He gave me a new snazzy point and shoot camera for anniversary/Christmas. We went out for an amazingly yummy stake dinner.


Isaac lost both of his front teeth just in time for Christmas

Heidi gets to go sledding this time.

Nicole took the plunge . . .

And got her ears pierced! I told her she could a year or so ago, but she and her cousin Brynne have been trying to figure out a way that they could do it together and have both moms there. The planets finally aligned and we were all in one place at one time! Does this mean she's a tween?

Thanksgiving

Ryan singing in his preschool Thanksgiving program.

Vaughn -n- Tammy and Royce -n- Jen and families got to come for Thanksgiving. It was great fun and the weather was quite nice so we were able to get out and go to the zoo and aquarium and play outside quite a bit.

Adult table

Kid table & tiny kid table--Heidi, Eva and Pearl were on a little folding table. They LOVED it and it worked out nicely for eating since we only had one high chair and one booster.

When the kid table wasn't being eaten on it was the art table.
Will being an awesome big brother to Julia.

Isaac wishing he had a DS.
Lots of reading.


Cute babies!
Duets on the piano.
More reading. Loved this shot of all the kids cozy around the bookshelf reading.

Lots of Foosball (sp?)


Heidi and Eva.

Heidi

Group shot of quite a few of the kids--hope someone else got a better one. Isaac has picked up the habit of making goofy faces when a picture is being taken. I wonder where he got that from? CURT!!!Will and Ryan. Ryan doesn't really have a cousin his age so he was always trying to tag along with the big boys. Sometimes it worked out and other times it didn't--but Will, Duncan and Henry were always very nice to him.

'nother group shot.Not sure why these are the only two zoo pictures I have . . .

Made you smile!

Just a few pictures . . .



Brett in his Halloween costume
Heidi wanted Nicole to lay by her--not Mom.