Library Events!

Our KDL library is just awesome. They hosted some great Christmas special events recently which we took advantage of. The first event was a reindeer visit!

 Another event was a very informative presentation by an Iditarod expert. We learned a lot of interesting information and even got to meet his team of sled dogs!

 The instructor, Mr. Dan, with Lydia.

Life Lately..

 Lydia has been taking a class at the Y called Tumblebugs. She gets to do a bunch of fun activities that help increase her coordination and balance. Her coach had to step down from the position because she was moving so I got the job of teaching the class! Below Lydia is warming up by dribbling while we wait for her classmates to arrive.

 OUCH! I was recently working on a Christmas craft and cut my thumb pretty badly. I ended up needing 4 stitches.

 After the nurse dressed the cut it looked a lot worse than it actually was. Boy did I do a lot of explaining the next day at church.

 A recent fun activity was decorating Christmas cookies with cousins!

 Lydia was in her first Christmas program at church. It just melted our hearts watching her sing, "Mary Had a Baby!"

 Lydia recently pulled this book off my parents book shelf.... is she making a prediction?! We will find out this week if she is right!

 I recently had the privilege of connecting with a few of my Canadian girlfriends in Sarnia, just over the border. We had a delightfully slow lunch followed by pedicures. It was so great to re-connect and catch up with these lovely ladies.

With the mild winter we've been experiencing, we try to get outside when we can. The girls and I enjoy going for walks. So we bundle up and take walks down the road as often as we can. Below Care is pumped for her afternoon stroll!

 Care's first attempt at a snow angel.

 Carrie has inherited her Dad's ability to have her eyes partially or fully closed in most pictures taken of her. Take 1:

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Ah Ha! There it is!!

Another recent event was making gingerbread  houses. Dad, Trace, Cal and Hannah came over to decorate with us.

 Very focused on our work...

 Zach gave Hannah an bread making lesson while they were over.

 TA-DA!

Baby Update!

Wow, 17 weeks already- almost half way there! This pregnancy is flying by! I'm feeling well- very thankful to be out of the first trimester. Here is the baby bump thus far...

 This picture has nothing to do with the baby- just too cute not to share. :-)

Snow!

Recently, we had a large snowfall in our area. It is so much fun to see the delight and jubilation on our girls' faces at the sight of freshly fallen snow! It takes a good 10 minutes to get the girls bundled for the outing. Here they are, all ready to go!

 Lydia likes to eat it as much as she like to play in it!

 Daddy took Care on her first sled ride. As you can hear, she is giggling with delight!

 Lydia had to hop on that ride!

 Let it snow!

Failed Photo Shoots

 Whenever I can, I try to get cute pictures of the girls together. But at the precious ages of 1 and 2, sitting for pictures isn't exactly their favorite thing to do. Nevertheless, we keep trying!
  Lydia: "Mom, I really don't want to be doing this..."

 Care: "Oh! Are we taking pictures now?"

 Care: "Oh Lyddi, I sure love you."

Both: "Just take the picture already!"

 On another occasion...
Care: "Nooooooo!!!!"

 Care: "Nooooooo!!!!"

 Care: "Noooooooooooooo!!!!"

 On yet another occasion...
Whamp...

 Whamp...

 Whamp!

Oh well, another failure- but the bloopers are still pretty cute.

Canning Time!

We spent a day canning apples- nothing like having fresh applesauce throughout the winter. 

Lydia was happy to test out several of the apples.

 My friend, Anna, came to help out with the process.

Trunk or Treat!

This Halloween we went to two Trunk or Treats. With our kids ages, it's much easier to walk 5-10 steps to each trunk than traveling house to house. Lydia was a chicken and Carrie was a Care Bear- very fitting.

 Lyddi and some of her cousins at one of the Trunk or Treats.

 Chicken Lyddi!

 Seriously cute.

We ended the night back at our house with our friends warming up with hot chocolate and some good books.

Misc. October pics...

Below are just a few cute pics from around the house. Usually Zach has already left for work by the time the girls wake up. But one morning he either was running late or they woke up early (I can't remember), but he got to bring them both down. So sweet!

 Care enjoying her breakfast.

 Lydia giving us a twirl in her church dress.