Christmas Activities

December was a super fun month.  We had a great time getting into the holiday spirit and making lots of memories.  

We make gingerbread houses every year

I am always really impressed with how creative my kids are

I love the little Santa on top of the house.  

My babies are getting so big

I am so thankful to be their mom

We love our HOT CHOCOLATE!!!

I found these cute snow man marshmallows and we loved watching our snowmen "melt"

We also always make and decorate sugar cookies

They are both cute and delicious

We loved Christmas shopping at the mall

And seeing all the lights we could

We went to lots of family parties and it was a great holiday season.  

November Fun

Minnie ran away for a day.  

It was traumatic and very sad and we all worried a lot until we found her---just a street away. 

I'm very thankful for social media.  She did not have her collar on so no tags and luckily the people who found her posted a picture of her on FB and she was recognized by a friend.  

Target fun.  My kids make me smile so big.  

We love going to movies - especially at the lay down theater.

These two!!!!  

Oh my gosh I love them.  

Hayden's first Thanksgiving.  

She was the cutest little turkey. 

I have the best Grandma in the whole world.  

She always gives me the best hugs and makes me feel so loved and special. 

She is my hero and I hope to be half the woman she is.  

We put our tree up Thanksgiving weekend and Cannon was the best helper this year.  He really got into the Christmas spirit.  Kylee and Cannon did the whole tree themselves.  Usually I rearrange the decorations a little after they are done, but this year I just let it all stay.  I loved that they did it all themselves.    

I don't know what we were doing in this picture but I sure do love this little girl with all my heart.  

That face and those glasses just warm my heart so much!!!

Halloween

Halloween this year was very low key.  I was very excited when my kids told me they wanted to do a sports theme.  Kylee was a basketball player and Cannon was a football player.  

Their school always does a "character book parade" instead of a Halloween parade, so basically you just find a book to go along with your costume.  :)  

I, of course, was a hockey player.  

These two make me so happy.
I am so blessed to be their mom.  

Fourth of July

We had THE BEST 4th of July weekend ever.  We watched good movies, laughed a lot, sweat our butts off in the sun at both a demolition derby and a parade, ate a ton of delicious food, and just had a ton of fun.  The Keller's make everything more fun.  We are so lucky to have them in our lives.  

Cannon's shoes broke on the way to the parade so he walked around barefoot.  He loved getting candy at the Riverdale parade.  

I love Janina.  

Kylee and the dogs were both very tired after the fun parade.  

I love how much she loves these dogs and how much they love her.  

Uncle Scott dressed Kylee at the store.  I think he did a great job. 

We spent that evening at the Stadium of Fire.

We LOVED listening to Journey and I will never ever forget singing and dancing with my kids.  I was so proud of them.  They knew every song (except one - that I didn't know either) and we had such a great time.  

I can never adequately express how much the Keller's mean to me but this picture pretty much sums it up.  I LOVE THEM!!!  

So lucky to have them!

It isn't called Stadium of Fire for nothing.

It was an amazing fireworks display.  

We got some ice cream after the show and both kids and Curtis said it was the best 4th of July ever.  

January Fun

Kylee lost her 3rd tooth and then just days later lost her 4th tooth.  

She pulled both teeth out all by herself.  

Love that toothless grin.  

Yes we are all fake sleeping but this is how we spend almost every night.  I love these two with all my heart and am so glad they snuggle me and hold me and spend so much time with me.  I am so lucky to be their mom.  

How cute it my family!?!  I am so blessed.

They have been having a Jazz reading contest all month long and Cannon loves that he gets to wear Jazz gear every Friday.  I think he looks so dang cute.  

We took a really quick trip up to Boise over the MLK holiday.  

All the Cosper grandkids together.  

And of course we had to take a silly picture. 

On our way home from Boise Cannon had to go to the bathroom so bad we stopped at the scenic Gorge turn off so he could water a bush. 

Its a very beautiful place. 

We got to babysit baby Julia and it was so much fun.  There was one point of the night when Kylee was holding the baby and I was cooking us dinner.  Julia got a little fussy and Kylee couldn't get her to stop and I had to finish stirring our meal so it didn't burn.  Cannon was just sitting at the counter, not doing a thing to help, and blurts out...GOSH, babysitting is hard.
It made me laugh.  

We got Julia a bottle and she was happy as can be.

It was so cute watching Kylee and Cannon interact with her.

I would have loved to had more siblings for them but am so glad they have baby cousins to play with and enjoy.