SNOW

Parker and Tucker could not wait to go out and play in the snow!  We had the biggest snow storm ever......something like 18 inches.  It was sooooo cold but boys being boys they  didn't care at all.  They got all bundled up and headed out....making snow angels, throwing snowballs, eating snow, and trying to build a snowman.  Lots of fun for two adventurous little boys!

Christmas Highlights....

They just had to have Santa hats.......and boy did they wear them!

Making Christmas cookies...very messy, but lots of fun!

Making gingerbread houses & meeting Santa at the Ward Christmas Party.

Christmas Eve program and party at Papa & Grandma's house.....a family tradition.

New Christmas pj's from Grandma  Brenda......so cute!

Finally the day has arrived......& smiles all around!

Oh Christmas Tree........

The kids were so excited to put the Christmas tree up....we didn't even make it to December and it was up!  That's a first for me.  I have never even thought about putting the Christmas decorations up before the actual month of December.  But when you have 3 adorable little kids so ready for all the festivities to begin, it's hard to resist their excitement!  As you can see by the pictures, they did a great job decorating the bottom half of the tree.  I just let them do their thing and then after they went to bed I adjusted the ornaments so the top of the tree wouldn't be bare.....so cute!  And now that it's all done it feels pretty good to have everything decorated.....now we can sit back and enjoy the Holiday Season......(well--kind of--there is still so much to be done, but you know what I mean =D )

Halloween

The kids had a great time Halloween.  They even talked me into dressing up!  How could I refuse those sweet little faces =)  We went trick-or-treating and the kids collected quite a bit of candy.  They were so excited to get home and dump it all out and see what they had.  

Leaves

Who doesn't like jumping into a pile of leaves?

Pumpkins

This year was our first year to carve pumpkins.  In the past few years it just seem too much to even think about carving pumpkins with 3 young children.  The kids were really excited and weren't really sure what to expect.  At first they didn't like the smell of the pumpkins and the slimy stringy stuff inside.  Eventually they got use to it and were really great about cleaning them out.  I then had them tell me what kind of face they wanted on their pumpkins and did my best to give them what they wanted.  They were just very simple faces but the kids were happy with them and thats all that counts.

Hats

Found this great tutorial on one of my favorite blogs and knew I had to make them for the kids.  They were so much fun to make and I think they turned out super cute.  Would you believe they were made from old t-shirts?  I just love the idea of re-purposing old clothes!