Christmas Fun!

We had a pretty good christmas good friends over christmas eve and then Madee and say acted out the nativity as well which I did not get pictures of sadly. Madee woke up around 6:15am and proudly annouced that Santa had come. She waited patiently till 7am to open gifts.
Pirates say Arrrrrgggg!! Santa even brought the hoopy earings I wanted!! Pirate earrings that is.

Claire liked the boxes and wrapping paper best of coarse.
All in all it was simply a fabulous christmas!! Hope you all had a wonderful day as well.

They hung their stockings with care!

After six years of random stockings hanging in our home I finally made some for our family. They are simple yes but I like them. (Its about time really because I made like 7 or 8 stockings in January for my mom.)
Claire has started crawling rather fast and pushes the walker we have around the kitchen towards me when ever she see's me. She has also started climbing up on her bouncer and making herself bounce pretty hard. Crazy girl is learning so much too fast for me.
Madee is soooo excited for christmas!

Sam at Ballet Presentation

Christmas Ballet Presentation!

Madee has been taking Ballet Lessons for the last three months and loves it. Today her class got to show the parents what they have been learning. It was very cute.
A bit blurry. She is learning a little bit of tap the last fifteen minutes of her classes.
She was very excited to dance with the Christmas trees behind her.
There are seven little girls all between four and five I think in her class. Gretchen is the one standing beside her in this picture.
Miss Sarah is her teacher and she is fun and sweet to all the girls. Yeah for ballet! We would have video taped some but our battery on our camera is dead :(

Thankful Even at Christmas Time

For all of the month of November we put up a thankful tree. We did this same thing last year its just been a good way to remind ourselves and the kiddo's what we are thankful for. It was fun to hear some of the things Madee and Sam were thankful for... :)
Claire is six month old now and just broke her first two teeth during thanksgiving. I can't let her chew on my fingers anymore with out getting some battle scars.
We got our Christmas tree last night. (Tree's are much cheaper in Yakima then they are in Utah.) Madee and Sam loved helping me decorate the tree. Sure there are too many lights at the bottom and the bulbs are all in the same area. I think I will keep it just the way it is. I would also like to try and remember all that I'm am thankful for on through the Christmas season!

Gobble Gobble!

We went to Portland to spend thanksgiving with my Parents and two brothers. The roads were great for going from a snowy place to a wet place. My Brother Ben prepared an amazing turkey. It was so juicy even the what meat was moist and juicy.
My niece Nora was very busy wondering around and having anyone who would pick her us. She is getting so big and sure loves to graze on food. I don't know whats up with Uncle Ben. She likes him sometimes but not when he is in the middle of the living room on a mattress snoring just a little..she ran the other way. :)
Ely and Madee played ok together. Leggo's and other games. Grandma always has some fun toys at her house.
We did a Huff and Puff before we stuffed on thanksgiving day. It was a 3k run/walk. We had a good time and I got no pictures of that but Madee can sure move fast with those rubber boots on that are too big for her. We forgot her running shoes. She was going faster then me.

On our way too Portland we did stop at Stonehenge. We drive by it everytime we go to Portland and thought we would take some pictures. Its a little snowy there.

Trunk or Treat!!

Butterfly? No! Bumble Bee? No! Fairy Princess..we finally settled on that for a costume.
Luigi Time!!
The Farmer with the little pumpkin she grew!
I don't really know what they are both doing in this picture..maybe L for luigi and Madee is playing with the string we attached to her crown so it would stay on her head. We had a great time at our ward trunk or treat. fun games to play and candy at every trunk.

Clairs new trick

Claire learned to do this little trick yesterday...
Sorry about the blurr but she is up on her knees and rocking almost getting around. This little five month old wants to be on the move!!

Getting up there!!

Happy Birthday to Lincoln today!! He will not admit that he is getting older. He is in his LATE twenties now. I still love you even if you are getting older!! :) Can you tell when these pictures where!! They are not in order. It seems that through the years its harder and harder to get a picture of Lincoln by himself. He always has someone in his arms or hanging off of him!! Maybe that's one of the reasons he is so great!
He is very funny!
He is Smart!
He is helpful!
He is hardworking.
Good looking in a Goatie!!
We had a party for Lincoln on Saturday. His Parents came to help celebrate along with his sister Sarah and her family!! We had a great time.
Madee created a pin the tail on the fish game that she drew all herself and had Lincoln and all of her cousin laughing and getting very dizzy as they were blindfolded and spun around. We are party animals!
No birthday would be complete without a picture of the cake! It wasn't suppose to look like a gold fish but it did end of that way. Thanks for celebrating with us everyone. Its definitely a change from the quiet birthdays we have previously had. Hope you have a great Birthday Lincoln..even if you are getting older!

Carving Time!

Madee and Sam were great helpers at carving the pumpkin we got. Great up until we actually had to pull the guts out!! Madee got a tiny bit on her fingers and had to wash it off straight away.
Sam had the most awesome face right here while he is taking his turn doing his one scoop of getting the guts out of the pumpkin. It was fun anyway. Madee drew a picture of what she wanted the face to look like and we made it happen.

Our Finished pumpkin!!

Claire Eats

Claire is almost five month and I think I waited until the other two were six but she seemed ready and so rice cereal here we come!
She is actually a pretty good eater!

Apple sauce..seven pints..Very tasty..first try..Didn't need to add anything to these sweet Jonagold apples. Not too much work and I am glad I tried it. I may still make a few more pints.

The Kids playing

Claire wants this pumpkin so badly!! She has started scooting her self all around the room.
Silly faces in the camera!!

Sam wanted to be in the pictures with Claire! Seems we take too may pictures of Claire and not enough of Sam!