Early December

In the beginning of this month we took family pictures at the beach for our Christmas cards, I did a craft fair with Madelyn, and we decorated our tree.

Johnny took our pictures for us at Temple Beach- it was a windy day but we had fun and he did great.

Here are a few pictures from my craft show - I made a couple of baby quilts, (which I intentionally priced high because I secretly wanted to keep them), as well as a bunch of zipper pouches, baby toys, (the bear and flower faces) keychain wristlets, and a custom hand embroidery. I did ok, sold about half the stuff, but I felt pretty good about it. I made sure not to buy any new fabric, just some notions, and I only made what was fun for me to make. I learned how to make zipper pouches really well and practiced some other skills. I got to go home with the boy baby quilt (the green brown blue one in the picture below) but had to part with the baby girl one.

Cora and Uncle Johnny at the Visitor's Center.

Here we are decorating the tree for FHE. It was so fun to finally be in our own home for Christmas and decorate a full sized tree! We haven't had that since we've been married, since we've always been away from home for Christmas.

Dimple alert!
Elijah loves practicing walking with his cart toy!

Late November

We took a little hike/picnic up the Laie Falls Trail on November 19th. It was a good day for it - not raining but not too hot.

Auntie Sunday and Uncle Raymond were gracious enough to host Thanksgiving - we brought sweet potatoes and rolls and had a fun time with all the cousins and family.The kids both love to pull out all of the books on the bookshelf and read them all.

Early November

Ryan on a bike ride up behind Sunset Hills in early November.

There was a surf competition going on that day - see the tiny surfer catching a wave?Celebrating Mom's birthday. She requested a red velvet cake - I tried the making frosting roses again and it looked much better this time, but I only did it on the top of the cake.

It was a party! Dancing and all. Elijah fell asleep by the end.

I finally got Cora to wear the tutus I made her for her birthday. Here she is wearing both at once. She had a little friend over for a playdate and while she was here they each wore one. (that's how I convinced Cora to try it on)

Cora loves her bike that she got for her birthday, but getting her to pedal has been harder than we thought it would be. Here we are practicing.
With her "boy friend" Kalani. (Those are Cora's words, not mine. But all she means by it is that he is her friend who is a boy)

Ryan biking up behind Sunset again.

Halloween

Here are our pics from Halloween night. Ryan went trick or treating with the kids in the stroller and I stayed home to pass out candy.

With Alvin, Marcus, Jordan, Jason and TroyJordan

Cora and Troy

At home with her spoils. Cora had a few candies that night - the one she was most excited about was the fruit snacks. After that night we confiscated the rest of her candies for potty treats.

End of October

Well it's almost the end of January so I figured it's time to update the blog. These pics were taken before Halloween - just playing in the tent, on makeshift drums in the kitchen, and in the crib after a shower.

Trunk or Treat

Here are some pics of the Trunk-or-Treat activity we had at the church. Cora was a princess, Elijah wore a Superman costume Heidi made for Marcus and that all of her boys have worn, and Ryan at the last minute discovered a crayon costume in Cora's closet (size:3T-4T) that he decided to wear.

With cute Nikki, Betsy's girl.

Cora's good friend Kalani was Santa - so cute!

Heidi and Troy