January pics

Tell me these cute little faces don't just make you smile. Lila is in love with babies all of a sudden, it's very cute! This one is almost bigger than she is.

Yep, just chillin in a little tuppeware.

They love doing puzzles together. Lila mostly just loves taking all of the pieces out and then putting them back in the box.

Lincoln is my little cookie monster. He really liked the cookie dough this time around.

This was at what we call Yogi Park. It's just lots of open space with hardly ever any people so we often take Yogi there to run around. The kids have fun playing on the bleachers and in the baseball diamond.

First good snow!

It was fun to actually get some snow that we could play in! This was back in January. Unfortunately, it wasn't snow man making snow but it was perfect for sledding. We feel pretty lucky to have a little hill right outside our front door! The kids loved it!

December pics

I was cleaning Lincoln's floor so everything was on the train table, including them!

Playing on Daddy's ipad is a special treat.

reading Christmas stories with Daddy.

We watched the Phillip's kids overnight so they could celebrate their 10 year anniversary. It was so fun! I'm still laughing b/c I took them on a walk just as something to do and to see some Christmas lights but it ended up being a 2mile walk! They were so tired! It was a good way to make bed time easy I guess. haha.
My kids are not ALWAYS in their pajamas I promise but they seem to get their best play times in the mornings before they get dressed or I just that's just when I think to take pictures. Lincoln LOVES playing with his dinosaurs and is always thinking of new things to do with them.

The kids found these hats and I guess they thought they had to go hide and wear them. It was pretty cute.

Just my happy Lincoln.

Lila loves to read books!

Taevin and Lincoln are the cutest little buddies!

Christmas

Christmas this year was nice and quiet but we enjoyed it and felt lucky that Seth got that weekend off! This was our first year to not go home which was sad but it also meant that we didn't have to travel and we got to sleep in our own beds. We are lucky to have good friends who we spent Christmas Eve and Christmas with.

We went to see the Zoo lights and Santa but Lincoln wouldn't even approach the stage where Santa was until Lila and I were up there and until we told him that Santa would give him a candy cane. The power of candy. Lincoln didn't know what he wanted for Christmas so I can't remember what he told Santa but he ended up thinking that Santa was very nice. Christmas day Lincoln woke up jumping up and down in his bed asking if Santa was here. I guess he thought he was going to get to see him again, but he was ok with it once he saw that Santa had left him a surprise or two.
We were pretty proud of our gingerbread houses and became quite a competition!
The were the books that lincoln and Lila got from Gma Cherie and Gpa Leon with them reading the story to them. The kids loved it. Lincoln would listen to the first part over and over that said "We wanted to tell you Merry Christmas and tell you how special we think you are..." and then he would say "Thank you" and listen to it again. Lila is in love with Snowmen so her book was perfect for her.

We had Christmas Eve dinner at our friends the Phillips home. It was so fun! They already have so many fun family traditions. We got to help them act out the nativity. Lincoln and Taevin are quite the buddies. They were born a month apart in Phoenix and were friends there and now they get to be friends again here. It's been very fun!

My two little elves. I wish I would have gotten more pictures on Christmas day but this one is when we set up the tree. Lincoln cried and cried when we took it down which was the day after Christmas. I guess I was a little anxious to get things put away!! Then whenever he'd see a Christmas tree up somewhere he would tell me that they need to take it down. haha.