Logan

For Logan's birthday we kept it very low key with just a family dinner and movie.  Logan is such an incredible kid.  He's extremely kind, smart, and all around good kid. By turning 9 he also earned his Wolf Badge.  He loves scouts and was very excited to become a bear. 

Logan 9 year Birthday Interview:

1. What is your favorite color? Blue

 2. What is your favorite toy?  DS, Electronics

3. What is your favorite fruit? “None, I mean Apple!”

 4. What is your favorite tv show? Pokemon

 5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Hamburgers

 6. What is your favorite outfit? T-shirt and Jeans

 7. What is your favorite game? Pokemon

8. What is your favorite snack? Granola Bars, Smores

 9. What is your favorite animal? Monkey

10. What is your favorite song? Holding On Cherie Call

 11. What is your favorite book?  Fable Haven

12. Who is your best friend? Braden and Aiden

 13. What is your favorite cereal? Frosted Flakes

 14. What is your favorite thing to do outside?  Play soccer

15. What is your favorite drink?  Root Beer

16. What is your favorite holiday? Christmas

 17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? “I don’t take stuffed animals to bed! I like taking my DS”

 18. What do you want to be when you grow up? Video game maker or scientist

Aunt Holly's Visit

Aunt Holly came out to visit us this last week and we had a lot of fun with her.  I think we weren't as relaxing as she was hoping we'd be, but we had a lot of fun.  

Olivia wanted to know where Holly was every second so she could play with her.  We made graham cracker houses together, went to Jungle Jims, went to Woodland lights, she went and watched Brandon do surgery one day and then helped me help my friend who had her baby another day.  It was a quick trip but we were glad she came.

Logan is in a Service club at school and they made plates to give away to someone.  He wanted to give his to Holly and surprise her with it.  Hopefully Holly knows how much she is loved by this family out in the middle of the US. 

Thanksgiving/November

November seemed to fly by.  We had Nate and Jami and their kids come out for Thanksgiving this year.  Brandon and I have fun with Nate and Jami and the kids have tons of fun playing together. We have to say we're lucky we have some family that is only 8 hours away.  So for holidays and big events we can be there for eachother.

These two little tomboy princesses are so cute and fun to watch.  They just run around and play with eachother all day long.

 

I had a birthday in November and had a great day. My family and friends did a lot to make me feel loved.  It was a great day!

Henry also turned 10 months.  I can't believe how fast he is growing up.  I love this little bear so much!  He truely is a JOY to have in our family.  We call him our little bear because he bear crawls, he grunts/snorts/breaths hard when he crawls toward something he really wants, and he eats EVERYTHING! He's also very curious! He has learned to open cupboards and he can empty cupboards pretty fast.  He tries to sneak going up the stairs (he hasn't learned how to go down yet and we have steep stairs.) He is quick to smile/laugh even through tears.  We all just adore him.

Christmas Activities

I can't believe Christmas is a little over a week away.  Time is truely flying by.  We've been keeping ourselves busy this Christmas season by doing little activities every night.  We've read Christmas stories, had indoor snowball fights, made cards, and done other things.  Here's some pictures of a few of the things we've been doing.

 We bought gingerbread men kits.  Lesson learned on this is maybe only buy one, because they are NOT good to eat!

 We went to our cities Woodland Lights.  They have carnival type rides and lights that you walk through.  The kids loved it and it's so much fun to hear Olivia exclaim, "YAY!!" everytime she sees something she likes.

Our library did a Polar Express night.  The librarian read the story to the kids while they drank hot chocolate and ate cookies.  They then made elf hats and bell necklaces.  It was a great family outing!

 

We love this time of year and enjoy spending it doing fun things with eachother.  I go to bed every night feeling like I have the best kids in the world.  They are thoughtful, caring and I wouldn't trade them for the world.