Grandma and Grandpa Visit for Thanksgiving

We had a nice visit with Mark's mom and dad who drove all the way out from WY! THey stayed for just shy of a week and the kids really enjyed having Grandma and Grandpa around! We went to the ASU game the day after Thanksgiving and then to the Tempe Parade of Lights. Here are some of our favorite pictures...

Southwest Airlines Kid Christmas Party

Today was our first time attending the SWA Kid Christmas Party! We had a lot of fun and it was just like going to a carnival! There were rides, Santa, live singing and dancing, food, a car show, there were helicopters and planes...really fun! Here are some of our favorite pics...

4th file, 4th picture...

Per request by my Auntie Jellie....here's my picture from my 4th file, 4th picture...I know it's of Andon's head injury (no stitches, by the way just an ugly bruise and red mark of course, the day before we were scheduled to take their 4 year pictures)!!! This was posted back in June too titled, "No More Monkeys Jumping on the Bed" because guess what Andon was doing??? Yep, jumping on the bed! He hit his head on a crate that Avery had in her room where she put her books she reads before she falls asleep. That crate is long gone by now!

If you are reading this then you really need to do the same....4th file, 4th picture!

Family Pictures

We had some pictures taken for the church directory...we got some cute pictures but I'm not thrilled with the ones of Avery and Andon so we are off to get their way-to-late 4 year pictures tomorrow...I'll post them as soon as I get them!

Halloween and Yet another cyclists

~As promised here's a pictures of all 5 cousins, AKA, the Wiz Kids, at Halloween...


~Well, we knew it wouldn't be long but a few days after, Avery became a non-training wheel cyclist! She is getting so much more confident now!

Another cyclist in the house...

Timeline...

October 30- We head to Chicago for Halloween and Andon is in awe of his cousin Nathan's ability to ride his bike without training wheels...too bad Andon has ZERO balance on his bike with training wheels.

November 4- Mark takes Andon and Avery's training wheels and pedals off so they can use their feet to learn how to balance. They head down to the greenbelt by our house and get some momentum going down the hills.

November 7- We head outside and start rolling down the driveway without pedals or training wheels. They do great!

November 8- We head over to the greenbelt, put the pedals back on and help them down the hill...the kids both need help as they start to go down the hill and then are able to balance on their own on the flats. On the way home, ANDON STARTS RIDING ALL ON HIS OWN! Avery still weeble-wobbles and is about 85% there! Unbelieveable! Grandma and Grandpas watch out...he can't wait to show you so be ready!!!!

I started to lose it ....he doesn't need me anymore for one more thing...balling my eyes out for about 10 minutes. I'm better now and realize that this will be happening more and more now! I love these kiddos!!!! They grow us so fast!

Halloween...Trunk or Treating

Well, our Dorothy and Green Lollipop Munchkin had a lot of fun Trunk or Treating at preschool last Wednesday. They had a little program for us and then we dressed them in our costume and went to each of the parents' trunks and the kids had a blast! Out of 5 girls, there were 3 Dorothys!!! As soon as Andon made it out to the driveway he dropped his lollipop....go figure! So it shattered into a thousand pieces (luckily in saran wrap) and Mark made him a paper one that he refused to carry on Halloween night...so everyone thought he was the screcrow! Yes, we did manage to get to Chicago for Halloween night but Michele has all the photos on her camera since we left ours at home! As soon as I get them I'll post them :) ENJOY!