Graham Crackers

It's gingerbread house time again! Emily thoroughly enjoyed the candy.

Rachel and Sara hard at work. Sara had to have her water bottle on hand to wash down the sugar.

Ashley and Melissa not wanting a picture taken.

The completed village. From Left to right, Ashley's, Dad's, Melissa's, Rachel's, Sara's, and mine. Sara's roof says "Rachel is my friend". What a fun tradition!

O Christmas Tree

We spent our Thanksgiving in North Carolina with our good friends, the Jorgensens. Sadly, the only picture I took was of Jason taking the kids for a ride in the tractor mower. Perfect weather! No coats needed!

This is the tree we got this year. It's easily 10 feet tall. We went with a Douglas fir this year because the Frasiers were very sad looking. I love Christmas time! So does Sara, apparently. What a goof.

Whistling

While Grandma Parkinson was visiting, Emily taught herself to whistle. She does it all the time now, except when I get out the camera. This is the best recording I've been able to get. Keep in mind--she is only 10 months old!!

Halloween 2010

I love this picture because it captured how hard Melissa worked. She was so determined to get her pumpkin every bit as clean as her dad's. Sara is just singing while she colors.

The finished product.
The costumes were interesting this year. Ashley was originally not going to dress up, because I have an age limit on my kids begging for candy, but due to a church activity she was helping with, she was asked to dress up. So Sara was no longer the Britney of the Chipettes.

She was to be a monkey, and a very cute one at that.

Emily got to be the traditional baby Minnie Mouse. I love recycled costumes.

Sara's Fourth Birthday!

Sara turned four just before Halloween and had a very fun birthday. She still tells me every day what she wants for her birthday, so I guess I should start making a list for next year. Maybe it's a good thing Christmas is close! She did get some fun stuff, though.

Play-doh. Still a favorite of hers.

The very important pillow pet that she has been begging for since the commercials first started. She sings the pillow pet song all day.

Here's my new four year-old with her Winnie the Pooh cake. I ran out of red food coloring, so his shirt is a very pale pink. Sara loved it.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh

I was upstairs when I heard a lot of noise from my children downstairs. This is what I found them doing. They have had so much fun with their Grandma!!

NYC Part 1

Jason and I took advantage of his mom being in town to take a trip alone to NYC. We got fantastic deal on a hotel room on Times Square and just walked everywhere. Here's Jason at Rockefeller Center.

Next to Rockefller Center was the Lego store. Talk about some fun toys! I want the Harry Potter set. This dragon wound it's way all around the store and is entirely made of Legos. So is the city under it.

This was the view from our hotel room. Yes, that is indeed the Empire State Building. Not too shabby.

We woke up early to get to the early session at the Manhattan Temple, so this picture was taken in the dark of the early morning. It's the best I could do. The inside of the temple was so beautiful! So much attention to detail.

The M&M store. Those are all M&M's, and that's only about half of what they have displayed. Yummy.