Helicopter Santa

The boys are obsessed with helicopters, especially the lifeflight helicopter at the hospital. We have to drive by it nearly every day to see if it's taking off. Crew says when he's older he's going to "flew the big red helicopter" so we took them to see Santa arrive in the helicopter the day after Thanksgiving. They were in heaven. It was the greatest day for them, they were fascinated!

Papa had to literally hold Crew against him because of the wind when it was landing, they almost got blown away and frozen.

Crew and Lyla were the only ones we could get to come near Santa. Ava and Griffin looked at him from well past outside the gate.

cousin Samson and Lyla, they looked thrilled.

Decorating for the Holidays

The kids couldn't wait to decorate their trees so we got them out and ready to go!

We keep finding Lyla all the way underneath our big Christmas tree. She's so curious about the lights, she rolls herself over to it until she's all the way under.

Crew's tree is a little over-loaded. No surprise!

Kickball at the Park

We met Katherine and the kids at the park for a game of kickball and to play around at the park for their "K" week activity. It was such a nice day, who would have thought that nearly December and we could be playing outside!

Thanksgiving

We had a party at DeMars on Wednesday night before Thanksgiving and did crafts with the kids. We made letters in jars for the centerpiece, pilgrim hats, and cupcake turkeys. It was a fun evening to spend with family and a yummy dinner. We were lucky and had two Thanksgiving meals with both families!

Lyla in her pilgrim hat

Griffin the Pouting Pilgrim

new little cousin Collin and Lyla (she looks huge next to him, he's a tiny little guy and she's not all that big herself)

The kids were fascinated with papa carving the turkey. Griffin was a little worried about where it was before it was in the oven, but he ate it nevertheless!

HaPpY HaLLoWeeN

Adrie, Andrew, Kyra, Mazie, Ellie, Bree, Griff, Crew, Ava, Lyla and Madi

(Samson was sleeping so we caught him for a pic later with Lyla)

cousin Samson and Lyla

Griffin, Crew, Ava, Blythe and Brandt

Ava's preschool class

Kali and Ava

Happy Birthday Ava

Ava turned "4". She is growing up way too fast! We had a cousin party out at The Chocolate. We had pizza, decorated cupcakes, did glitter toes and had treats! She had a fun time being with all her cousins! Happy Birthday!

Mazie, Makenna, Ava, Ellie and Madi

Thanks to aunt Shaley for coming and doing glitter toes for all the girls! Their toes were all so sparkly and fabulous!

All the girls and their glitter toes

cousin Ellie and Lyla

We did "A" cookies, Ava was excited to take to her preschool class for her birthday treat!