Picking out the perfect Christmas Tree

I love Christmas time...it's my favorite holiday and always has been.  I love decorating, the shopping, wrapping presents, all the events/parties and of course celebrating Jesus's birthday with my family.  Picking out the tree is always fun but a little stressful b/c it has to be the perfect tree.  This year I decided we would go and pick the first one we all liked.  It was the easiest/most painless tree selection so far.  Here are a few pictures of the kids at the tree farm!

Also, a few from decorating:)

Thanksgiving 2013

This Thanksgiving was special for a couple of reasons, one because it was Ansley's first one and two because it was the first one that my mom hosted at her new house:)  We have so many things to be thankful for and we are blessed with so much.  I am thankful for a God that loves us, my awesome friends, my wonderful family!  My little family of 5 has blessed me in so many ways and they make me want to be a better mom, wife, friend and daughter!

We spent the first part of the day with Josh's family just haging out and eating snacks.  We left there and went to my mom's house where we joined my brother and his family for dinner.  It was another great Thanksgiving!

Ansley is 10 months old!

On November 22 Ansley turned 10 months old!  I cannot believe that my baby is already 10 months old.  She has been busy this month for sure!  She really got into crawling this month, she's pulling up on things and she is so busy!

She is pretty much eating whatever we are eating and still taking a bottle every 3-4 hrs.  She is still a good sleeper and takes great naps!  She is clapping, waving, saying "baby", and trying to blow kisses.  Getting her to sit still for a picture is quite a challenge now:)

November pictures of Ansley

Since I am so behind in posting pictures I am just going to post some random ones from November of Ansley!

Parker's first Wolfpack Football Game!

Parker has not been to a real Wolfpack game because he is not a kid that will normally just sit for long periods of time.   However, on 11-2 Josh and Landon were camping with Y-Guides so I decided it was a perfect opportunity to spend the day with Parker.  We dropped Ansley off with my mom and met my dad for the game.  Parker was so excited to go and loved all the attention he got from everyone (he was the only kid this time).  He did AWESOME!  He sat there for the entire game.  I brought his DS with us and that entertained him for most of the 2nd half.  I was totally shocked but so proud he made it through.  Unfortunately the Wolfpack lost but Parker didn't care.  He even scored a Mr and Mrs Wuf to take home:)

Halloween 2013

The boys were super excited about Halloween this year and Ansley could have cared less but she did looks super cute all dressed up.  It has been a tradition of ours for the last few years to go to the Jones house and eat dinner, take pictures and then head out together.  It is really cool to see how the kids change each year and how much this group has grown since the beginning.  It was a great night and the kids got lots of candy.  Ansley hung in for a while and then Josh's parents drove by and picked her up so we could stay with the boys.  I would say another successful Halloween!

Pumpkin Carving

The boys handled the pumpkin carving this year and Parker actually got in on the action.  He has been very turned off by the insides the last few years but was willing to touch it this year.  They all worked together to come up with the end result: