Out on a line

You know it's deer season when our clothesline looks like this... I need to dig out our past years of this pose :).

Good Friends

So fun to grow up with the Oakland crew.  Madison and Jordann are best buds (less than two months apart) and Eliott and Eli are about a week apart.  These two boys will be quite the pair together some day!

Quite a crew

A few "random's" that I don't want to forget...

My favorite thing Eliott says right now is, "Mommy, what is this?"... but it is this incredibly fragmented sentence that is so sweet.

Madison does a great job talking but she still has a wee bit of trouble with a few different words and sounds.  For example, she calls barbeque sauce, "barbe-sue hoss".  We were eating chicken the other night and I asked T to say barbeque sauce and he responds with, "bar-ba-que sauce"... pretty impressively.  Madison turns to us and cracks up laughing and says, "T says 'barbe-sue hoss' really funny!".  Matt and I were rolling.

Madison's first Christmas Program... She got up in front of that crazy crowd, didn't change her expression once through 'Away in the Manger' or 'The BIBLE', didn't sing a lick, got down, and called it a day.  I was proud she did it.  Later I asked her what her favorite parts of the Christmas season were and she replied with, "The Christmas Program".  She claims she wasn't nervous, and frankly she didn't look nervous, just didn't want to sing.

Sleeping Update

Since we moved beds, the kids have slept really good... once they get to sleep.  We have spent many nights chattering away and following each other in and out of the the bedroom for drinks, kleenex's, potty, pretty much anything they can think of.  I always love to peek at them before I head to bed and the other night I found them sharing Madi's pillow.

Leaf Jumping

I often look forward to the 'big plans' we make for our family but it seems like the kids have the most fun with the simple things in life.  They are beautiful reminders to take time for the small stuff.  Take time to jump in some leaves!

Pumpkin Farm 2012

We took more video than pics but here's a few to prove we were there.  A fun annual trip with the Williams to the pumpkin farm full of blow up pumpkins, barn animals, a boat full of corn, a hay ride, snacks and hot chocolate, and picking out the perfect little pumpkin.  I look forward to this day every year!

Flash Back - Des Moines Waterpark with the Williams

I was looking through pictures and realized I hadn't ever posted pictures from our Des Moines Zoo / Waterpark trip.  What a great little get away to take with little ones.  The waterpark at the hotel is perfect for their size and of course the zoo is always fun.  We skipped out on the Living History Farms this year :) and loved our trip.  I don't think I have ever been in this many pictures before and in the whole album of hundreds of pictures, there are none of Matt.  He was there, just for the record.  Love hanging out with good friends and our little fam...