Halle Beth

 We just LOVE this sweet girl more every day!

My mom sent this to me after she gave Halle a bath.

Halle is doing GREAT!  

She is one of the happiest babies you will ever meet.  She is getting STRONGER every single day.  She is great at using her hands and can almost sit on her own.  Her little legs are so strong that she LOVES to rock her carrier anytime we sit her down.  She says "Hi!"  

She is eating and sleeping well...Praise God!  

Thanksgiving at Gingerbread

 All three of my kiddos had their Thanksgiving parties on the same day and the same time!  (Looking back I should have had some help with attending all these parties!)  

Check out theses two best friends, sucking on their shirts together?!?

 Port was so proud and saved me a plate so I could eat with him!

Ella is so quiet and sweet in her class...

I'm just waiting for her silly personality to show up a little more:-)

*I did hear from the Gingerbread staff that no one has ever had 3 kids in Gingerbread at one time:-)

Happy Birthday Lainey!

 Lainey and Esperanza had a fun skating birthday party!  Brian got there a little late and couldn't understand why parents weren't skating...so he grabbed some skates!  

I LOVE that about my husband!!

 Ella might be 3, but she LOVES playing with the big girls.  Millie is one of her best friends and "Samora" is another of her favorites! (Port can't stand it when she calls Samara...Samora)

Happy Birthday sweet girls!  

One of my favorite moments...maybe of the month...

Bryan Ray made a fun music mix for the party, they had the fun lights on, and Ella just couldn't understand why people weren't dancing.  She kicked off her skates and strutted out to the middle of the skating rink and danced the rest of the night.  

I LOVE HER:-)

Josh and Jenny...the best!

 Uncle Josh...

this isn't his favorite thing to do but anything for Halle!

 With no furniture in my parents living room, it made for a perfect basketball court!

 Hang with my kids for very long and you will have to play games!

 Ella LOVES Jenny! 

 Jenny is always so kind to play with Ella.

 Next up a stop in the hot tub!

Let the bubble fight begin!

Thanksgiving Desserts

My family always has a dessert contest at Thanksgiving.  Saturday afternoon we made 4 different desserts, because EVERYONE had to participate!  It was actually SO fun, but I did spend a LOT of time in the kitchen that day.  These are Haynes Turkey Cookies...we found them on Pinterest and he couldn't wait to make them.  I love this shot of his handwriting next to it!

 Port chose to make a cherry pie...pretty awesome crust huh?!?

Ella made Strawberry Pie Cookies that I didn't manage to get a picture of...oops!  

They were super cute too!

 My kids love a competition and had no problem begging for a few votes.  They loved getting medals and a trophy!

This guy was so excited this picture doesn't even do it justice.  He ate the other turkey, so no one actually even tried his dessert.  He gave mine to Lolli and told her he made it:-)  

I LOVE this kid!

Camp 24/7...

 This summer our church had Camp 24/7 for the older kids.  This fall they did a one day camp for the younger ones.  They did worship, danced, art, and talked about their identity as a prince and princess.  Annamarie did an amazing job!  My kids were SO excited to go until we got there:-)  I eventually snuck out the back and they did great!

This was when I picked them up!  We love these mighty world changers that God is raising up in our city!

Christmas Lights

The boys were SO excited to help Brian with the Christmas lights this year.  We decided to do a red...white...white pattern.  Brian told the boys the pattern and then let them get to work.  They were so EXCITED that they got all the bulbs into the right order.  Later that afternoon we had some other boys, Kevin and Brian, help actually get them on the house.  Our lights look pretty amazing boys!