The Grotto

 We got together with our FUN friends, the Lowder's on Saturday and went to dinner and then to The Grotto.  We hadn't been to The Grotto before, so we thought it might be a nice change from our annual Christmas lights at the Raceway.  

I still don't know how to explain The Grotto, basically it had a lighted trail with the Christmas story...

 a nativity at the bottom of a huge cliff.

 a petting zoo, puppet show (the kids' favorite part), a choral concert in the church (it sounded incredible, even with the glass doors shut...and even better when they'd open them) and we each got some hot chocolate!  The hot chocolate was awesome on the cold, windy night.

Let's not wait until Christmas time to get together again!

Jenna's Art

I always love when Jenna comes home with new artwork from Kindergarten.

So darn cute!

Jenna loves coloring, painting, anything creative. She is also really into patterns. She brought one home the other day, after displayed for few days I threw it away. Jenna found it in the trash and came to me and said, "why was this in the garbage?! Didn't you see my name right here (as she pointed to it)! I had to display it for another day. Hahaha. So, instead of just throwing these away I decided to take a picture before I do.

Hello Old Friend

Been busy lately! Painting, organizing, church callings, Christmas carding, reading, schooling, volunteering, working out and having fun.

The SUN is finally out today! Oh, how I've missed it!

Snow Day

We woke up this morning to a dusting of snow, and what do ya know...school is closed.  Silly.

I woke up for my usual workout with the ladies at the church at 5:30.  I was so proud of all of us for braving the weather and coming to workout.  Commitment.  Then we all decided it was because none of us are from here, we are used to snow.

Happy 6th Birthday

 We had such a fun pajama party for Jenna yesterday!  She was so excited to have a party when I mentioned it weeks before she ran up to her room and put her jammies on immediately! 

 I made some thank you boxes filled with nail polish (sorry Mom's), goodies and a hair accessory.

 They got to paint their name on a pillow case with freezer paper stencils, I was impressed with their artistic abilities.

 Friends, nail polish, cupcakes, presents, balloons and paint...what more could a girl want?

Tram

We had a fun Veterans Day today. Mel and I took our kids to ride the tram up to OHSU and back down. We even got to meet a real live Veteran, the kids thought that was pretty cool. After the tram we had lunch at Spaghetti Factory just down the street. Fun day!

Tower

Just finished this for the Boutique next weekend.

Superhero Training Camp!

 Logan had such a fun Superhero party to celebrate his 3rd Birthday!

 We started off with jumping from square to square, then they had to balance on the beam and make it to the other side!

 They had to practice throwing the super heavy beanbags into the target.

 They used blocks so they could practice jumping over tall buildings!

 They had to see if they could push a "locomotive" across the floor.

 They learned to drive their fast car on the track, they shot rockets and tried to catch them...

 After all of that they earned their Superhero powers and got a mask and a cape with their initial on it.

 They were so proud!

 Here are 4 SuPeRheRoEs!

 After they earned their super powers it was time to defeat the nemesis!  It took a lot of work...

 Even a little help from the Superhero trainer.

 Time for presents and cake and ice cream! 

 Thanks for coming Superhero friends! 

HaPpY BiRtHDaY Bubby!

 Happy 3rd Birthday to our little boy!
(tomorrow) 

We went downtown for a photo shoot for Bub's 3rd Birthday pictures.  
It was a perfect day, so I knew we had to do it!  
What a sweet boy we have!  
There is so much I love about this kid...here are just a few things.

His deep voice giggle

He loves to snuggle

His sweet voice

He's all boy

His blue eyes

He always has a smile

He is silly

Leaves

 Fall is officially here!  Lots of leaves falling in our yard to clean up.  What's the use of being a kid if you can't get dirty once in a while...and I mean DIRTY!  Lots of these leaves were in the gutter, yuck!

 J and Bubby got to "help" me pick them up, aren't they lucky?  I was the lucky one listening to all the giggling, I can't help but join in the laughter when they're being so silly.

Salt Lake Temple

Just finished this painting last night for the boutique I'm doing next month.