Tuesday, December 31, 2013

What We Did {December}

Our December was busy, busy, busy...
but whose wasn't?

We decorated our tree and put up other various Christmas decor,
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made (and ate) lots of sugar cookies,
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 and decorated a gingerbread house.
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Macy submitted her Christmas list.
We tried to get Coleman to give us a few ideas,
but he wasn't interested in asking for more than just
a "cool ornament."
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We celebrated my mom's 50th birthday!
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We sure think the world of this lady!

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In fact, we think she's one in a "minion!"

We also got a chance to see Santa at the ward Christmas party,
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and spent several days outside playing in the snow.

Friday, December 27, 2013

Family Picture Outtakes

 These were really too good not to share...

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Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Christmas 2013

Merry Christmas from the Carters!
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From Christmas Eve,
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Through Christmas Day,
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We hope your holiday was as full
of love and happiness as ours was.

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Happy Holidays!


Saturday, November 30, 2013

What We Did {November}

Short and sweet wrap up this month.

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This month marked the kids' first trip to the rodeo.
(Technically, Macy went to one when she was about 2, 
but she was done with the whole thing as soon as the cotton candy ran out.)
Boy were they excited!

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Overall, it was a hit.
Macy did shed a few tears after seeing the first bull
rider get bucked off, but cheered up pretty fast.


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 We also spent some time talking about gratitude
and wrote down some things we were grateful for.

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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Hiking in November

Today was beautiful!
Brett had the day off,
so we took the kids on our favorite hike.

We had a great time,
and got some fantastic pictures.
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Thursday, October 31, 2013

This Is Halloween

It's that time again!
Let the Halloween festivities begin!

First up,
party with the friends.

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Per Macy's request, spooky hand punch.

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Boo-nanas.

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Ugly, yet super delicious candy corn pretzel treats.

No major decor to show-off.
Between planning the preschool Halloween party,
gathering stuff for four costumes,
and baking over 100 cupcakes for the ward carnival,
decorations were low on the priority list.

Guests included,
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the kids,

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Pitbull and JLo,

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Tinkerbell, Captain Hook and Peter Pan,

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Characters from Sandlot, Geo and Hello Kitty.
(Long gone are the days of coordinating family costumes.)

So our family costumes didn't have a theme this year,
other than dressing up like a specific someone for Halloween night.

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Coleman chose Geo, from the tv show Team Umizoomi.

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Macy was Hello Kitty.

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Brett and I were Squints Palledorous and Wendy Peffercorn from the movie Sandlot.

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The kids had a blast trick or treating,

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and came home with a major haul.
Coleman dove right in,

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while Macy had a little more of a systematic approach.

Happy Halloween!