Friday, December 21, 2012

Halloween 2012 (a LOT overdue!)

 We had a great Halloween this year!  We kept very busy with all sorts of fun activities & loved celebrating our first Halloween in our new neighborhood.


Daddy really enjoyed the pumpkin carving

Liv dumping her loot after the big night


The week before Halloween Riverside hosted a Fall Festival-complete with a hay ride to pick a pumpkin, all sorts of arts & crafts & face painting!  It was really fun for the kids & we'll definitely do it again!


Searching for a perfect (non-deer nibbled) pumpkin!


She got one!


I love this one



They had fun decorating the pumpkins--I won't show you Liv's because it would give you nightmares but suffice to say she stuck to the screws & washers instead of the paint, glitter & whatnot...:)

Brady's had glasses :)

Miss Maddy



Nana & Papa came over & helped us carve our pumpkins!


Papa had a very intricate one going until he cut the wrong slice & basically ended up with a hole!  Pretty funny



Brady was a pro this year!


One of my favorite pictures of my mom

Our pumpkins!



Liv & I came & helped with Brady's class Black & Orange party 


 We love visiting Grandma on Halloween!


Rapunzel & Captain America!!




Nana & Papa in their costumes from their office party


Two sweet girls (Maddy was a futuristic fairy!) :)


We had a little pizza party at Johnsons before trick or treating in our neighborhood--I went home & passed out candy with Sonny--I had forgotten it's his favorite holiday!  He loved running to the door & seeing all the kids...it was so sweet.

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Family Pictures by Anna Vancleeve!

Our good friend, Anna Vancleeve, took our family pictures this fall & we are so happy with them!  I loved them so much I had a hard time deciding on one for the Christmas card so I put 6 on there! :)  Here are some of my favorites!! 



















Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Liv's First Day of Skiing!!

Papa & I took Livvy up for her first day of skiing a couple Fridays ago and had such a great day.  She felt so special to have a Livvy Day & she absolutely LOVED her time on the slopes!  She had a lesson that ended up to be a private lesson in the morning & it really made her feel comfortable in her skis & on the snow.  The teacher was so good with her & she didn't stop smiling or giggling the whole time.  She's so tiny she was getting a whole lot of attention from other skiers because I think they thought she was younger than she is :)  

After her lesson was done, Papa & I took her up the big chairlift & on her first official run!  She was very comfortable up there & had a blast...Papa did most of the skiing with her between his skis & holding on to his poles & then he would pick her up on the steep parts as he did with Brady...this may have been her favorite part swooping down the mountain in Papa's arms...so cute.  He had a college kid at the bottom tell him in colorful language it was "The #%^$@ coolest thing I've ever seen, man!" :)  Dad & I both got a huge kick out of it.

Here she is in her lesson outfit




Showing Papa the magic carpet ride on the bunny hill


On her first chairlift ride!





Having a little Apre Ski time at lunch...pretty tired after a big day!


She basically refused to take her equipment off...a BIG Thank YOU to Nana & Papa for her gear!


Showing Daddy when she got home



This was her first time skiing!  You can hear her giggling...so cute



On the big run!

We have the kiddos signed up for 6 wk lessons starting in January at Moonlight Basin so lots more skiing pictures to come! :)