Christmas is Coming

We have had a lot of fun with Christmas activities. The presents are ready, the kids are home from school, and we are ready to play and celebrate!

Trevor just finished an undefeated season with the "Lakers". He had a great time and looks forward to playing some more basketball on another team starting in January.



Taylor can really wish for her two front teeth this Christmas! I helped out with her school parties, so here she is for her winter Holiday party.


Baily goes to an adorable preschool, at Miss Patti's. Here she is singing for her Christmas program, she is a little star up on stage!



Baily is in the CUTEST dance class. Miss Muffy is the best teacher and Baily is loving every minute of it. Here are her pictures of her Christmas Nutcracker recital. The girls could where whatever they wanted, it was just in their little dance room, and it didn't even cost anything extra. I love the simplicity Miss Muffy uses, she truly loves the girls and they love her!





And I took a night away and helped a neighbor of mine, DeLane Robinson, with a photo shoot for discount tire. I shot over 200 pictures in one night, it was a lot of fun. Here are Alisa and I testing out the green screen.

Fall Family Pictures

Had a blast taking our family pictures for the Christmas card with the beautiful scenery right in our own backyard here. The leaves were beautiful, and the kids were pretty cute too!

Back to Fall

A little catch up for fall. . . We loved playing in all our leaves.

Trevor earned his scout Wolf badge.

Payton figured out how to put on Taylor's slipper socks, but nothing else!

Kids enjoyed birthday parties and playing outside.


Payton is 18 months now, so she started nursery, which terrifies her, but we will keep working on that one!


Had a great Thanksgiving with the Sanders.

And the kids had a blast when Jon took them all sledding on a great hill near our house. They have great snow here in Colorado!!!

Halloween

We had a great Halloween. We missed our old friends and neighbors since we always had the ward trick or trunk right out our front door on our cul-de-sac. But the kids had a great time at our new ward's activity.

Trevor was a pilot,


Taylor was a Princess mermaid,


Baily was Princess Aurora,

and Payton was the Princess that was leftover, Snow White.

Trevor and Taylor had a Halloween parade at their school, and Mom helped with Taylor's school party and peeked in on Trevor at school too.





After our ward trick or trunk we headed to Grandma Taylor's for dinner and more trick or treating. Baily and Payton loved running to the door to give away candy and Trevor and Taylor received more candy than Mom can handle!

Myrtle Beach

We just got back from a great vacation to Myrtle Beach, SC. We played in the ocean and swam at the pool, and found fun places to eat dinner. And then we repeated that each day, it was a great break for our family and we loved every minute of it!


We spent a day in Charleston. We toured the USS Yorktown, which Trevor loved immensely. Then took a ferry boat to Fort Sumter. Then drove by and saw some of the old plantations.

Colorado Weather

This last week reminded me of why I love the weather in Colorado, but it can keep you on your toes. One day it looks like this; so we took some family pictures in front of some beautiful trees by our house. Then 2 days later, Payton is remembering what it's like to play in the snow!

We also celebrated Taylor's 7th birthday. She took donuts to share with her class at school, and we had a fairy dinner just with our family. She picked homemade Mac n Cheese and brownie cupcakes. We had a great time!