Here Comes Santa Clause

Our Realtor had a Christmas party last night, so we decided to go and let our kids visit with Santa Clause.  Grandma Allen, StacyAnn and Jack came with us too.  My kids all did pretty good and none of them were scared by Santa this year, but poor Jack didn't understand who this scary man in the fluffy red and white costume was.  Here are the pictures of the kids with Santa:

November Activities

The rest of our month has been going well. We had a quick Sunday visit to Grandma & Grandpa Christensen's house. The kids really like seeing their great grandparents and playing with them.

The whole family (ours, Jon & Laurie's, Mom Allen, and Garrett) went to see the movie Big Hero 6.  It was a fun movie that appealed to the both the adults and the kids. Even River sat happily on my lap and let me see the movie too.

And the girls and I have found ways to keep having fun during the day while Daddy, Grandma, and Owen are at work/school.

Growing and Playing

These first two weeks of November have been fun. River is constantly growing and wiggling and has quite the fun little personality.

We have had a lot of fun outside time as we walk Owen to and from school and explore the neighborhood.  The girls especially like going to the park to play and visiting the nearby ponds to visit the ducks.

Owen also hit a momentous milestone.  He lost his first baby tooth. Here's his excited grin : 

Bowing at the Student Center

We had a fun Family Home Evening Activity this week.  We took the kids bowling at the bowling alley that they have at Weber State University's Student Center.  MayLynn had fun learning how to take the ball carefully with Mom or Dad's help to the end of the lane and then carefully send it rolling towards the pins.

Owen was very proud of the fact that he's now old enough to carry and throw the ball all by himself.

River was content to sit in the stroller and watch the rest of us play. And Bryce and I just enjoyed being able to have fun bowling with our family. Family time is definitely the best!

Trick-or-Treating for Halloween

We had a fun Halloween this year.  We revived a couple costumes from years past - Owen's Jedi costume and the bumble bee costume that Owen, MayLynn, and now River have all worn for their first Halloweens. MayLynn's really been into the Disney Princesses lately, and she decided that she wanted to be Cinderella this year for Halloween.

Our first real chance to dress up was for our ward's Trunk-or-Treat.  We had a yummy dinner and got to play a few games.  

On Halloween day we did our annual Reverse-Trick-or-Treating at Weber State University, where Bryce works, and then took the kids around the neighborhood to go Trick-or-Treating.  When all was said and done we had a whole lot of fun dressing up and ate way too much candy, but we did it all with a smile.