A little Christmas

We decorated our Christmas tree.  Our tree is huge so we had to go out and buy more lights and bulbs.  The kids had fun decorated.

We headed to the Christmas in the Square in our town.  This is how we sled in Texas.

After 8 years of life I got my first Joshua Santa picture.  :)

Dallin and Santa

These two look terrified but I got a photo.  

Our tree 

Christmas in the Square was so fun.  The kids got light up bracelets and they lit up with the music and the huge tree in the square.  They had snowman building and sledding.

Our Chruch party was fun.  This was the live Nativity.  The kids did great!  We love Christmas season!

Happy Birthday Joshua!

My boy turned 8!  I can't believe it.  I can't be old enough to have an 8 year old.  I remember when he was first born I couldn't wait for him to reach the next milestone, and now I want to stretch each moment just a little bit longer.  We celebrated by bowling with family and eating at Braums.  He is a delight to have in our family.  We are so blessed!  He is so bright and talented!  I will post more pictures when Michael can get the pictures off of his phone.  He said it gives him a headache to download photos so he will do it later.  :)  ha ha

Joshua will be baptized on December 27 and we are excited for him!  He is doing very well in school.  He has had straight a's all year.  He loves hanging with his siblings and science is his favorite subject.  Happy Birthday Joshua we love you!

Happy Thanksgiving!

 We had a good Thanksgiving.  We had much to be grateful for.  Michael played football in the morning and I worked on the meal.  Jenny made us dessert.  We had a good time.

On Friday morning we headed out to hunt for a Christmas tree.  We got a hay ride out to wear the trees were.

We got to feed the farm animals.

We had to measure how big the tree was.  I wanted a six foot tree, and Michael decided an 8 foot tree would be better.  It is so huge for our house.

There was a maze for the kids.  Evan and Rylan loved it!

We found the tree and sawed it down.  We hitched a ride back on the tractor.  We did have to stop once to retie the tree but we made it back to the city.

We headed to Uncle David's later that day to hang out with family. We had a wonderful time!

School kid update and a real date

Dallin and his cute little first grade classs.

Dallin was picked as super achiever of the 2nd grading period.  He is reading well and so helpful to the teacher.  

Joshua made the A honor roll.  He is doing really well at his new school.  They had a STEAM night competition where Joshua and Dad had to build a tower with uncooked spaghetti and marshmellow.  Joshua said he took first in his class, but came up short overall.  They had a great time!

Dallin just lost his first tooth, and then the next day he lost his second tooth. He already spent his money at the store.  

Michael and I got away on Friday to see the Mavericks play the Lakers.  We had a good time.  We couldn't have sat any higher then we were.  :)  Mavs won and it was fun to see the men tumble at half time.  

Program and Projects

We had a primary program today.  The kids did great!  They looked cute in their bows and bow ties.  We only had one mishap where a boy fell while walking to microphone.  My boys enjoyed it and Leah will join them next year.

It got down to freezing temps this week.  We unpacked the gloves and hats.  My kids are loving the change in weather.  They race through homework to go play out in the cold.

Joshua had to do a fairy tale diorama and show the elements.  Dallin had to disguise a turkey.  We had a big mess of construction paper, glue, and markers.

Michael was home with us this week.  The kids took advantage by attacking him.  Dad's are the best!  Sorry picture is fuzzy but kids are crazy and moving everywhere.  

Fall Weather!

We are finally experiencing some Fall weather.  We had to wear jackets and got snuggle with blankets.  Michael was out East this weeks so the kids and I just cuddled up on the couch and enjoyed the cooler weather.

We finished up with Parent Teacher conferences and dentist appointments all while Michael was being fed by his sister Jennifer and enjoying the company of his brother as well.  :)  Both boys are doing well in school.  The boys' teachers had nothing but wonderful things to say about them.  We sure are proud of how they are doing in school.  

Halloween

My power rangers!  Evan refused to be photographed or leave his costume on for more then five minutes so he is not pictured.  The kids are enjoying all of their candy!  They had a good time.

Here are our pumpkin this year.  Dallin made the bat, Joshua the ghost, Michael the cyclops, and I made the Lorax. We ate our pumpkin empanada and had a good time.  

We also did the Church trunk or treat.  Michael got second place at the dessert contest for his empanadas.  He was so proud!