Fall & Winter 2012/2013

Here are our Fall family pictures taken by my sister in law Michelle  and  her mom.  They turned out awesome!  They always do such a great job!

Our Katie.

Here is Katie with her friends at our church Halloween party.

They had a Dr. Suess theme at Chris's work.  Chris dressed as the Lorax.  Everyone loved his costume!  Later when we went trick-or-treating kids kept saying: "The Lorax, The Lorax."  

Katie and I dressed as witches.

Watch out!  We'll put a spell on you.

In November we went to the Boise Temple open house.  We went with our friends who live across the street from us.  

They did a wonderful job on the remodel.  It's so beautiful inside and out!  It's so wonderful to be able to feel such a sweet peaceful feeling at the temple.

Katie and Chris made a huge leaf pile.

Here's Katie getting ready to jump in.

Cowabunga!

Katie had the great idea of cutting her pancakes into shapes.  She had a blast.

Here's another one of Katie taking a picture of herself.  Too funny.

Katie and Daddy.

We went to a Christmas party at our church.  Our friends were able to come with us again.  We had a great time.  We had good food and a wonderful program with music and skits.  The kids got to decorate their own sugar cookies.

Katie loves to play in the snow.  Here she is playing in the first snow that stuck to the ground this season.

On Christmas Eve we had a party at my sister Deedra's house.  

Grandpa Tony dressed up as Santa to deliver gifts. 

Katie received a purse and headbands which she loved.

Then a bunch of us posed with reindeer and santa picture props that Grandma LaVerne made.

Katie and Daddy made cookies for Santa this year.  

They left them near the tree and Katie feel asleep waiting for Santa.  Then Daddy took her up to bed.

He ate them and drank the milk!

Here's Katie opening her presents:

Santa brought her new doll furniture to go in her doll house.

 

He also brought her the dog she wanted - a little dog that barks, and wiggles his head around.

Daddy took Katie sledding. She had a blast!

Katie's dance class had a parent recital in January.  Here a few pictures.

They danced to some winter and nutcracker songs.

They also did a dance to a penguin song.

Katie sucking on a lollipop.

 

 For Valentine's Day (celebrated on Saturday instead of Thursday), Chris took me to a restaurant that we'd never been to before called "The Hawaiian Shak".  The food was so delicious!  One of the best meals we've ever had.  Then we went and explored a new store called Whole Foods Market.  Then we went to Dairy Queen.  Chris had a peanut parfait and I had a strawberry chocolate chunk blizzard.  Yum!  Then we hung out with Colby and Krista for a little bit when we went to pick up Katie.  We had fun chatting and Chris played with the kids chasing them and letting them ride on his legs/feet.  We had a great date night!

So glad to get our blog caught up.  Be sure to check out our post from earlier today: Summer 2012.

Here a few stories:

One day when we were driving Katie asked me: "Mom, are babies naked when they're born?"  I answered: "Yes sweetie they are."  Katie: "Eww, that's gross!  Why are they naked?"  I answered: "Well, because mommies tummies can't make clothes."

And last night when we were driving to Grandpa Art and Grandma Lynn's house, Katie asked me why the moon was following us.  I told her because the sky is so big it looks like it's following us.  Then she asked how big the moon was.  I told her I wasn't sure but it was like the earth was an orange and the moon was a ping pong ball.  Then she said: "how about the earth is like an apple and the moon is like a banana."  She said the moon is like a banana because sometimes you can't see the whole moon.