Holidays!

I can't believe how fast the holidays went by. We had so much fun relaxing and hanging out with family (I don't have very many pictures with family because I let everyone else take the pics). We were hardly ever home so Max and Ashlyn have been having fun this week playing with their new toys.

Trip to the North Pole

On Saturday we went with some friends to a park and visited Santa. The exciting part was getting to the North Pole. We took a ride on a small steam engine all the way to Santa's house. For the first time Max and Ashlyn were not afraid to see Santa and they told him what they want for Christmas, dinosaurs and strawberry shortcake! After the visit we got to ride the train back to our car. Fun!

Ashlyn LaRae

Lately Ashlyn has been wanting me to take pictures of her. Here are some of the most recent!

Ashlyn had "Sleeping Beauty" hair so she wanted her picture taken.

Max came in and joined the fun!

While I was on the computer Ashlyn came in and informed me that she had done her eyebrows and that she likes black.

Here she came in with lipgloss on and was ready to take a picture.

Cute girl playing the piano.

Thanksgiving

The day after Thanksgiving we went to the Sacramento Zoo. We had fun seeing the animals. Ashlyn loved the baby giraffe and Max loved the frogs and jaguars. We had a fun break filled with eating, playing, football, shopping, and my favorite, a carmal apple at Apple Hill!

November

Today the kids helped me rake leaves. All they really wanted to do was play in them. It's crazy how many leaves we have and the trees still look green and full. When I was taking pictures Max said "We've done this before in Connecticut". He has an amazing memory. He still asks if we can go back.

We made turkeys for FHE on Monday. Ashlyn wanted a turkey hat and Max wanted to make a turkey with the shape of his feet and hands.

We got a surprise call from Grandpa Joel. He was in town so we went to Valley Springs to visit him and Grandma and Grandpa Hollingsworth. We had a fun time visiting!

Here are a couple pictures from Halloween night. We went trick-or-treating with the Dean's. The day before Max decided he wanted to be Jack Skeleton but I said no way. He was going to wear the turtle shell I made him if he liked it or not. We compromised and I let him be a ninja turtle instead of the original Franklin.