Christmas Card Family Pics

My amazing friend has done it again, she took our family pictures last Saturday and the kids were really good. It helped that I had some leverage with the lolly pops. Excited to start on the Christmas cards now!

Halloween Costumes 2011

We were Toy Story Characters this year. I put together the costumes for very inexpensive compared to what the online prices were. It was all mostly made out of Fun Foam. The only picture we got of all of us was at our Trunk or Treat, so hopefully that turned out!

After our Trunk or Treat I was combining all the candy and found a leaf. Then Daniel told me that someone had a chest of candy and fall leaves and you had to dig through the leaves to find the candy. Daniel was helping Jesse choose a piece of candy, but he didn't want it, he wanted  the leaf. Just one more reason why I love little kids, they love & appreciate the simple and beautiful things in life. So I think my favorite treat they got was the leaf too!

October Happenings

My boys (and Eliza) love to take off their shirts and play "Nacho" and wrestle... most times it ends in tears.

Day before Elder Draper went home. It was the same day we found out the gender of our baby #4. We told the kids what gender it was by sonic slushies. One red for Eliza, Blue for Porter and Jesse and the 4th slushy was...BLUE!

We went to the circus with some friends and during intermission Porter took pics

Pumpkin Painting Family Night

Kids wearing their cute Halloween shirts from Mimi

Caught Porter mid-yawn, but we made Frankenstein Faces for letter F preschool and the boys all did such a cute job!

Fall Preschool Field Trip - Pumpkin Patch

If you live around here, the Country Mercantile Pumpkin Patch is a must-visit this time of year! We had so much fun there picking pumpkins, running around in the hay maze, climbing the hay pyramid, seeing the animals and having cookies and punch! Afterward we stayed for some lunch and tasted so many of their delicious samples. It was amazing how it was raining all morning and when we got there the weather was great. Then, while we were inside eating lunch it was a complete down pour! What timing!

Preschool

 

 Eliza and Porter are both in Preschool this year and loving it! Here are their first day pics, even though they didn't start preschool on the same day.

Addition

Happy Birthday Daniel! Daniel is adding one more year to his life - the big 27! He is the best husband and dad, and I'm not just saying that because it is his birthday! I really appreciate his selfless and cheerful demeanor.

As Daniel is adding another year, we thought it good to start sharing that we are also adding to our family! Baby #4 will be arriving beginning of March! What a great life!

Recess Monkey

 Last week we went to the Recess Monkey's show at the library. It is our 2nd time that we've seen them and we had a great time. They are school teachers from Seattle that have toured our libraries in the summer and entertain these kids with their fun & creative music! Porter and Jesse were dancing fools, Eliza got into by the end too! Thanks Kristin for keeping me in the know about when they perform each year! We love 'em!
You can here a lot of their songs on their site here.