Happy Holidays!

* Halloween

Sami's gymnastics class dressed up for Halloween-the girls got into a fight because they were all princesses & apparently that is not allowed!

Lance took the girl's trick-or-treating to our neighbors house. After this another neighbor filled his trailor with haybales & took Sami & I along with a few other neigbors around trick-or-treating. It was a great idea!

Teaching the girls about pomegranates! They LOVED them!

* Thanksgiving

Samantha helped me make turkeys for friends & a bake sale.


Eliana fell head first off the couch. Check out her nice egg.

* Christmas

Samantha made this for Lance & I in Awanas. Cute idea!

Christmas tree shopping!

* Snow!

We've had quite the winter storm around here. The girls were so excited to play in the snow- it lasted until the first faceplant! I think Lance & I had more fun than they did!
Ready for the snow


Snow angels




Our snowman, Frosty

And we're done!

Pumpkin Time!!

I love this time of year, mostly because I love pumpkin! Here's some pics of our pumpkin time: our HOA Fall Festival, a local festival & carving Jack-o-lanterns with daddy.

Sami loves coloring, especially with marker on pumpkins! (Mommy loves the free pie pumpkins!)

Ellie enjoys playing with the 'baby pumpkins'



The local festival had plenty of things to keep the girls' attentions.



Airbrushed tattoos! Sami got a fairy.

Eliana got a ladybug.

Coloring more pumpkins!

I love Ellie's face here!



Crazy hair day at AWANAs. Sami wouldn't let me take a pic of her hair.



Carving pumpkins at home with daddy.



"But daddy I want to do the saw!"

Little Feet Merlot

A local garden shop hosted a children's grape stomping event. A winery distributes grapes & allows kids to come & stomp them. The winery then sells the merlot to support the Children's Hospital... a pretty good gamut if you ask me!

Sami enjoyed it...

Ellie... not so much!




A satisfied grape stomper! Although when asked if she wanted back in... she replied, "Nope, I just want my balloon now." (They gave out balloons after the kids were done.)

Our gymnast!

Samantha loves her gymnastics class! (Or 'nastics as she calls it!) Samantha is the one with pigtails in all pink!

Ellie has made quite a few friends herself during Sami's gymnastics.

Girls' birthday party

The birthday girl

Pool time fun

Blowing out candles