1st Grade Christmas Program

Cole did a fabulous job in his 1st grade program this year. They had lots of fun Christmas songs and plenty of dancing! We were happy that Cole actually sang and danced during it!

Temple Square

Early in December we had a fun night going to visit LauraLee, having dinner at her house, and then riding TRAX to see the lights at the Temple. The kids loved it! It was such a great night!Alaria insisted that Laura take her picture sitting in this little corner. They had way too much fun at the TRAX station

Where Did November Go???

Wow, time is flying by! November was such a busy, fun month! We celebrated Kris's birthday, my birthday, and a fabulous Thanksgiving in Price. Here are a few of the other highlights:

Cole's first Reflections Program - Good Job Cole!
Joshua's Pre-School Thanksgiving Program

His biggest fan!
The first sledding trip of the year
How cute are these bundled little kids?
Putting up the Christmas tree

This year it was Josh's turn to put the star on top
Cole and Josh loved building the train
Harley even helped out!

And finally, a random candy line-up that I caught Josh and Alaria doing one afternoon

Joshua is 5!

Josh turned 5 this week! He has been on birthday countdown for so long and was so happy that his birthday was finally here.

Josh taking his cupcakes to preschool

I'm 5!

He was able to celebrate with friends this year and had so much fun!He really wanted to have a pumpkin cake and he helped decorate it. We had fun making it together
We also decorated Halloween cookiesand did pumpkin bowling
Lots of fun games and lots of sugar. What a fun day!
We love you, Joshy! Happy Birthday!

Pumpkins

Monday night was the long awaited pumpkin carving night. The past few years we have painted them, and the kids were so excited to carve this year. They did them all themselves (a little help for Alaria) and we love how their personalities came through in them!

First - Cleaning them out...

Next, the carving...
And finally, showing them off!

And pumpkin pie to finish off the night!

Halloween Take 1

Saturday we had our fun annual Halloween party with the Gillespie family. The kids were so excited to try out their costumes. Here is our '50's girl, Nerd, and NinjaAfter the costume parade, Trey's 'Michael Jackson' performance inspired a dance party. The kids really got into it!
Grandma and Grandpa Bellows
All of the kids look so forward to making the infamous root beer with Aunt Laura!

So many helpers!And this was just on my camera, but this is Josh's "Bacon Man" that he made out of play doh. He was especially proud of this creation!

Lots more fun Halloween and birthday fun to come this week!