November and December Update

Well....I fell off the bloggin bandwagon for a second...but I am back with a quick update on our lovely holiday season. I always love this time of year and the feelings and traditions that go along with it. We spent Thanksgiving and Christmas in Thatcher and loved spending time with our family. 

At the beginning of December I got to go this incredible Newborn workshop in California. It was a great experience and I learned a lot...I'm so glad that Doug lets me explore my hobbies.

Our cute cousin Abigail got baptized in December we loved spending time with family. And her cute twin brother and sister were blessed the same weekend. 

All in the same whirlwind weekend we went to the temple lights....

The boys had a preschool Christmas concert....it was adorable!!

Here are our christmas morning pictures...We spent the morning at home and then drove down to Thatcher. Poor Mitt had a case of the tummy bug so we had to come home early.

We had a great New years party with family and friends. We rented a bounce house, had a movie set up on the projector, a fire pit, games and yummy food. It might be a new tradition. 

Here are a few I phone pics...sweet baby Emmett was getting a major mullet so he got a big boy hair cut...I may or may not have cried.

Sweet Doug made all my dreams come true and hired a painter to paint my kitchen shabby chic white....I LOVE IT!

Here are some before pics...

Fun on the Mountains in the snow....

Fall happenings

I better get updated before Thanksgiving and Christmas. What a great October and November it was. This is my favorite time of year in Az. We love spending our days outside at parks, on walks, and playing together. The kids are playing so well these days...they love to create crafts and mud pies in the back yard.
Mitt is getting sassy and screaming to get what he wants. He also is learning more words like apple, bottle and diaper. He has the tummy bug right now....poor baby. Sad to see him sick

Audree and Olivia are doing gymnastics and like it. We will see how long we keep it up...they are starting piano lessons soon.

Clark and Grant love going to preschool 3 days a week and so does Mom. Emmett takes a nap in the afternoons while the boys are at school and its perfect. Grant broke his arm while climbing on the outside of a tube slide at the park the other day. Poor buddy.

At the end of October I was able to take a trip to Kentucky to see my cousin/sister Lisa....we enjoyed time together and went to a home expo in Atlanta Georgia. Man...it was gorgeous over there right now. It was a great Leah getaway. Doug held down the fort for 5 days....man oh man....he is the best.

We enjoyed Halloween and walked around the subdivision in our ward. Doug has been going on lots of hunts and "catching" all kinds of creatures for us. This is getting easier and easier for me the longer we are married. I love that he has a healthly hobby, and often times includes the kids.

Here are some pictures of our recent adventures.

We did homemade costumes for the girls...probably spent as much as I would have on a store bought one...but it was fun to make them

The boys had a halloween party as school. Games and science experiments...
Miss Becky is so AWESOME!!

These are pictures from my trip to see Lisa

This is a hike that Lisa and I went on to a natural bridge in Kentucky.

Here we are at the home expo

There was an actual plantaion home at the property...it was AWESOME...one of the highlights for me.

There was this awesome Stone Mountain that you could climb and over look the city.

While Doug was hunting Regiane and I took the kids to the pumpkin patch...a favorite fall tradition.