a visit with Santa

We took the boys to the North Pole Village in Canyon Lake again this year.  The boys had fun as always.  They each loved getting to pick out a stuffed animal & book to take home.  Max & Dean had been telling us for weeks what they were going to be asking Santa to bring them.  I was curious to see if Dean would be brave enough to tell him.  Both of them told him exactly what they wanted & Wyatt just screamed in fear the whole time.  We ended the night on a hayride.  Love our Christmas fun!

Wyatt's First Haircut

Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgivng.  We did our thankful turkey again this year.  Each night the boys told us what they were thankful for & we wrote it on a feather to add to the turkey.  It was very sweet to hear each day what was special to them.  

Mitchell, Stephanie, & Hudson came and stayed with us for Thanksgiving & Grandma & Grandpa came over to celebrate.  Then on Friday our family headed over to the ranch for some more celebrating with BeBe, Pappy, Ryan, Laura, Adeline, Aubrey, Mandy, & Chris.  Here was our little turkey this year...

Outdoor Fun!

We are so thrilled to be back in a house with a large driveway.  The boys have had so much fun riding their bikes, scooters, motorcycles, etc up & down the driveway & in the yard.  I forgot how wonderful it is to be able to play outdoors without worrying about street traffic.  BeBe & Pappy gave the boys a new playground for Christmas & we have been enjoying it!  The big two are finally big enough to send out there to explore on their own.  Here are some outdoor fun pictures- some of these were the fun they had in the big dirt piles before our yard was installed...

Max turned 5!

I simply cannot believe my baby is now 5 years old.  Max has been growing so much & he has gotten so tall.  He is so smart & loves to learn.  Max picks up the things he is learning at school so quickly & I am always amazed at what he is already able to do.  Max loves to build Legos & is really good at it.  We gave him a circuit set for his birthday & I am impressed at how he's able to make all sorts of different projects with it all on his own.  

We celebrated his real birthday with our family starting with dinner at BJ's & then games at Peter Piper Pizza (his choice).  The next day we had a party at Jumpy Place for a few friends and family.  All the family headed back to our house afterwards for an afternoon of fun. 

Halloween

We moved the weekend before Halloween & I was super stressed out.  So unfortunately I did not take any pictures Halloween night.  I have one group picture a friend took.  I do have a few pics from the boys costume parade at school.  Max is pictured in two costumes since he was in parades two different days- since he goes to school 4 days.  Dean was being his usual self & was only somewhat participatory. You will notice his costume came off halfway through the parade & he is the only child in his class not in his costume for the class picture (but blue puppy was there!)