Santa

We went to our ward's Christmas party last weekend. The boys were totally looking forward to Santa visiting. Well, except for Sadee. She got very sad sitting on his lap. And she was only there for like two seconds, just long enough to take a picture. But we all had a great time and enjoyed the company and the super yummy cranberry salad.

Beach trip!

We went camping at the beach in November for a family party. Other family was camping there with us too. And it was actually warm enough for the kids to play in the water! (You never know how the weather is going to be at the beach.) Sadee wasn't crawling last time we camped at the beach so it was a whole new experience for her! Needless to say, she is not scared of the water!!

Daddy saved her from the wave! If you look closely, you'll see she's sticking her tongue out!

It was so cute watching Tanner play with Sadee in the water.

Pretty soon Sadee was tired of having her hand held and crawled straight for the waves on her own!

Drying off on mom's lap and making sure that belly button didn't wash away in the waves.

We didn't think it was going to be very warm at the beach, so I didn't bring Sadee's swimsuit. (I knew the boys wouldn't care how cold it was and would still want to swim.) So she got to sunbathe on the beach. She's only one, so it's okay, right?

The boys had fun playing too, but I didn't get as many pictures of them because I was too busy laughing at Sadee.

Of course I had to take my usual sunset pictures. This one was my favorite.

Fall in our backyard

Usually by Thanksgiving we have a ton of leaves all over the backyard, and the kids and I love it! (But not Ryan, he likes to mow them up!) Sadee had fun crawling thru the leaves one afternoon. But she didn't like it when the leaves would stick to her hands.

1st Haircut

It's kinda hard to tell, and the picture is a little fuzzy, but I had to trim some of Sadee's bangs. There were some hairs that were totally hanging in her eyes. This is the after picture. It was hard to get her to sit still!

Nana came!

The kids LOVE when Nana comes to visit! They have fun doing activities and just playing together.

Sadee got a bedtime story from Nana.

Nana took me and the boys out to a movie. I guess the boys had some wiggles to get out afterwards because they started playfighting. Their moves crack me up!

We went out to dinner one night. All the waiters in the restaurant clapped and sang happy b-day to the table next to us and Sadee just went crazy! She started clapping her hands and smiling and bouncing. When they were done, she signed "more" over and over and then pointed to a waiter across the room and signed "more" again.

why I love where I live

because we can go to the park in the middle of November with shorts, t-shirts, and flip-flops!

3 for the price of 1!

Colby and Sadee love going on these kinds of rides. And when Tanner saw the fun they were having, he had to join in too!

better late than never I guess

Okay, so I'm doing this for family who want to see pictures from Halloween. I know these are REALLY late, but oh well, I'm gonna do it anyways. ;)

These pics are from our ward's Trunk or Treat. Tanner's best friend from school came with us. He and Tanner both dressed as Indiana Jones.

Sadee was sick with Croup, but I was dying to get out of the house (I'd been sick with the same stuff) so I bundled her up and out we went. She was actually happier getting out of the house too. (She was a dalmatian.)

Colby was way excited to go. He wanted to go as Liz the lizard from The Magic School Bus.

We attended the annual school Halloween parade. Here's Ryan walking with his class.

Tanner with his teacher. She had him stop to pose for the camera!

Halloween night we went trick-or-treating in our neighborhood.

Sadee was a little fairy.

Colby liked handing out candy on the front porch.