Our Visit with Santa

Last Saturday we took the kids to see Santa. Going on a Saturday morning probably wasn't the smartest idea, we stood in line for almost 2 hours. It was worth the wait though. The kids loved him, especially Whitney. She had such a big smile on her face while she was on his lap. She was fascinated with his beard. I thought for sure those tiny little hands of hers were going to give it a big old yank, but she didn't.

Happy Birthday to Whitney!! She is 1 years old today. Stay tuned for a birthday post.

Deocrating for Christmas Round One!

Thanksgiving weekend Elliot, Whitney, and I stayed in Avon with my parents. While we were there we set up the Christmas tree. Elliot had so much fun helping Grandpa Todd put together the tree, looking through the ornaments, and then hanging them on the tree.

Posing inf front of the tree after it is all decorated.

Opening the ornaments that Grandma and Grandpa gave them

Helping Grandpa figure out how to put the tree together

The next few pictures are just some fun ones from the weekend.

Whitney loves crawling through one of the end tables. She spent many hours doing this.

Thanksgiving

For the Thanksgiving Elliot, Whitney, and I spent the weekend at my parents lake house. We had Thanksgiving with my parents, Ryan and Lorelei, my grandparents, my cousin and her family, and my uncle. Grant was in Williston hunting this year.

Jennifer and I getting the meal ready

Whitney helping out in the kitchen

Ilana and Elliot found the olive tray. They had fun putting the olives on their fingers.

Elliot Praying

Here is a video of Elliot saying his prayers before bedtime. It is pretty cute!!

Happy Halloween!!

We had a great Halloween! Elliot really got into Trick or Treating this year. Here are a few pictures of the kids dressed up in their costumes. We had a very cute little dragon and bee!!

Elliot and Whitney with their best bud Jack, the skunk!!

We went over to Ryan and Lorelei's and their neighbors go all out for Halloween. The next pictures are of the kids in their yard.

Jack-O-Lantern

I was gone this year when the kids carved pumpkins, so I didn't get any pictures. Here is a picture of the pumpkin Gavin carved. The rest are pictures of Elliot and Whitney enjoying the pumpkin. Thanks for carving our pumpkin for us Gavin!

Elliot loved looking at the candle burning in the pumpkin. This was also his favorite part of pumpkin carving last year.

The Pumpkin Patch

While Whitney and I were in MT last weekend Grant took the boys to a pumpkin patch. It looks like they had a lot of fun. They got to pick out pumpkins, climb on hay bales, climb through tube slides and see some baby animals.