swimming in december

i know it's hard to not be in colorado during the winter sometimes. especially around the holidays. but, these days make up for that hopefully a little bit. :) 

gingerbread houses!

lesson learned. don't leave the houses out on the table.

before Christmas fun!

all the kids had Christmas parties at school! sadly, daddy was out of town for work but of course i took a few pictures! everyone had a great time. i was only able to go to two as the boys were at the same time! i picked him up on a sugar high which assured me he had a great time! 

some of our favorites came for a visit from california! we went out to the Alvin Christmas train one evening. it stopped raining just in time and it wasn't cold yet! we miss you both (and woo wee)!

we also went to a painting place and made some ornaments!

their visit was just too short but we loved the time we got with them! 

park in december

yep, it's mid december and my kids were at the park in short sleeves and some with no shoes! ;) for the most part they run and do their own thing. avery had a classmate there so she was playing with him most of the time. somewhere in the past few months avery's gotten pretty good at tying her own shoes too! 

christmas cheer

we all know i'm a sucker for cute kids clothes. throw in a holiday and well, i just can't get enough! these cute shirts came in the mail and i NEEDED to take some pics of them. 

village people

with green army guys. 

recap

guess what? we are still here! two months later i'm coming up for some air after a busy and fun fall schedule. parties, holidays, and sessions have filled the last couple of months. i haven't gone through all of my pictures but heres a recap. there's not an ounce of creativity in some of these photos and some i didn't edit. but i didn't want the year to end without documenting our days.

sooooo....here we go! back to october. 

soccer! we wrapped up the soccer season a few weeks ago. blake liked running around with his friends. i took some pics of him playing but none posed. avery on the other hand LOVED it! she scored quite a few goals and really enjoyed herself!

blake lost a tooth at school. i picked him up and it was literally just gone. no one noticed. so a trip to the dentist and a visit from the tooth fairy and we hope not to lose another for a few years. :)

blake got glasses and he had a costume parade at school! we have our very own harry potter.

halloween we did the super hero thing and trick or treated with our framily! :) we stayed up way to late and ate way too much candy! a success in my book!

mark of course decked out our house!

avery twirled her way to the bus stop one morning!



we took family pictures with our dear friend kendra! i just can't for the life of me get them downloaded and off the disc except for five pictures! but, i snapped one on our way out and here is one she took first.


one of my best friends welcomed a sweet baby girl! i can't wait to slow down and get my baby fix!!!
thanksgiving was a perfect day of cooking, laying around and playing games. i don't think will wore pants all day. :) i didn't take a whole lot of pictures but did take some video.


clearly the rolls were the best part of the whole meal for the boys!




a few clips from the day! better step up my game before Christmas.

will had some breathing treatments and got himself a chest x ray which was all clear. he even did the whip nae nae during every single one. including at the pediatrician's office.




we went to the christmas tree farm and took some pictures.










we saw the big man himself!






and that's a wrap for now! back to editing my sessions! :)