Thankful

We are so thankful for all of our wonderful family!! We get so much help and we really don't know where we'd be without it. So thank you to everyone. Here is one prime example..John's parents came up on Saturday and helped us a TON!! We were in charge of the Christmas Party and they took care of the kids for us and it was wonderful. The kids enjoyed themselves also. Bella loves her Grandma and Grandpa so much. Thanks you guys!

Taking some pictures for Presents...shh...

I had Kayla and Cole this weekend so I decided it would be a great time to get a few pictures for Grandma for Christmas. It was pretty fast and painless and we got some great ones. My mom will love them!

Ginger Bread Houses!

Friday Night we decided to put together some ginger bread houses, so Kayla, Clint, Lindsey, Joseph, John and I all had fun putting them together. Some of us had a lot easier times than the others! Poor Kayla and Clint theirs crumbled more then they would have liked! Then John and I had a few struggles here and there. But Lindsey and Joseph well they were pros and their's turned out great! You will probably be able to pick theirs out in a heart beat. But it was fun to just hang out listen to some Christmas music and just LAUGH!

Oh Christmas Tree

Bella loves our Christmas tree. She thinks it's so pretty and cool(as she'd say)! But for some reason she was being so silly around it so I thought I'd snap a few photos. And of course Parker was enjoing himself!

Bowling!!

I decided to take Bella and a few of her friends bowling. They had a great time. The boys especially. They were all dancing and running everywhere. Luckily we were the only ones there. Oh, ya and for some reason sliding all over that slippery floor was way more fun then anything else. Yeah at least we left it way cleaner then we started! Right?

Our Real Snow Fall

Ok so the last pictures were just a tease. We got a lot of snow on Sat, enough to cover the ground and stay! And we are getting more today! Bella really didn't like it. It was blowing against her face and it was way to cold! So we'll try again!

Our First snow fall!

Last night we were heading out the door to go get dinner and Bella realized that it was snowing and it is really the first time she has really known what it is. She was so cute. She was running around the yard saying "look it, look it" she was thrilled!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had an enjoyable day today! We went to my mom's and spent most of the day and night there. It was great! John's parents joined us which was so nice. So we had a great time with Family today. Parker & Bella really enjoyed Grandpa's Pumpkin bars! Yum Yum.. We also took a bunch of picters because we haven't been able to get family ones done yet. So here are just a few.

Bella being a Helper (sort of)

I was washing the dishes tonight (well attempting to) while the baby was napping and of course Bella wanted some attention so I decided to let her come and be my helper. Well at first she thought it was great and she was washing the plate for me but that got old quickly...so she decided to use the bottle brush to wash her mouth out and to get a drink with. GROSS! I know so of course I told her NO and so then she decided to use it to wash off her face since she had cookie on it. So then it wasn't as bad so I thought I'd snap a few pictures of her helping!

How time goes by so quickly!

Parker is sitting up all by himself! He has slowly started to sit up andeach day it is longer and longer. I think part of it may be his belly supporting him but yeah either way works for me. He also got his first tooth last week! Way sooner then Bella she got her first tooth when she was 13 months. So that is exciting to.