Frosty the Snowman

Caleb has been all about the snowman songs and stories lately, so we had to attempt to make his first snowman...even if our "Dry" snow is incredibly hard to make into a ball! :)

The cute snowman builder with his red nose like Rudolph the Reindeer...he also likes that story now!

Hallie was quite a bit happier being outside this time. She left her gloves on for a while, and kept saying "ball, ball!"

Having fun!

Our houses first snowman...aww!

Caleb kissing the snowman...

Finished product! Caleb was wearing the scarf, but was worried about the snowman getting cold so we went ahead and added it.

I thought Caleb looked really cute like this!

We put a face on both sides so the kids can see the happy face from the window.

Living Room wall that just got finished being decorated. (The fifth stocking is for Tessi since she will be here with us for Christmas this year....don't go thinking anything else!)

Snow Fun!

We got our first REAL snow of the season finally so we had to go out and enjoy it a little bit. We bought a snow toboggan for when the snow came and Caleb was so eager to try it out, so even with only 2 inches of snow we took it for a test run! Hallie sat on it for the first run, but when I tipped the kids she was SO done...Caleb on the other hand wanted more, and more and more!Forcing Hallie to sit on the sled for a picture...she was not happy about this! :)

Caleb was sick of pictures and wanted "more riding please!"

Happy kid!

Daddy and Caleb had lots of fun playing in the back yard. Nathan says it lo0ks like they were playing in a big field...well basically that's what our backyard is right now!

Caleb tumbled out a few times and would freak out for a second and then hop back on and ask for more! I told him to try laying down and he did and thought it was great!

We love the snow and can't wait for more! We should be getting more tomorrow...now if only the roads to Provo could not get hit for Nathans commute. :)

I Spy...

Caleb and Nathan were looking out in the backyard one day and I heard some giggling...This is what I found.

Caleb was looking into our backyard and looking for cars, and airplanes, and bugs, and dirt, and anything else he could see! Good thing we don't have backdoor neighbors yet! He had tons of fun though!

Hallie thought it was pretty funny too!

We are so Thankful!

We had a fabulous Thanksgiving this year as usual! We were so happy to have Tessi from Rexburg and Jenn and Tim from Provo with us! The yummy turkey..which when cut into was still...RAW...dang it. We cooked it a little more in the oven and it fixed that problem! :)

Hallie LOVES sucking on frozen juice containers...so that's how she helped with Thanksgiving dinner!

Tessi and I making oreo truffles...YUM!

We were posing for a picture of making the truffles and then decided that was pretty so we started laughing and this picture got taken. We had lots of fun working together!

Tim was great help entertaining Caleb as usual. I think they might be best friends! (at least Caleb thinks so :)Jenn getting her yummy recipes for her dishes! She did tons and it was so good to spend the day with her and have her help!

Caleb loves having us take pictures of him...I think this one turned out kinda cute.

And this one too! :)

Hallie loves her baby doll so she spent the day taking care of it.

The yummy spread of food! It was so good!

We are so thankful for all that we have and the time we were able to spend together this Thanksgiving!

Grandma and Tessi's visit.

We had a great visit with My my mom and Tessi! We did lots of fun things and the kids loved all the extra attention!

We visited temple square and took a pretty picture from the top of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building.

Hallie making applesauce with Grandma. She learned how to take the apple core off the peeler and helped for a LONG time! Hallie now loves to walk around saying "apple". She also loves eating them!

Grandma and Grandpa bought Hallie some adorable shoes and a nice fuzzy warm sweater! She loves both of them! This was her fussy way of modeling them! :)

Saying goodbye to Grandma at the airport. :( We will miss you!

The kids were not so in the mood for taking pictures.

Hallie fell asleep on the way to the airport... so this was the photo we got...haha

Caleb talks about Grandma ALL the time now! The last few days he has been walking around with our house phone "talking to Grandma!" He sure loves her and we miss her! Thanks for the great visit Tess and Mom! We can't wait to see you guys again!

A party for Hallie

We had a small party with family and friends for Hallie a few weeks ago. Hallie enjoyed her princess cake...but wouldn't put her face in it like Caleb did as a baby. I guess she is just too proper.

She did eventually dig into it... but was quickly done so I didn't get any photos of the cake all torn up.

Attempting to open a few presents...or eat them??

Hallie then spent a good part of the night sitting on Jenn's lap while she sang for Guitar Hero.