We had a slight warm up so we took advantage and went outside to play on the playset. Bre loves to swing so I spent a long time pushing her. It was fun to be able to be outside!

Cute little Payton on the swing. She can't hold on all by herself, so I have to hold her while I push Bre too. Not too much fun doing it that way, but they were having a lot of fun so that is all that matters!

Payton playing dress up. She is wearing a fabric halloween basket on her head as a hat. I tried telling her that it was not a hat, but she just kept saying hat and putting it on her head. It was cute though.

This is Bre right before I took her to her first day of school! She was so excited. She did awesome, she didn't cry when I dropped her off at all. Her teachers say that she has a lot of fun, but doesn't talk much. That is not surprizing because me and Doug were both very shy as kids. I am glad that she is having so much fun. She is growing up fast! She gets to exchange valentines in her class Thursday for the first time! She has Spongebob valentines with a red, heart sucker attached to the card to give to her friends in class. How fun.

This is Payton "singing" Popcorn Popping. She only sings a few words, but she does the actions. This is her favorite song. This is the one she always wants to sing. Hopefully our voices aren't too bad to listen to, Payton is cute so just watch her.

Fun in the snow

We have been getting plenty of snow

this winter. Here is Doug outside

playing with the girls in the playhouse.

Aren't they so cute!

Here is Doug and Bre going sledding

down the hill in our backyard. I

think he had more fun than she did.

We had a fun day sledding with

Auntie Molly! Bre's first run was

a little interesting, but she had fun.

It's always fun hanging out with

Auntie Molly!

Here is Payton riding with her

baby on her new giraffe. She

gets going really fast now. The girls

will run circles around the kitchen on

their riding toys. They have a lot of fun.

Here are some pictures from the "kid table" on Thanksgiving.
They had a great time!

Hyrum and Sammy had a sleep over the other night. They

had a lot of fun with Payton and Bre! They were playing

in the basketball toy box. I couldn't believe how they could fit

in there together. I love these pictures!!

Here is Bre at our ward trunk or treat.

She was a giraffe, like Melman from

Madagascar.

Payton was a kangaroo, very cute.

We carved a pumpkin this year.
We couldn't find a sport theme, so

we went patriotic.

I dressed like a football player for

the ward trunk or treat. I had cleats

and everything. I took this myself, so

I couldn't do a full body picture.

Payton was really excited about eating the cupcakes that we made for Bre's birthday party. She mostly licked the frosting and then just crumbled the cupcake all over the place!

Here is the final version of Bre's cake. She picked out some of the animals from Madagascar. Like Marty the zebra, Gloria the hippo, and Melman the giraffe. It ended up looking pretty cute.

Here is Bre with her Dora card that she got from Grandma. It sings happy birthday in English and Spanish. She loves it. It has been playing a lot lately. She got more book stuff and clothes for her birthday. She had a great time!

This last weekend we celebrated Bre's birthday. Lisa and her kids came
over to help me make a cake and lots of cupcakes for the party. We went to
Target and Bre got to pick out sprinkles to decorate the cake and some guys
to decorate the top of the cake. She picked out animals for the cake because
she loves the movie Madagascar right now. So we made our own version of
a Madagascar cake. This is Bre getting ready to add the sprinkles to her
cake.
Here is Sammy and one of the cupcakes that she decorated. We let the kids all eat one of the cupcakes that they decorated. We had plenty to spare!


This is Hyrum being Mr. Cool. He is so cute. His birthday will be next!

Alex is such a great babysitter! She helped Payton decorate a cupcake. Payton and Bre love playing with their cousins.

Here is Brig and his cupcake. He found out he has a talent of shoving a whole cupcake into his mouth. I have the same talent.

Our weekend project was picking up this playset and getting it into the backyard. We got it for free, so it was worth the work to get it in the yard for the girls! They are having fun with it already.
Bre loves to swing! She could do it all day, except she doesn't do it by herself yet. She loves to be crazy on the swing and get all tangled up. She is starting to look older! It's almost her birthday party!
Here is Payton in the top of the playset. She kept peeking out today and laughing. She is getting older too. She has gotten taller and is starting to look like a toddler. Ya think she needs a hair cut!? She needs them too often!
Here are the girls being crazy as usual tonight. They love to be crazy and wrestle every night before bed. Payton can hold her own pretty well against Bre. They are so cute!!!