Top Chef

Owen has really been interested in cooking lately. So it was perfect timing this weekend when he attended Brock's pizza-making fourth birthday party! He received a chef's hat and apron as party favors and has been wearing them ever since.

Brock and Owen

This is our gingerbread house masterpiece (or the witch's cottage as Owen calls it.....from Hansel and Gretel). Owen still asks to eat the candy off it every day.

Here he is at home wearing his chef attire. He even wore his apron to Wal-Mart today, and completed his outfit with a winter vest over the apron. Gotta love the outfits a 4 year old picks out!

Thanksgiving Traditions

What is your Thanksgiving tradition? At the beginning of the day yesterday I didn't think we really had any traditions for Thanksgiving. But as the day went on, I realized we did......AGGIE FOOTBALL!

For as long as I can remember I have watched the Aggies play the University of Texas on either Thanksgiving Day or the day after. It's a great rivalry and always exciting to watch. When I was a child we would watch the game with my uncle's family who live in Austin and support UT (there was always some friendly razzing going on). When I was in college I attended most games in person (the most exciting being our 1999 win after bonfire fell).

Now that we live in Nevada, nobody here either knows or cares about Aggie football. But that doesn't stop us from brainwashing our children into loving this school. Here we are decked out in our maroon and white yesterday, cheering on the Aggies to their 24-17 win over the Longhorns. WHOOP!!!!

TOUCHDOWN!!!

Let's PARTY!

Time to PARTY!!! We went to a couple of birthday parties this weekend, for two of Owen's good friends.

Ryder's birthday party

After the party we joined Ryder's family for sushi.......that's right......we hit up the sushi place to celebrate Ryder's birthday. I'm sure everyone in that restaurant hated us! Good food though.

The next day was Sofia's party at Tumbleweeds Gymnastics.

Adler had fun bouncing on the trampoline.

This is where Owen's party will be in a few weeks and he is READY!!!

Welcome Winter

We had our first snow fall this past weekend. Winter is officially here. Micah and Owen went straight to work on a giant snow man.

Impressive.....

Just Because.....

I love that my kids love to read!

Owen loves making forts in the living room. He even invites Adler to come in occasionally.

Check out Adler's first pony tail.

Doing dishes....

Adler's One Year Photos

My mom gave us an amazing baby gift when Adler as born, and that was a baby photography package from Johnstone Studios that included 4 photo shoots capturing Adler throughout her first year of life. About a month ago we had her fourth and final shoot and I am thrilled with the results (just as I have been all year long)!

We tried to get more sibling pictures, but Owen wasn't in the mood. This is the best we got....not bad of both my kiddos.

This is when she was still learning to walk.