Dance Your Heart Out

Reese did dance for the past couple of months and it was so cute. They had a recital last week and did a tap dance to ABC by Jacksons and a ballet dance to Santa Claus Is Comin to Town. She was totally into the makeup and everything. After her dance at rehearsal she said, "When do I get to go back on stage mom?" It reminded me of Elle saying she was born with a tutu on when she first started dance. And then Reese told me, "Mom I like wearing makeup!" She doesn't do the dances all that well, but she always has her feet turned out perfetly. There are two videos at the end of the post.


For some reason the camera videoed a little blurry and white, but she is second from the end.

Sick Kids

I think the kids always look so cute when they are sick (granted they are not throwing up everywhere:)). They lay on the couch and look so peaceful and cute.

Bass Pro Shops

Anyone who knows us very well knows that Ryan's favorite place ever is Bass Pro, aka "the fish store." We go there often (too often in my opinion) and usually get the kids pictures taken with Santa at Christmas. It is cool, they set up this little Winter Wonderland and have a train and Santa (plus you get a free 4x6 picture) and a snowball fighting area and coloring and letter writing, and a bunch of other fun stuff. And this year they even had free horse carriage rides.




This day was Black Friday and we got up WAY too early to get the kids ready for the day, so we just braved it and went with it. It is what it is:)

Thanksgiving

This year we went to Ryan's sisters house in Colorado Springs and spent the day. It was fun, the kids had a blast playing in their basement and I had a blast playing the WII games:) We had some yummy turkey and all got really full.

Fall Fun

Fall is my absolute favorite season, except for the fact that it is right before winter and we don't usually get a super long fall. This year, however, we have yet to have any measurable snow and I LOVE the weather!! I know we need the moisture but I am enjoying the 50's and 60's right now. Maybe it is saving up for Christmas Day:) The girls love playing in the leaves now in our backyard because our Cottonwoods have gotten huge and drop LOTS of fun leaves! I love the looks of pure joy on their faces, it makes me smile.

Little Goblins

Halloween was fun this year. Mostly because it was nice weather again this year, but also because both of the kids were super excited about it this year. Reese was very insistent on being Ariel for Halloween and for some reason Elle decided she wanted to be a witch. We had school parties, church parties, friend parties, and trick or treating. So needless to say we were blessed with PLENTY of candy this year:)

Grandma's visit

Way back in October when my dad and Ryan took my nephew hunting, my mom came and stayed with us and I just thought this was a really cute picture of them so I am posting it, mostly to make my mom mad because she hates having her picture taken:) No, but I really like the picture.