November Pictures

Daddy made a pretty sweet "hat"with the kids. They thought it was pretty funny. They love playing with these connector things. I don't even know what they are called but I got them at DI for 50 cents so it was a pretty awesome find.

Kimbri wanted me to take a picture of her... like always.
She is definitely not camera shy. Haha ;)

The kids love to help make cookies!

I'm trying to get better at the whole braiding
thing. She really wanted an "Elsa" braid. 

Garrett has been super in to all things Hulk
lately. So these green teeth were awesome to him.

Story time with dad!

Garrett is a little bit obsessed with the book, "The Spooky Old Tree". He almost has the entire thing memorized!

Allegra and Eden holding Brenna. They are some girls I
occasionally babysit. They play great with Kimbri and Garrett!

Allegra and Kimbri

It finally started to get cooler! I thought it was
perfect weather but wanted to make sure
Brenna stayed warm :)

The Big Sister

Let me just say that Kimbri has been such an amazing big sister to both Garrett and Brenna. She is the leader of the pack. And she is such a great, smart little girl. I know I've said it before, but she is definitely NOT picture shy. So often she poses and says things like, "This is the perfect spot for a picture!" or "Mom, take a picture of me!".  And so then I end up with loads of pictures of her in random places. Haha:) But another thing she always wants is to hold Brenna and get her picture taken with her. They are such sweet little girls and I love them so much! 

Brenna in the baby doll stroller. Bahaha!
Kimbri thought it was so awesome.

Kimbri loves to help undress Brenna for her bath.

Sisters forever.

Thanksgiving 2015

Rick got an official Thanksgiving Break again this year. We always love when Rick gets a break from school and we can hang out as a family. 

For the actual Thanksgiving day, we were invited over to Mindy's house (Rick's cousin). I could not believe how wonderful the weather was. The two times we've been in Arizona for Thanksgiving, it seemed crazy to me that it's warm enough to have the big meal of the day outside. That could never fly in Utah. Haha. But it was great because the kids ran around the backyard and loved it! I made banana cream pies again this year- my favorite kind!

Garrett was totally obsessed with eating the
whipped cream and kept asking for more of it
before he even ate the actual pie. 

Relaxing at it's finest after such a big meal. 

Here are some more pictures that we took over Thanksgiving break:

Mindy, TJ and Logan all came down to Arizona to have Thanksgiving with TJ's side of the family. So while they were here for the break, we met up with them at a park so the kids could all play. It was so fun to get to see them and visit while they were here! I wish we would've gotten a picture of the kids together.

This was the sweetest zip line swing thing.
They had a blast with it. Why don't all parks
have one of these?!

Playing outside in the backyard.

We also went ahead and set up our Christmas tree and decorations! Pretty sure the kids had more fun pretending to be Santa Claus by putting the stockings on their feet/legs and wearing the Santa hat than actually decorating the tree. But oh well, as long as they are having fun, right? Haha :)

Brenna watching us decorate the tree.

All done setting up the tree!

We also went to the children's museum together as a family over the break which is always a hit for the kiddos. It really is such a fantastic children's museum with so much to do!

Brenna slept almost the whole time we were there.

A Box Boat

Ever since Kimbri started preschool last fall, it has given me some extra Garrett time. Time that I can lay on the floor and be silly with him, got to the park with him, read books with him, or play trucks and trains with him. 

Of course there are also times that we have to go get the grocery shopping done or get cleaning done (and Garrett is such a good little helper!) but I try to make it a point to just sit with Garrett and do whatever he wants for a little while when Kimbri is at school. 

Garrett has such a special and sweet personality. He has a sensitive and loving soul. Often times, he gives up something for someone else when he can tell that they are sad. Like the other day at the park, he was playing with his Paw Patrol trucks and a little boy came up and wanted to take them from Garrett. When the little boy's mom told him not to touch the trucks, he got super sad and started crying. Garrett watched the crying boy for all of about 3 seconds and said, "Here you go. You can play with it." And it made my mama heart so proud that he was so willing to share! Garrett also is constantly asking me what I need help with. He helps me with laundry (he loves putting stuff in the dryer for me), cooking, and cleaning up stuff with his trucks.  I feel like I see so much of Rick's kind heart in him. And I hope Garrett grows up to be just like him:) 

Anyway, the other day we made a boat out of a box we had. Garrett was pretty excited about it, if you couldn't tell from his face, haha. And then he wanted Brenna to have a turn in the boat. 

We also have been going on walks while Kimbri is at preschool. The weather has been fantastic and the other day we walked to pick Kimbri up from preschool. Such blue skies and sunny weather!

Garrett is such a great big brother. Whenever Brenna is having tummy time, he always runs over and lays on his tummy too. He talks to her and rubs her head all the time and sings her songs. He loves her so much and it is so sweet!

On a walk to the park. He wanted to walk around
the whole edge of the park.

Sunday Best

So the little dress that Brenna is wearing is one that I wore as a baby and Kimbri as well. Now it was Brenna's turn! And it turned out that all the kids were kind of matchy matchy that Sunday. They all ended up in navy blue outfits. So it called for some pictures!

These three have my heart, that's for sure.