December 2011

December was busy but fabulous! And very smiley.

Rocket Day

Hanging out with Cousins

And visiting with Santa

November 2011

A few highlights of the month include:

A special day for Caleb

More Joshua bumps

Learning all sorts of new ways to play with trains (this picture is more remarkable than it looks when you consider how exact the timing is to catch such a quick boy balancing!!)

We had a fun time hosting a murder mystery dinner with some friends from church. We were so impressed that everybody dressed for our Masquerade Ball. The events of the evening uncovered a secret love, family dysfunction, envy and jealousy to shock, betrayal and ego. Needless to say, fun was had by all!

For Thanksgiving, we got to spend time with the Heatons in Kiawah, South Carolina. We love visiting the beach, and playing in the sand. We got to ride bikes and spend hours and hours with people we love.

It was a wonderful trip, full of eating, shell-hunting, catching up, playing in the surf, eating, building sand castles, riding bikes, eating, playing games, trains, eating, visiting, and did I mention eating fantastic food? We built a Polar Express sandcastle, which turned out great and impressed Joshua quite a bit.

October 2011

We took a quick trip to Alton, Utah for Grand-Pa Heaton's funeral. We got to meet lots of cousins, and spend time thinking about how happy Joshua's great-grandparents were to be reunited on the other side of the veil.

Caleb met his second cousin, Kaleb Heaton (son of Brent, son of Ray, brother of Terry, father of Benjamin). I hope these boys will get to know each other better someday.

Caleb starts to smile big and beautiful, and we had some fun with cousins. We got to spend lots of time with Amber (pronounced "Hamer" by Joshua), Brooklyn and Lydia when they came to visit. We went for a weekend in Elijay, GA with the Wombles and Heatons. We also got to visit the Georgia Aquarium with Grandma Heaton and the girls.

We took Caleb on his first camp out with the Mullins crowd, and Joshua had fun dressing up in his Halloween costume for "tent-treating." Joshua and Isaac were both dragons, Niklas was Micky Mouse. Levi was an awesome pirate (but I don't have a picture of him!!).

For Halloween, we wandered the neighborhood with some friends, and had a great time. Joshua was a dragon, Caleb - peas in a pod. Benjamin and I were hippies this year.

This is me...trying harder

In harmony with one of my goals for myself, I am going to keep better record of the events in our home. So I will be posting highlights of our recent holidays when I get the chance during the month of January. Hang on tight, it might be a quick ride. While you wait, here's a family picture we took this afternoon after church: