December....

December has come and gone with much fun had by all! I spent much less time online blogging, but spent it very busy trying really enjoy and make the most of every moment this month! Jason and I had almost all our Christmas shopping done and wrapped the first week and I slowly worked on my craft gifts over the month. The kids and I enjoyed lots of hot chocolate, warm fires, Christmas stories and movies, making gifts and delivering to people, and parties with friends. It's been a wonderful month! Here's a few pictures that captured some fun moments...

We started the month by attending a live Nativity play (with real animals and full set). It was wonderful and an awesome way to start out the month focusing on what this month is really all about.
Before the crazy rain, we enjoyed some unbelievable 80 degree days, so we did get in a few December park/beach days.

Jayne's Christmas program at school!
Getting to tell Santa what they wanted for Christmas. Only problem was Ryan thought Santa would give him the gift right then. He told him a sword and gun, and when all he got was a small candy cane, he burst into tears. I had to explain he was going to come to our house and all that, but I do see why he thought going to see Santa, he'd get his gift. Makes more sense to me :-)
Ryan finally is potty trained! Yeah!! And he finally got his Buzz Lightyear (the grand prize). As you can tell, he really loves him.
Opening some early presents with cousins and grandparents we wouldn't see on Christmas! It's been a wonderful month full of memories and fun!

Kindergarten Fieldtrip to the Farm

Since I'll be having a new baby in a few month and won't be as available to chaperone, I couldn't miss my first opportunity to chaperone Jayne's first school field trip. We visited a local working farm. The kids loved it and I just loved getting to watch and be with Jayne.

Jayne's first time riding a school bus! She was so excited!!
We even got to pack a lunch, which she thought was so fun!
They got to see and touch pigs, sheep, horses, llamas, ox, chickens, rabbits.
I loved getting to spend the day with Jayne and her friends :-)

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was really fun. I didn't get a lot of pictures, but it was a wonderful, semi-mellow few days.

Jayne and cousin Kaylynn. She LOVES babies and tries ot hold her as much as possible.

Celebrated my Dad's birthday a few days early.

And celebrated my Grandma's 90th Birthday!! We loved getting to see a bunch of extended family to celebrate.

The kids with their Great Grandma! They still have 2 Great Grandma's alive and 1 Great Great Grandma! It's amazing. The women in my family live long lives. I hope I'm so lucky :-)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Jayne did a great job at her Thanksgiving program at school! She got to be a pilgrim this year. They had a great feast after wards and a very fun day!

Tucson

We had a wonderful weekend in Arizona! We spent 2 days in Scottsdale and 2 days in Tucson. We went to the USC game at U of A stadium and had a wonderful time at the JW in Tucson. It was a great family trip.

Making S'mores at the fire pit at the hotel.

The hotel pool, waterslide, and lazy river :-)

So Long Soccer

Soccer has come to an end for this year. It was fun. Jayne had a blast. And we have been indoctrinated into the world of soccer moms and games every Saturday. Great job Jayne!

Happy Halloween

Boo!

So yes, Ryan was Buzz Lightyear and Jayne was a witch. Ryan is NOT into dressing in costumes so Buzz was the only thing he would even consider and even then he only wore this a few mandatory times so he could get candy. Jayne wanted to be a scary witch and had it all planned that she had to have a green face.

had a wonderful Halloween weekend! So much so, that's it's taken me a full week to recuperate and get my house re-cleaned, groceries bought and everything put away. But it was worth it! We started celebrating Saturday when our Ward had an awesome Chili cook-off, carnival games, and trunk or treat.

Then Sunday we had over a bunch of family and friends for dinner, games, and trick or treating. I really love Halloween and I think all the kids had fun! Tiffany even came down from Vegas to celebrate with us! We loved seeing them and the kids played so nice. Thanks to everyone who came over for a fun night!

What an awesome year!