Idaho Snow

I'm still catching up from vacation.... two weeks later. While we were in Boise they got the most snow they've gotten in awhile and we loved it! Little Cole hungout with Grandma and Grandpa inside while we went out and had a blast!We did drag Cole out for two minutes for a picture, but he was miserable, so we scratched that. We built a snow tunnel.....

I built (with a little help from the kiddos) a giant snowman

We took the kids to the park and they had fun playing on all the equipment covered in snow.

Sledding in the backyard was a hit too.....so many fun things to do in the snow.

Carson could've stayed out there for hours shoveling....Brynnli was the same once we figured out how to keep her fingers warm.

Random pic of my mom and I cooking on Thanksgiving. We were so thankful to be there with everyone. I was very thankful that we don't live in a cold place....it's a lot of work with kids to keep them warm to get out of the house! I think I'd never leave!!! But it was a blast to visit!!!

We've actually had really chilly weather here since we got home and Carson keeps asking me when it's going to snow.....poor kid. I agree though, if it's going to be cold, you might as well get some snow! Won't be happening here anytime soon.....

Thanksgiving in Idaho

We just got back from our trek across the country to Idaho for Thanksgiving. We had an awesome time. The kids keep asking to go back there. Cole got to meet all kinds of new people and ride on his first plane. He was a champ.

My sister and her family drove from San Fran in some pretty nasty weather to get to us and we were so grateful! The kids had a blast together.

All the cousins, ours would be the ones not smiling (except Carson)
Grandpa took a day off of work while we were there to take Carson and Brynnli on a "date" to the garbage truck transfer station and to get milkshakes and french fries at Sonic, they loved it.

Cole got to meet his uncle Ryan, who he won't see again until he's two! It was a rather bittersweet "see ya in two years" for all of us. Sniff..... but we are so PROUD of him.We were so excited to get to go to the temple with him for the first time too, while Aunt Nicky stayed at home to babysit the FIVE kids. Thank you!!!

Sweet Ryan seriously spent awhile trying to build this lego car for Carson that had eight bazillion peices....

Cole and his Aunt Jenny

Aunt Nicky

While we were there they got like nine inches of snow one day and it was awesome! Those pictures will be coming next.......

Tiny Dancer

I'm going to be honest, it has been a really tough month for me. Life has just been a little too much sometimes to handle. So today I am thankful for little things that make me happy. Today I got to go watch Brynnli dance in dance class (which we only get to do once a month) and it made me happy. She is such a happy girl at dance class. I am so thankful for her.

Brynnli and her best friend Izzie

I am also thankful for Grandma who came to watch (which made Brynnli's day) and took pictures for me, since my hands were full with Cole. Thank you!!!

Suprise! and Fancy Nancy

So....we went back again one more time.... to Disney. We couldn't help it. The Christmas decorations were up.... and Rick came home at six from work and I had secretly packed all the stuff and after dinner we told the kids we were leaving for Disney. It was really fun suprising them. That's all I'll say about it, since we've gone a bazillion times....but our passes are officially expired now and we're going to take a year off.

My friend Kim's parents introduced us to fancy Nancy on Halloween, and ever since then I keep spotting her at our house......couldn't resist.

Football

Rick got free tickets from a friend for the Miami Hurricanes game this weekend, so we decided to take Carson and Brynnli and leave little Cole man with the grandparents. It was beautiful weather due to our first "cold front" and the kids loved it!

Brynnli's favorite thing: The "duck" otherwise known as the Ibis and mascot, and of course, the cheerleaders who, as she put it, kept "shaking their bum like I do in dance class."

Carson's favorite: watching the football game. He wanted to know everything about how the game worked, and was very disappointed when we left mid third quarter to put Brynnli down for her nap.

My favorite thing was that we all had matching shirts (not that you can tell by the picture....) which was so fun to me. Little Cole was all bundled up for the first time and had a blast with Grandma and Grandpa! I have to say though, the kids (and me...) were very sad about leaving Cole behind to go to the game at first. We love the little guy.

Halloweenish

We did our usual stop by the pumpkin patch a few days prior to Halloween.... we went to a different one than usual and boy were we glad we did...............Who knew that the kids could get a wagon ride from none other than Michael Jackson himself (we weren't sure if he was in costume or not.....) Brynnli was pretty suspicious and looked very relieved when the ride was over. Since Halloween was on a Sunday this year we layed pretty low. We carved our pumpkin and then headed over to our friends the Wernlis so that the kids could hand out candy together. I really think they had more fun doing that than they would've trick or treating....and those kids that came to the door lucked out...Carson was pretty generous (to say the least)

Here's the little Colester....poor guy had a double ear infection this weekend....what a trooper. And in case you're wondering.... Brynnli is extremely unexcited about sitting still for pictures....we do love her just as much as the other two:)

Trunk or Treats

We took the kids to two trunk or treats at church this year. The first one was in our friends Chris and Kim's ward. Up until that night I was under the impression that Brynnli was dressing up at Snow White and Carson as a fireman.....but they ended up as...

Cinderella and her handsome prince....if I'd only known I would've tried to coordinate Cole's costume (or lack of costume that night....)

For our ward.....Carson was a fireman, Brynnli was Snow White, and Cole was a Dalmatian

It was so much fun!! The kids were so cute !