Holiday Photos by Taylor Lynn

Taylor took the camera around a few days ago and took some lovely pictures of the house and kids. They turned out so well that I thought I would share them with you! I am a bit behind on all of our Christmas activites....I have lots of pictures to post. Holiday parties, dance recitals, school programs, pics with santa, all coming soon!!

Hair and makeup salon

The other day, Taylor and her friend Ariana put together a little hair and makeup salon in our front bathroom. It was really cute and it kept them entertained for hours. They did the other girls hair and makeup and even made a cute sign for the door. I love the kid's imagination!

Family pics 2011

Family Pictures, We finally got our family pictures, and I shouldn't have waited so long. It was so cold and windy that day that everyone was miserable. We managed to get a few good shots, but you can see that the group pictures didn't turn out so well. But, we got enough to send out our Christmas card and thats all that matters! December is especially busy for us this year, we have dance recitals, school programs, and I have been putting together a special church activity. So, I haven't had much time for blogging. I hope I can get caught up soon.

Pumpkin patch

I can't believe I forgot to post all of these cute pictures! A few weeks ago I went with Joslyn's preschool to a pumpkin patch. I took the boys with me and we had tons of fun. The only hard thing was that a ton of other preschoolers were there having fun too. It was such a nice day, not too cold. The kids saw farm animals, played on a playground,went through a corn maze, walked through a lighted alley, and of course picked a pumpkin. Andrew LOVED the animals, he was screaming the whole time. Apparently the chickens were the most amusing of all the animals. Noah had lots of fun too, he thought he was so big hanging out with the older kids. I love being able to go on field trips with the kids. They have a pretty awesome teacher too, which makes it even more fun.

Leaves

We are blessed to have a big, beautiful tree in our backyard. It gives us so much shade during most of the year. But, it also gives us tons of leaves! I like to clean them up, but Justin isn't really a fan. The other day the kids decided to help and make big piles all over the backyard. Then they jumped in them! Ellie also collected some of her favorite ones and then we made artwork out of them. Fall really is such a beautiful time of year. I never look foward to winter. The snow isn't bad, when its not on the roads. Anyway we are trying to squeeze as much out of fall as we can.

Handsome family

I wanted to quickly post these pictures from a few weeks ago. My mom had Taylor and Ellie, so it was just the five of us. We got ready for church so fast that we had some time to take a few pictures. Noah was very excited to be wearing a tie "just like daddy!" We don't take a lot of pics of the kids with Justin and I, and we should. They turned out pretty cute.