Thankfulness

I don't have any pictures to share right now. Unfortunately I left both my phone and my camera in Vermont over thanksgiving. It should arrive by mail in a day or so, then all you can call me!

This Thanksgiving we are thankful for many things. On our 14 hour drive Tyler and I came up with a few things:
-North
-A couple job options
-Good health
-A reliable, great ol' van that totes us across the country
-A natural birth like I wanted
-Going on a good vacations
-That the girls are growing up to be so kind and just plain wonderful
-For families that love us dearly
-For opportunities to grow and become better people
-For funny TV shows

This past year was wonderful, we were blessed with so many opportunities!

North is now doing "pushups" and practicing putting his legs underneath him, and I dare say crawling. He's not quite there yet, but it is the cutest thing. Of course everything he does is the cutest thing, and I just want to squeeze and love on him all day. I love this kid too much. He's got it so made. In bed with mom, eating all night with mom, being carried all day by mom. Constantly being played with by sisters. Spoiled rotten. I love it.

We just put the Christmas decorations up. I am happy that I can put out some of my breakable stuff (Snowbaby collection) without it getting destroyed. Unfortunately next year I have the feeling I will have to put it away again so North doesn't decide to play with them.

Happy Thanksgiving!

We spent Thanksgiving in Vermont at my step brother's house with his family.

The kids and dad chillin'. See North and his borrowed Sophie the Giraffe? He loved it!


The only picture of Alisa I had. Obviously the girls took it.

North trying to get to Sophie again.

Maida, Lily, me and North. Lily is a couple months older than North.

"Giraffe! In. My. Mouth. Now!"

On the way there we stayed in NY because it was a 14 hour drive. The kids had fun watching Care Bears and playing in the pool.

The girls also had fun making cookies with LOTS of frosting.

Tuesday's Cuties

I could have done it easy and just posted 5 pictures.. but went crazy and posted more.

Funniest Costume Pic

K- so someone in our ward is related to the "husband" in this picture... But I thought the costume idea was hilarious! Especially for a group of girlfriends who are Mormon. No, we are not polygamists, and no, practicing Mormons do not wear clothes like this (except on Halloween apparently!)

Happy Halloween! & North's 4 month B-day

Since Halloween was on a Sunday, our festivities primarily happened on Friday and Saturday. On Sunday, however, we did carve pumpkins and pass out candy. The girls were busily picking out pumpkin seeds.

A little chilly outside. Violet wanted a scary face and Ava wanted a happy face.

Keep getting those seeds!

We had two fairies...

And a gnome! I had to think of something that went with fairies, even if Aunt Natalie is afraid of gnomes.



The costume fit quite well, even though it was a 12-24 mo costume!

Happy 4 month birthday North!! At 4 months he does not sleep through the night, loves to roll around, and try to chew on his hands.



The girls had their Joy School Halloween party. The cutest part was their little parade.

This is when the costumes made their first debut. We've been babysitting a bit. Four kids is a lot, but definitely manageable. This is Ethan in our Dalmation costume.