Too much candy

You know your 3 year old has had too much candy when he asks you to take it away from him and put it up high so he can't get it.

Guess who isn't crazy about Santa

Although Santa had Kode in a headlock, he was actually really excited to see Santa. Ruby . . . not so much. Maybe next year.

The Leaves are falling

And we are playing in them.

Missile Toe

So the other night we were singing a Christmas song that had the word "mistletoe" in it. After the song, I asked the kids if they knew what mistletoe was. Lyda had no idea and Kode said, "Is missile toe your big toe"? We laughed pretty hard at that, and we now call our big toes our missile toes.

Polar Express

So we finally went to the Polar Express up in Williams, AZ. Our kids were pretty excited to ride on a real train all the way to the real North Pole. The best part about the trip was watching their excitement. Steve & I were a little unimpressed overall. We felt like they could have stepped it up a bit and made it an even neater experience. But, we are glad that we made the trip and we are also glad that there are several pictures of Ruby so when she doesn't remember the trip, we can prove that she went too. So here are a few pics of the trip.

An Equation

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Plus this



And this



Equals this

Thanksgiving Trip

This is what our Thanksgiving looked like.







We had a great weekend with almost all of Steve's family at the cabin. It was great to catch up with family that we don't get to see very often. The kids had a blast and Kode is still asking me to take him back to the cabin. Our kids are truly happy up there.

All Lyda wants for Christmas . . .

Is a REAL invisible castle and powers.

Family Pictures

We did some family pictures recently with my side of the family. We got a few good ones, and some not so good ones. The joy of taking pictures with children.