Merry Christmas!

So this year we took our annual family picture when we were in Leavenworth. I am actually impressed at how well it turned out. Thank you to my brother for taking the picture. Here is the picture that we used for our Christmas card and then Wes got creative with it and created our own cards this year.
Merry Christmas to all of our friends and family. We love you very much!

First Snow Play

Elliott and I decided to bundle Edith up and take her outside this morning. It was very cold but she seemed to like it until she fell in face first and got a nose full. We were out for only about 5 minutes and then it was nap time. Elliott and I then went back out to play for a little but. Mommy got cold before Elliott of course so we had to come in and have so Hot Toe co as Elliott calls it. Here are a few pictures of our fun time.

Halloween

So Elliott was going to be 3 different things this year but finally decided on a Cowboy and if I do say so myself, he made the most adorable cowboy. Edith was a caterpillar but hated the thing on her so we had it on long enough to take pictures then took it off. It was a weekend full of fun, family and friends!

Carving Pumpkins

For some reason Elliott really got into carving his pumpkin this year. He even for the first time in all his life touched the inside! That is a big deal for him. We asked him what he wanted it to look like and this is what he came up with. He was really admit that he do it but of course we helped. We did end up giving him the safety knife and he made ears. he would have just kept carving if we did not stop him sometime. He decided Edith's needed to be a cupcake and mine was just fun.

Puyallup Fair 2010

So this year we took just Elliott to the fair since Edith was so little and that gave us some good mommy, daddy , Elliott time together just us. He decided that he wanted to do the Muttin Busting this year so we let him. We were really excited about it and then as it got closer to his turn both Wes and i started getting a little nervous. Elliott had a blast! When i got back to him, the first thing he said to me was the the sheep bucked him off! He wants to do it again next year and be a cowboy for Halloween now. Here are a few pictures to show you how he did.

The gift that keeps on swinging!

So for a baby shower that we had before Elliott was born, my parents bought us this swing to hang from our porch for the kids. There have been many kids that have swung in it and now it is Edith's turn. She loved it!

Family Reunion

Every other year my mom's family gets together for a family reunion. Elliott was just over a year at the last one and not we got to take Edith for the first time. On Friday night we get together with just my mom's close family for a dinner and then on Saturday the whole family which is about 160 people (a little over whelming)! It was a little cold this year but still fun. Each year that we have had kids, my brother and I try to get the kids to match. The first year they were think 1 and thing 2 this year we wore our 4th of July outfits. The older kids had so much fun playing with their big cousins and each other. Here are a few pictures to highlight the weekend.

This is our nephew that is a month younger than Edith but weight's about 3 pounds more.



It was so cold at night that we had to break out the winter suit for little girl.

It was fun to watch the kids play like my brother and i use to at their age.

Kiddo's

So for the 4Th this year we got the kids matching pajamas. It is so cute how much Elliott loves his little sister. I just hope that this will stay that way as he gets older. It makes me so proud to be their mother.