Putting up the Christmas Tree

Austin was a great help putting up the Christmas tree! Ryan was asleep when we started and when he woke up the lights were on and he said "Wow, Christmas!" Austin carefully put on each decoration and Ryan helped put on and take off one truck ornament. :) He couldn't decide if it should really be on the tree or if he should just play with it. The little truck is an ornament from when we were first married and we were taking our tree to the "tree dump". Nelson had forgotten to tie it down and when we got to the dump the tree was gone. So the next year we bought this one so we wouldn't forget how funny that was.

Happy Thanksgiving!

It was so great to see our family in San Diego over the Thanksgiving holiday! It was fun to see everyone and meet our newest cousin named Jacob:) He is so sweet! Ryan wanted to hold him a few times. He was very careful. We had a campfire at our campsite and my mom (Grami) played her guitar. It was fun talking about old times.

Happy Birthday Ryan!

Ryan had a wonderful birthday. He really enjoyed seeing his friends at the pizza place. He was very excited about blowing out his candles. He was so cute when we got home he played with all of his toys and kept saying "presents for me". He also loved his cake because it had Hot Wheels on it. He still plays with his little cars everyday lining them up as if they are in traffic.

Happy Halloween!

Halloween was so much fun for all of us! We were invited to a block party by the Anderlohrs and so the kids were able to trick or treat and have fun with friends before and after as well. Austin was a pirate and Ryan was superman. Austin had fun with his friend Avery. While we were out trick or treating Ryan ran into another superhero almost dressed like him but it was a girl! They were so cute interacting with each other that I asked her parents if I could take her picture with him. I think it was love at first sight:)

Caution binki driver!

More Disney!

Disneyland!

This was Austin and Ryan's first trip to Disneyland! We met our friends the Flanagan family there. Austin and Ryan loved most of the rides and really enjoyed the parades. They didn't like some of the rides that were dark inside. Their favorites were the Tea Cups, Dumbo and Autotopia. They were both able to drive the cars in Autotopia. They both went back and forth hitting the middle metal that keeps the car on the track. It was so fun that we got off and there was no wait so we went right back on. Even after that Ryan said "Again?" He loved it! They were so cute they didn't even mind waiting in line.