Thanksgiving Weekend

Thanksgiving has passed and now it is time to put up Christmas decorations. By far my absolute favorite time of year and favorite decorations to have around. There is so much JOY that comes with Christmas and we love it. Colton found the Santa hat and was dressed up like Santa for days and Sarah was his Elf well a Princess Elf at least.

It was amazing weather for us Thanksgiving weekend so we made a trip...to the Park! One of our family's all time favorite outings. Sarah is following along with Colton and climbs all over the play ground sets now! She has good balance like him all though she is more cautious and hestitant, but I am OK with that.

He is our Monkey Boy and enjoys coming up with silly poses for the Kodak moment!

Lowe's Build and Grow projects are always a treat for our family. This was Sarah's first time to actually complete her own project and I must say she did quite well. She didn't hit my fingers once while hammering and hammered the nails in all the way. Of course, her favorite part was the stickers. As for Colton, he is old hat at make the projects and cruised right through. He is a great builder with very good fine motor skills, too. We all had lots of FUN!

Our little builders, aren't they CUTE!! We certainly love them!

I am SO Grateful

Well Thanksgiving Day has come and gone by the feelings still remain. We had a wonderful day with our friends, ate way too much and of course watched football and let the kids play. Those were great moments of the holiday but through it all I was feeling grateful for EVERYTHING that the Lord has blessed me with:
My Savior, His example and Atonement
My family, the gift of creation and bringing beautiful children into the world, which by the way we are pregnant with number 3 and are absolutely thrilled
Our home, work and the many other things that fill our lives
Friends, what would I do without friends
Freedom to learn and grow and worship as I choose
Education
And the list goes on but these are a few of the things that fill my heart with gratitude this Thanksgiving and I wanted to share my testimony with my friends and family that I know all these things are blessings directly from my Heavenly Father who loves me unconditionally and I am humbled by His care and Love.
I hope that you all had a Beautiful holiday and if you haven't yet, take a moment and remember why you are thankful!! And know I am thankful for you, your love and friendship! God bless!

We LOVE Nana!

"Nana, Nana Look at me!!" Was a popular saying during the week that Nana came to visit us. What a treat it was that Nana came from Texas to California to play with us and so we could enjoy her company!

Sarah loves to play in the sick but keeping the water contained is not her specialty.

Sarah and Nana had fun playing Baby dolls!

And Colton was so excited to have his Nana visiting and he wanted to show off all the cool Legos that he had built.

Nana's are one of a kind and we are blessed to have a great one who loves that kids so dearly!
And we love Nana!

Family, we all love Soccer

When we found out that Aunt Nicole was at Stanford here in California for play-offs for soccer we had to take a family trip with Nana to go see her. We were able to visit with her at the hotel and the go to dinner with her and the team at the Olive Garden. It was lots of fun and another great experience getting to know Nicole better.

Colton adores his "world-famous" soccer playing Uncles and Aunt. He was quite excited to get to see Nicole although he was bummed that we were not able to make one of her games. Since Colton's last soccer game was at the same time as Nicole's.

Colton LOVES soccer and had a fun and good season.

He was lucky enough to receive a trophy and medal. But by the look on his face you would think he thinks that he is just that good and knows it, huh?! But really it was a bad photo op, sorry!

And we have to include a picture of Colton's biggest and cutest cheerleader, Sarah! She enjoyed going to the soccer games, if nothing else to play with the camera and her baby doll outside.
But whomever is playing and for whatever occassion we truly enjoy soccer!!

One Very Happy Birthday Boy!

Colton is now officially 6! Where have the years gone? He is in Kindergarten and such an independent little boy. This year his birthday was on Sunday so we had two families over for dinner that we love dearly and consider our family here.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!! There are no close-ups of the "Lego" cake because it did not turn out as planned but it was a fun cake to serve. I will have to perfect that cake project, even still Colton thought it was pretty cool and that is what truly matters in my book.

He was so excited about his Birthday gifts that he couldn't even take the time to change out of his church clothes, which for Colton is saying a lot!

Thank you to Uncle Morgan and Aunt Crystal for the fun nerf gun that makes lots of loud noise. It is always fun to give noisy gifts to other people's kids, Morgan better watch out!

Nana and Granddaddy sent Colton some Fanatastic movies. One being the newest Bionicle movie which was a huge hit and I know was hard for Dad to keep in the packaging before sending to Colton. But Colton was excited!

It was another great year and we look forward to how much our little man grows, develops and changes over the next year! We love him some much!

Colton's Birthday Trip to the LEGO store

Colton is our LEGO loving Boy and so instead of a party this year we made a trip to Sacramento to the LEGO store. It is a really cool store and they have LEGO sets that you would not believe. But while we were at the mall of course we had to take a trip on the carousel!

Daddy got to ride this time because Mommy is pregnant and spinning in circles is not so great for the pregnant woman or perhaps for on lookers.

She is as cute as a Bunny!

We did not waste any time we got right to work, the whole family, at putting together Colton's Birthday LEGO set.
Colton is 6 and has grown up so fast! He is a joy in our family and we enjoy his sweet personality, his focus and drive. He takes good care of his sister, and continues to be imaginative and expressive in all that he does. He shows great coordination through soccer and karate. We are so proud of the little boy that he is and look forward to all that he will become.

Trick or Treating with Friends

TRICK OR TREAT!Baskets are in hand and the kids are ready to get candy!

Sarah was a Trick or Treating Pro this year and I think even got extra candy for giving a sweet smile!

It is always, always more fun with Friends, Optimus Prime, Spiderman, Soccer Star and M&Ms.

We love the neighborhood decor! BOOOO!

Got to have lite sticks to be save!

Preschool Carnival and School Festival

All the festivities were so much FUN!Colton and GianCarlo, his classmate, were off to the races on the PE scooters

Sarah put forth good efforts!

Sarah took a part of all the games during the Preschool Carnival, even had a butterfly drawn on her cheeks, and a heart on her nose.

TOO CUTE FOR WORDS!

Toss the Bean Bags and win a prize!

Sarah and her class all together but it is hard to get a group of toddlers all looking at the same time!

Sarah and her little friends that she always look forward to playing with at school!

Cute Halloween Moments

Halloween is here and it is time to dress-up!Sarah decided to be a Ballerina at COlton's Karate Halloween Party!

Colton was the only white ninja among many black ninjas at Cutting Edge!

What would Halloween be like with out pupkin cutting. We broke 3 cutting tools but Colton was very successful with his carving.

For our school festivities we dressed as a Butterfly and Storm Shadow, Cobra Ninja from G.I. Joe. Aren't they so cute?!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Apple Hill

Apple Hill is a notorious attraction for many in our area!We decided to see what the apple donuts and fun was all about. There are more attractions than can be named so we visited just a few. Here the kids loved the scenery and running around and exploring what was to be seen.

You can see the cute little trout pond that we had to keep the kids away from.

Colton posing for a precious holiday moment!

Sarah's turn next to her favorite scarecrow.

Colton and Sarah are not just brother and sister but good friends and enjoy these moments together.