Just in time for Christmas

I finally finished these stockings just in time for Christmas. They have been works in progress all year, but I finally cracked down and got them done these last few months. You can tell I have no life!! :) My aunt DeeAnn made us stockings like these for Christmas one year when I was growing up and I always loved them so I figured I'd carry on the tradition. Now we just need a fireplace to hang them up on!!

Happy Birthday Guy!

Guy turned the big 25 yesterday... Yes, he is getting so old! We just had a little family party which was a lot of fun. I think Brayden was more excited then Guy with the presents and balloons and cake! Happy Birthday Guy... We love you! :)

We can't wait until Christmas!!

We are so excited for Christmas around here! We got our tree up a week or so ago... Walmart special for $15! Pretty good tree for the price. It's a little bare but maybe someday we'll have stuff to really decorate it! We keep making Brayden take pictures in front of it so every time we walk in the door he runs to the tree and stands in front of it and says "cheese." It's so funny! We tried to go see Santa yesterday at the Northpark mall in Dallas but it was so busy... of course. Not sure why we tried to go on a Saturday but we decided to head back sometime this next week when the line's not as long. We went to this Christmas model train exhibit instead that they had there which was so cool. It had over 70 trains going at once which Brayden loved! Maybe we should get him a train for Christmas!


Working hard!!

Thanksgiving

We went to Oregon for Thanksgiving and spent it with Guy's family. We had so much fun and it was hard to say goodbye when we had to go. I think the time change was a little hard on Brayden since it was 2 hours earlier than Dallas. No naps and staying up late every night... yes you can imagine! But he had tons of fun with all his cousins and it was fun to see how much all the kids have grown. It's crazy how much they can change in a year!! So yes, I remembered to bring our camera and video camera but did we ever remember to take them out of our suitcase... NO! We are soooo bad at that!! We pulled it out once to take a picture of Brayden hanging out with Grandma on her bed. He spent a lot of time in there watching Finding Nemo and the "monkey" movie with them. So cute! We're looking forward to heading back out there when Mike gets home from his mission in August so we can't wait!

Gymboree Halloween Party

So I started taking Brayden to Gymboree classes a little while ago until the end of December and he loves it! We go with some friends from our ward which has been fun for him to get to know some kids his age better. Anyways, today was the Halloween party and all the kids dressed up in their costumes. Brayden is a pirate this year and his friend Logan was Peter Pan. They did lots of fun Halloween activities like making pumpkin soup and putting pumpkins in the pumpkin patch! Brayden had a great time! And of course, I took way too many pictures! :)

Riding on a cart with some friends!