Welcome December

I love December!

Magical Christmas trees in bedrooms...

(Jax made a bed in a laundry basket to gaze at his)

85 carmel apples to deliver to friends and neighbors....

Boys in Christmas pajamas....

Lounging watching Christmas movies....

And a super fun Polar Express ward Christmas party.

I love this picture of Rylee writing her letter to Santa!  She was so thoughtful about what she wrote.

Love this girl!

Did I say how much I love December!?!

Catch up

A little catch up....

This is the obstacle course that Jax set up with all of the pillows while I was in the shower.  He would climb all the way across without touching the carpet :)

Gavin's first haircut!

And then this happened.....

That was a big bump :/

A matinee with my peeps.

Shooting the paintball gun at Grandpa's house.

Loving my Fall walks with this little buddy.

Playing at the park.

Love this sunshine and nice weather!

Playing with Kaden and Gavin. 

Three boys in a stroller :)

Rylee lost her first tooth on her own (without being pulled out)

She was excited and freaked out at the same time!

Way too long of a day at Porter's wrestling tournament, this is at hour 5 when we tied all of Jaxon's maze games to him to occupy him for a few more minutes.

But it was worth it, Porter won district champ!!

Doing a little shopping...

shortly after this picture he knocked down a display of boxes of crackers :)

Zoo field trip

I was able to spend a whole day with cute Sidney at her field trip to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.

Rachel was awesome and had Jax over to play for the day.

It was a long 1 1/2 hour bus ride, but it was worth it!

It was a little chilly, but could have been worse weather....why are we going to the zoo in November!?!

I didn't loose anyone this time.....but one of the cute girls in our group had an allergic reaction to the giraffes that we fed.  She swelled up with hives everywhere.  A little benadryl and keeping a close eye on her for awhile and we were back in business.

I sure love this girl and I am so grateful that we got to spend the day together.

Family pictures!

I have been looking forward to getting new family pictures for awhile.

And our sweet friend, Ashley Swapp, did not disappoint.

I love these pictures!!!

There is something so beautiful about capturing moments in time as our kids are getting older. I want to remember everything about each stage.

I sure love these people of mine!

5th grade program

Sidney did a great job at her 5th grade music program!

She was very excited for her trio part.

Grandma & Grandpa Welch visit

Along with Halloween we had a bunch more fun with Grandma and Grandpa Welch while they were here.  We took the train to the top of Pikes Peak.  It was a fun and very scenic ride.

A storm blew in at the top of the peak, so we don't have any pictures.  I was holding onto Jax so he wouldn't blow away and I don't think the girls even opened their eyes while we were outside!  It was a little intense.

But the visitors center was fun.  We had a snack and headed back to the train just as they were evacuating every one from the peak because of the storm!

We got cleaned up and the kids settled with dinner and a movie at home and we went to Mercantile, where my brother works, for a nice dinner downtown.

It was delicious!!

We had to take a picture of everything, because it was so awesome.

And it is always a treat to see Stuart :)

We had a great time and we can't wait till Grandma and Grandpa come back!