Work Christmas Party

Brett's work always throws a fun kids Christmas party. This year they had it at a place that had bounce houses, carnival games, food, and Santa! Caleb and Caroline loved jumping in the bounce house and having a chance to tell Santa what they want for Christmas. And, Santa even had a gift for each kid. Caleb got a play golf set and Caroline got a lion cub that makes noise and falls asleep. It was a fun morning although I think the kids think that's where daddy goes to work each day!

Singing (and fighting) Shepherds

Last night Caleb and Caroline were in a Christmas program for their preschool. The 3's were shepherds and sang while the 4's were all different characters and had some speaking parts. It was precious! However, Caroline and the boy next to her decided to get in a full on fight in the MIDDLE of the program! I could tell they were not saying kind words to each other and kept pointing, etc. Hilarious but also made me a little nervous that she would smack him! The pictures below are kind of hard to see but in the first one Caroline is on the top row and on the second one she has been moved down to the bottom row. Nice. Nana and Pawpaw came to see the performance. My dad said that at least we know she can stick up for herself. I agree--I don't think that will ever be a problem for our sweet Caroline.

Lunch with Santa

This past Sunday we met my family for lunch with Santa. We do this every year and it's always a fun treat. We took a couple of pictures of the kids with their cousins before lunch. All of the kids loved seeing Santa and we had no tears this year! Caroline told Santa she wanted a doll but then told me she had to go back and tell him she had changed her mind-she decided she wanted a Belle doll like her cousin Maddie! So funny! Caleb told Santa he wanted a talking Buzz Lightyear. No surprise--he's totally obsessed with Toy Story! After lunch we hung out at Nana and Pawpaw's and let the kids play a while. It was a fun day!

Thanks Nana and Pawpaw!

Thankful

We had a great Thanksgiving this year! Caleb and Caroline loved playing with their cousins, we ate a ton, and had lots of time to visit with our family. We were horrible about taking pictures but here are a few of the kids playing. I think it has taken them all week to catch up from playing so hard!

Do Lord

Yesterday Caleb and Caroline sang "Do Lord" in big church with the preschool choir. When did my babies get big enough to sing in church? Anyways, they all did such a good job and it was precious to watch! Nana and Pawpaw came to see them sing and then we went to lunch with them. What a fun Sunday!

The pictures aren't very good and have other parent's heads in them but they still all look so cute!

Colorado

This past weekend we went to Colorado with our friends, Tara and Pat. We flew into Denver on Thursday. Thursday evening we had dinner at Gumbo's--yummy! On Friday we got up and headed out to Rocky Mountain National Park. It was a beautiful day--sunny but a little chilly--and we had a great time seeing the mountains, eating lunch, and searching for wildlife! We finally saw some elk right before we left the park! Saturday we went to the A&M/Colorado game in Boulder. We had a little trouble getting there b/c someone (not going to mention any names here) locked the keys in the trunk of our car when we stopped to get snacks on our way to tailgate! But, once we finally got there we had a great time, except in the end when A&M lost. Saturday night we decided to restaurant hop and had appetizers at Paramount Cafe and then went to Earl's for dinner. We were going to go somewhere else for dessert but we were stuffed! Sunday we headed back to the airport to go home.

We had a great weekend and are so thankful to nana and pawpaw for taking such good care of Caleb and Caroline while we were away for a few days!

Here are a few pictures from the weekend. Friday is pretty much the only day we took pictures!

Happy Halloween!

We had a great Halloween! Saturday afternoon we went to Amy and Jonathan's for their annual Halloween party. They have such a fun neighborhood for trick-or-treating. Amy fixed a delicious dinner and fun treats! After dinner we all headed out to trick-or-treat while Mr. and Mrs. Clown, aka Nana and Pawpaw, stayed to hand out candy. This year my parents dressed up, which was so funny and the kids thought it was great! Caroline and I didn't last too long trick-or-treating but we had a great time handing out candy.

Thanks to Amy, Jonathan, Emma, and Maddie for having us over again this year! It was so fun!

Here are some pictures of my little ladybug and Buzz Lightyear, Emma (a black cat), Maddie (a princess fairy), and crazy Nana and Pawpaw! :)