Cutting Down the Christmas Tree

Today we got to have fun cutting down our Christmas tree.  Every year the US Forest Service allows people to come in and cut down a tree for Christmas.  We got to go and find our tree.  The kids had fun hiking in the woods in search of the perfect tree.  Just one of the things we look forward to each year.  Nothing beats the smell of a fresh cut tree in the home!

Happy Halloween

The kids all had fun this year for Halloween.  We got to go to a church party where Hyrum won first place in the 5 and under category with his Scarecrow costume.  Our family took 3rd place in the family category.  Then the kids got to play games and go Trunk-or-Treating.  And as if that wasn't enough candy, we got to go through our neighborhood Halloween night and loaded up on the candy.

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Wagon ride at Anderson Farm

Picking pumpkins

Carving pumpkins with Aunt Kate

Hyrum's First Pumpkin

Tinker fairy Eliza

Pirate Gideon

Pirate Bat Heber

Scarecrow Hyrum

Renaissance Erin

Our mythical family

How Time Flies

It's amazing how much can happen in 6 months.  So, here is what we have been up to...

 

Nauvoo, Illinois Temple

Daddy and Gideon making rope

Gideon and Heber petting a horse

Eliza petting the horse

In Historic Nauvoo

Enjoying one of the many campfires

Playing Wii Just Dance with Uncle Anthony

Tide Pools in California

It's Cold, Daddy!!!

Grandma Hall and Eliza touching a sea anemone

Gideon's turn

The Meer Cats at Happy Hollow 

Playing on the dinosaur

Scott's first trip to Colorado

Playing at the park in California

Weeee!!

Best ride of all is up on the shoulders

Over the summer we got to go to the Lincoln Park Zoo

Where did the seals go?

We aren't afraid of the big black bear

Sleeping at a hotel for Uncle Michael and Aunt Emma's wedding

Playing after the wedding

Our garden

 

Excited about baby brother!

Hyrum joins the family!

Happy Mommy

Little Hyrum came three weeks early.
Followed in his brother's footsteps

A week old

Hyrum found his thumb, then never again

Happy asleep

 

Yup, Gideon totally fell asleep in the shopping cart

Best place to sleep is with Mommy

The grandkids with Grandma Hall

One month old

We went to Stade's Farm to pick out our pumpkins

Apple donuts, yum!

The whole gang

We moved to Colorado and found this guy stacking rocks.
Amazing!

Rock climbers in training

Everyone helped rake the leaves.
They had so much fun

Walking home from school

 

Picking our Christmas Tree

Time to decorate

Lovely

Our Christmas Village grows each year

Temple on a hill

Two months

Look, it's Santa's reindeer!

Playing in the snow in our backyard

Syl loves the snow!

Love my smile