waiting in line

pictures courtesy of jeffrey.

packards

back in july we took a trip down to the columbus temple. it had been way too long since we had been to the temple and since the baby was coming soon we figured we'd better go. we were so lucky to find that we have friends who live in columbus. the packards were our friends in utah and we used to switch off babysitting whenever we would go to the temple so it was cool to pick up the tradition again. they watched the boys while we took a trip to the temple. then we spent the day with them.

this is their oldest daughter sidney. isn't she beautiful!

it was hot! they got out the pool and some snacks and we had a great afternoon.

elliot.
sidney

home grown carrots.

the whole group.

we had so much fun we invited them up for thanksgiving!

lucky it worked out and they did come for thanksgiving. we had such a great weekend. it was so fun to spend it with friends. our kids had such a blast with their kids.

we went downtown and had some treats, the kids got to make a small craft, and then we saw a small show of fireworks.

telisha and me trying not to freeze.


it was COLD, but we still had fun.

watching a movie.

owen fell in love with this batman mask. it was so cute how he didn't want to take it off. he and sam were meant to be friends.

our feast. it was good and it was ready by about 2pm which i thought was pretty good with one oven. we made a good team in the kitchen.

the "turkeys" that telisha had the kids make.

yum...

we have kept the tradition going that jeffrey's family does on thanksgiving...gingerbread houses! the kids had fun and i like these mini houses i found. it was cool for each of them to be able to make their own.

tanner's favorite part was eating the gingerbread house. that kid is darn cute.

one of my favorite parts of the whole weekend was to see how much sidney loved calder. she always wanted to look at him, touch him, hold him. she did a really good job too! she is so sweet. elliot loved reading books with her. we're so glad the packards made the trip up to our house. we're already planning to go to their place early next year.

a visit with santa

life is good. we are adjusting well to boy number three. elliot and sam love calder and pray for him every night.

to kick off the season we paid a visit to santa claus. seeing elliot on santa's lap sure made him look bigger and older to me. i can't believe this is his 6th Christmas.




i love this picture of me and my boys.


merry christmas.

photo shoot

jeffrey did a little photo shoot of calder. i think they turned out gorgeous!

happy halloween

from left to right: my pumpkin, sam's, jeffrey's, and elliot's

we had a great halloween this year. the boys were so excited about their costumes and they looked great!

batman (sam)

dracula (elliot)

pumpkin (calder)

i was a ladybug and jeffrey was geordi la forge

my friend morgan has a great sense of humor. :) here she is with her son's mask on.

the boys with their friends dominic, adriano, and ian.

morgan and me.

hope your halloween was great too.

loving life.

we are loving life.

jeffrey saw this picture and said, "calder's two bodyguards". those words made me smile.

calder's big brothers

first two weeks

i know i am way behind posting. calder will be 7 weeks on friday. he is such a dream. here are some pictures from the first two weeks of his life. i'll catch up soon.