Family trampoline fun

It was such a beautiful day that we spent the majority of it outside playing on the trampoline.

The kids think it’s so fun when the adults get on to jump with them. The adults think it’s fun to see how high we bounce the kids. It’s a win win for everyone! 

Here Hope is confused between running and jumping but either way she is having fun.

I wish I would’ve thought to get the camera out sooner. Kelly and I were having a contest to see who could get the highest and who could touch their toes so I had to get the camera out to capture it all. Here are the results.


I think Kelly was the clear winner on this one. 
Here are some quick video’s of the kids doing their “tricks”. I’m really glad that Kelly and I didn’t have the bright idea of videoing us doing ours!!! 

I think Santa did pretty good this year with his gifts. There has been a lot of quality family time spent on it in just a couple of months. 

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Santa Parade

Who doesn’t love a parade? I for one love any kind of parade. I love sitting on the sidewalk and watching a parade with all the kids. Dave’s mom has been taking Thomas and Noelle to a Santa parade for the last several years the day after Thanksgiving in Sonora. This year since Dave and Kelly were off we thought it would be a great idea for us all to go.

My mom and Chris had spent Thanksgiving with my Aunt Linda and had decided to spend the long weekend there so they had a hotel room right on the main street that the parade was on. The plan was for us to go there a couple of hours before hand to relax and visit with them but there wasn’t much relaxing going on…. I’m not sure what we were thinking.
 
Once it got dark we headed outside for the parade. It was SOOOO cold outside but the kids did great and didn’t complain that much.


I really liked this picture of Kelly and I. We very rarely get a picture together so I’m glad this one turned out.

Afterwards we headed over the Round Table pizza and had some dinner. One of Hope's new favorite things is the "Itsy Bitsy Spider" as you can tell in this video. This was a great way to start the Christmas Holiday season. I'm really looking forward to all of the activities we have planned.

Daddy's Garden

Dave planted a huge garden this year that was full of vegetables, fruit and these beautiful sunflowers.

 

Kelly and I decided to get creative and take some pictures of Hope with her sunflower outfit on. I think they turned out pretty nice if I do say so myself.

 

 

 

In true Noelle fashion she just couldn't miss an opportunity to take a picture
with her baby sister! Noelle should really be called Mommy #2. She is such a great help.