Santa

Anne and Hank waiting in line for Santa

Anne telling Santa she wanted an elephant and a toy for Hank

Hank screaming in the microphone. He didn't like Santa so much this year. He was loving it until Dan put him up on his lap, then he hated it.

Thanksgiving

Well this isn't Thanksgiving day, it is the day after. I forgot my camera that day. I just thought I would document our first family gathering at my mom's new house. I am just glad it is big enough to hold all of us.

Super kids

I guess Anne has turned her wings in for a cape. All day yesterday she insisted on wearing one and first thing this morning(while I was still in my bed) she came in with her "cape" and wanted it on over her pj's. She runs around the house with her arms out in front of her. It is cute. I remembered that Hank had a cape that belonged to his dad when he was little so Anne wanted him to wear his too. It is so funny.

As you can see, Hank loves to be a super hero.

Halloween

What can I say here are two of the cutest kids. If you can't tell, Hank was a lion and Anne was Tinkerbell. We went out to a restaurant for Melissa's B-day and everyone kept coming up and saying how cute they looked in their costumes.

Carving Pumpkins

We had a lot of fun carving these out. The top one was Hank's and the bottom one was Anne's. If you can see we carved Anne's name out of hers. The eyes are "A" the nose is two "N"s and the mouth is a very large "E". I thought it was pretty cool.

Sheep Parade

We went to see the sheep come down Main Street. The kids thought it was a lot of fun. They liked all of the horses and the huge tractors. It is fun to see their reactions.

First Snow

Pine Valley

I thought my mom would enjoy seeing Pine Valley, so we went there to take advantage of the nice warm weather last week. It was beautiful. It has been a few years since I had been there, but it was as pretty as I remembered it to be. The kids had a lot of fun too. Oh ya did I mention that Kyra and Ethan were there too?(Sorry Kyra)

I thought the Pine Valley Church looked so pretty with the fall colors starting to come out. This was our view from the highway.

Dirty Kids

Anne and Eli getting very very dirty

We went up Cedar Canyon the other day on a picnic with cousins. I decided I would be a nice mama and let Hank crawl around with the big kids. This is the after picture.

Hank's first steps

He can walk!!! Hank decided on the 5th to stand up and show us his skills. I was actually quite surprised. I didn't think he would do it for a while longer. He was of course pretty proud of himself. I didn't expect him to walk so early!(He is only 17 months you know ha ha)This is really the only documentation we have because we have tried to show others, but he won't do it. If you ask him to walk he shakes his head and says uh-uh. He still crawls everywhere too. I am not worried though. He obviously can do it. Now it is just a matter of when he wants to. Who knows when that will be. Maybe before he goes to nursery in a few weeks...

Hank's first steps!

Cousins!

Anne and Rylin had a blast together. They played in the water for a long time. It was hilarious to watch them.

Hank was not too happy to be in the pool. This is the best shot I got of him.

Cute Rylin with grandma
Kendall the cutie