Beginner Bladers

A couple of weekend ago, Papa Steve came and brought all sorts of fun little treasure he found at his work.  And this has been one of the kids' favorites.  Roller blades.  I might have to invest in some body gear when they start getting confident with their blading skills ;).

Carson was trying them out too.  I got a kick out of watching him try to stand himself up on those things, haha :)

And tis the season for... Way too many goodies!  But we seriously can't help ourselves.  Although we really should!  But they other night our sweet neighbors loaded us up with some sundae toppings.  The kids Loved it.

Nerds, sprinkles, and Caramel.  Not sure if I'd prefer that combo, but Cami gobbled it up.

Carson particularly liked this FHE treat because ice cream is his FAVORITE :)

And another goodie trial.  This one was Gooey Snickerdoodle squares.  Num!

Snowflakes on Noses

It's coming down and the kids hope it sticks :)

Gingerbread 2012

AKA: Candy Chaos and Awesome Smells!

William and my bro, Tyler

Carson and Jeremy

Kenzie and Tate

Alex

Cami

Kate

Dave and Jessica

The Anderson Family Train... who will we give it to this year??

Projects and Mischief

We Had a Problem...

And Jeremy fixed it :)

Awww.... now that's better.  Thank you Jeremy!

Every once in awhile I get out of my norm and try something new. 

Lemon Bundt Cake.  Not too bad if you like lemon :)

And this guy has discovered the presents under the tree.  Haha, up to No good ;)

INCH-WORMING

This little man is ready to be on the go! I think I'm in for it... busy body #2 (Cami was my first). He can get to pretty much anywhere he wants to go now... just takes him a little while because he can't really crawl yet.  He inchworms.  He's a determined little guy though, he'll just keep Inching!

Gearing UP!

Getting Ready...

Getting our energy out...

Getting Excited...

For Christmas!!

Craig's first Christmas is coming :).  A little side note: I just took him in for his 6 month well check up.  Happy Growing baby he is! He's 17 lb 4 oz (37 %) and 27 in long (78%) and 98% percentile for his head.  Haha, even when he is in the womb the doctor said: "Your baby has quite the head!"

May your Christmas season be full of love, smiles, and joy :)

Turkey Day Festivities

"Over River and through the hills,

To Grandma's house we go!!"

It has been way too long since we've been back to grandma's house.  A 6 yr over due visit! 

So this Thanksgiving we were blessed with clear roads so we could enjoy family time in Utah.

Grandma Elly, Amie, Josh in the kitchen getting things ready for the feast

And Randell is supervising our Deviled Egg making :).

Jeremy and the kids LOVED Uncle Randell's Siberian huskies.  So that was one of the first things they did Thanksgiving morning.  Play with the dogs :).

AND of course Grandma's awesome playground in the backyard

Kali and Carson scouting out the grounds

Jeremy put up the new rope grandma bought for the kids to swing on

It was a Hit! Cami had fun pushing Dakotah around

Peyton doing the super swing!

Before

After :).  Starting from the from and going left and then around the table.  Jaxon, Amie, Josh, Gail , Uncle Ronnie, Randell,  and Jeremy.  It was a delicious feast!

Kid's table.  Left and around again: Alex, Dakotah, Cami, Peyton, Kali, and Carson.  They had SO much fun playing together this Thanksgiving.

After dinner: adults relaxed while things digested and the kids went back outside.  Alex went straight to the neighbors basketball hoop.  There are no fences in between most of the neighbors yards so everyone goes and plays on each other's playgrounds and stuff.  Kinda nice :).

Craig and I went outside for awhile to enjoy the beautiful weather

And this is one thing I just LOVE about Utah.... their mountains!  They are majestic!

Later we enjoyed some pie... found my NEW fav! Sweet Potato Pie! Mmmmmm!

The next morning Gail, the kids, the dogs, and I went for a walk.  There are SO many parks around Herriman! I think we hit 3 parks along our walk and passed by a couple of others.  So awesome!

Taking a rest at our first park. :) Grandma and Craigers.. I love this pic :).

Our last park was unique.  Huge and I think the kids said they wished this was the first one so they could have stayed on it longer.

Grandma wanted to go up with the kids too :)

On our way back, we saw a injured deer.  Poor thing.  But I guess they are EVERYWHERE in Herriman.

Carson and the big pups leading us back home.

That night we went to Temple square to see the lights.  GORGEOUS!!

Craig didn't want to be in the stroller so he bundled up with dad :)

The Reflection pool

The Salt Lake Temple... amazing and beautiful!

Sat morning we set off back home.  We had so much fun on our trip and loved spotting all the temples that dotted the Valley as we headed out.  This one is a fairly new one, Brigham City Temple.

Thank you Gail/Grandma Elly and we love you! You made this Thanksgiving a memorable one!