Brookie the Ballerina

This is our beautiful Brooklyn Grace. She's looking pretty girly in these pictures, but I couldn't help it! My friend made her this cute tutu and I've been dying to take her picture in it. She does look pretty cute in pink. :) Too bad she's a little afraid of all the fluff involved. :)

12.05.2009

Handsome!

Cole and Dad wishing it was really cold. I'm glad these guys are such great buddies! Cole knows he's dad's best buddy and he says it out loud all the time. :)

Handsome eyes run in our family. :)

Getting Ready for Christmas

The pre-Christmas season is always my favorite. Thanksgiving sets such a nice tone for the whole holiday season! Christmas-time is even more magical with kids. Every part of it seems more exciting, more miraculous and I felt more grateful all season. Here are a few pictures of what Christmas looked like at our house this year. :)

Cole and Dad decorated the Christmas tree. (All the decorations eventually came off 'cause they were such a great temptation for throwing and eating... but it was nice while it lasted and we all enjoyed the lights.)

Cole and Brookie wearing their Christmas shirts from Great-Grandma Flint. I was hoping to get a really good Christmas card-ish picture, but it wasn't meant to be this year, I guess. I still think they look pretty cute!

At the ward Christmas party - Another funny "Santa's Lap" experience. He was so excited to see him and "give him a love," but at the last minute it wasn't so great... oh well - there's always next year. :)

Coloring pictures of Baby Jesus went much better. Thanks awesome primary leaders!

...and he liked sitting on the laps of the YW in Santa's spot (after Santa had left). Guess it was a fun ward party after all. :)

Playing Outside!

The really great thing about California is that you can play outside ALL year long! Yep - the temperature here has been really nice for playing - it's finally cool enough that you don't sweat all day long. :) Both Coleman and Brooklyn love being outside! I do have to admit that practicing our primary Christmas songs for the program while playing outside in the warm weather makes me think Christmas is still a long ways off. I'm going to have to get crackin' if I'm going to be ready to go to Utah, make Christmas gifts, arrange all the primary stuff and have time to act like it's almost Christmas. :)

Hmmm... anybody want to go swimming?

12.1.2009

Just Hangin' Out - November 09

Here are a couple pictures of these funny kiddos from November. :) Brookie is really into eating her toes and still smiles ALL the TIME! Cole LOVES talking on the phone to his grandpas and grandmas!! He's become quite a chatty little guy - I'm hard pressed to get any phone time anymore. :)

Family and Fun for Thanksgiving!

Ty made this for his background on his laptop - I thought it was pretty cool! A couple cute pictures of cute kiddos having a blast at the happiest place on earth!

We had a fantastic Thanksgiving at Disneyland! Tyler's parents and brothers and our good friend, LeAnn came down to spend the holiday with us. We had a blast together. Cole loved watching Uncle Trent swim and had a great time hanging out with LeAnn and Grandma Marilee! They're so fun! We went to Disneyland for Grandma Marilee's birthday and had a blast! Even Ty came - he sluffed! It was so nice to have him all to ourselves for an extra day!! (Don't tell his future patients...) The next day we even got to go to the beach and enjoy great weather (in November!!)! When Grandpa Terry and the Uncles got here, the excitement was over the top! Coleman (and his parents and sister) were so excited! We stayed at a beautiful condo in Anaheim Wednesday night, then went to Disneyland early on Thanksgiving morning. Disneyland on Thanksgiving was terrific! It was just the right amount of crowded to be fun. The lights and decorations were awesome and the rides were a blast! Even Brookie loved the rides. Cole's favorites were the Jungle Cruise, Pirates, and Buzz Lightyear (if we have to pick favorites - he really loved them all!!) Ty and I even went on a few big kid rides by ourselves (it was so weird, but soooo fun!) We had such a great time together with the family too. Thanks guys for everything! We can't wait 'till we see you again!