Just the 4 of us

This Thanksgiving was our smallest yet. It was our first with just our little family. We were in St. David, but Roy's family drove to Albuquerque to spend some time with his brother Ben. We wanted to go but Roy boy was sick and we didn't want to deal with a 6 hour drive each way. Both Roy's and my favorite food was probably the most delicious homemade dressing that we got 6 years ago from Natalie Perry, a good friend from New Orleans. The kids favorite would have to be our 'better than homemade' bread (Rhodes).

We're so thankful for this wonderful holiday to remember all we're thankful for. Our family, friends, a roof over our heads, food on the table and especially the Gospel of Jesus Christ!!

Picture day

We had fun on Morgan's picture day at preschool. I thought I would try curlers for a nice loose curl look. Ha! Her hair was no less curly than Shirley Temple's and a whole lot frizzier. It wasn't exactly what I wanted but after I got over the shock I thought it turned out pretty cute.

She loves to look all girly and done up. So once all of the pulling and twisting was over she was excited to go to school and get pictures taken (who knew they had picture day in preschool anyway?)

Roy was feeling a little left out so aunt Barbar did his hair as well. Then he was a happy camper!

Happy Birthday Papa Roy!

Roy is now the big 32, yippeee!! Yes, this happened about a month ago, but I figured I better get caught up before #3 is here in about 2 weeks. He and I had a nice long date in Tucson where we caught Disney's A Christmas Carol (wouldn't recommend it), our second movie on the big screen this year. All day long he indulged on many favorite food choices as he'd been doing a serious diet for 3 weeks. He deserved and enjoyed the indulgence!!Happy 32nd Papa Son...we love you!

A precious moment

We have had some sleep issues with our kids. Surprisingly Roy boy has been the easy one. He either has to be in the room completely by himself or have someone to snuggle with. Unfortunately when he snuggles with Morgan she wakes up, cries and has to spend the rest of the night sleeping in our bed or with one of us in her bed.

This particular night we heard Roy crying for a few minutes and then suddenly he calmed down. We peeked in there after a little while and this is what we found.How precious! We were quite surprised that she didn't wake up and were hopeful that maybe they could just stay together the rest of the night and comfort each other. But sure enough she woke up a little while later and in turn woke him up...so we had two crying children to deal with. These precious moments never seem to last long...but they do happen pretty often. We're grateful for them.

The Crime

The perpetrator...the weapon...the victim...the crime...the outcome...our sweet little boy now looks at least 5 years older! :( He did need a haircut anyway though and at least it grows pretty fast! How could we get too mad at our little hairstylist!?

Halloween

Okay, so I'm a month behind on posting. Oh well, at least I have the blog looking all Chrismassy and stuff. That's a step in the right direction eh?

Getting the little man into his costume.

The lovely Pirate Princess and Chicken Little.The happy Princess.

The sassy Princess.

Our arrival at trunk-or-treat. We LOVE trunk-or-treat!

They didn't quite get the whole maze idea. But it was still entertaining to watch them try and figure it out.One of the many games out of someone's trunk. You play the game and then get the treat.Collecting his reward.A successful night with plenty of candy (half of which got thrown away when they weren't looking)!There's nothing like eating a sucker in a chicken costume.It was a fun, low stress, short evening. That's why we love Halloween!

Pre S-C-H-O-O-L

We have been anxious to get Morgan started in preschool. She's been asking about it for a while, but we couldn't really start until we got back to Arizona. We found a wonderful one in Benson that incorporates Spanish and sign language in their daily lessons. This is her first day...
She has been going for a few weeks now and she just loves it. She has already learned so much already. We are SO excited because we have been wanting her to have more stimulation then we could provide. I'm sure just like any other 3 year old she learns so fast and soaks up so much right now that we want her to learn as much as possible while she actually enjoys it! :)