It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!!!!!

Christmas is by far and away my FAVORITE time of the year!!!! We have put the tree up and I have started shopping! I am by no means clost to being done but slowly and surely I'll finish. Everytime Colton sees a commercial, his little list gets longer! Here are a few of the items Santa will be bringing this year.....

I just cannot wait to see their faces!!!!

Thanksgiving!!!

We decided to stay in town this year for Thanksgiving. I hated to not go home but we are going in a few weeks for Christmas so it was just too much to go this weekend. Nate's family came over and we had a nice dinner. Nate cooked a turkey and it was absolutely delicious!!! I made Mimi's cornbread dressing and some gravy and mom's spinach Madeleine. Nate's mom brought some other stuff and it was a great day! Here is a pic of Em helping me make the dressing....

We really just hung out the rest of the weekend since we've all been sick and decorated for Christmas!!!!!

Fall trip to the zoo!

We did a fall trip to the zoo one Tuesday with Jill, Sophie, Ashley and Jack. The kids had so much fun and the weather was perfect! They had fun running around and seeing the animals. We also rode the train which was fun because it was all decorated for boo at the zoo! Here are a few pics from the day!

Catching up.....a few pics!

We have been super busy these last few weeks! Neilson getting married in the beginning of October kind of started our world wind few weeks! When we got back from that trip, we had Halloween on the horizon. We took the kids to this free Halloween thing the night before Halloween and they had a blast! There was a hayride and trick o treating. Emma did NOT like the hayride! But the second we got off, she said, "that was fun!"....we met Jill and family there and the girls got to play for a few minutes before the rain got us...unfortunately, no pics as I forgot my camera! Oh, and I also forgot Ella's costume...she was dressed in all black with no punkin costume...she looked like a bank robber! Here are a few pics from the haunted house the kids made to trick o treating!

update this week, i promise!!!!!

thanksgiving....a birthday to plan.....lots to update....coming soooooooon.....

Crazy few weeks!

I have not updated in so long, I know. Things have been super crazy around these parts! The fall always feels that way to me. It is my favorite time of year, well Christmas is, but I just love this whole season! When we got back from Uncle Neilson's wedding, Ella was sick. She got Emma's cold on the way to Arkansas and then developed an ear infection. Poor thing was on an antibiotic and then caught another cold, with a fever. She is still a little under the weather and seems to have been for about 3 weeks.

We have had a lot going on. Colton had his very first field trip last week to the zoo. I took the baby to school, they have a drop-in program, so I could have some time with just Colton. Two of Colton's buddies rode with us and they had so much fun!!

Wednesday night I took the kids to the Fall Festival at school. We met Jill and Brian there and the kids had a lot of fun playing! They had inflatables, which Emma would NOT get on, of course! She is so cautious it's hysterical!

I have much more to update, later this weekend, with pictures!!! Nite Nite!

We are off......

To Uncle Neilson's wedding this week. I will try to update before we go but I have so much to do. But, Ella has her 9 month checkup tomorrow, so hopefully I'll have time for another update before we head out.....here is a pic of my 3 munchkins snuggling with Ella while she drinks her afternoon juice!