Snow

We headed up to Williams, AZ because we had a Groupon to Bearazona.  We made it a nice little day road trip.  Bearazona was a nice little park to drive through and they had a little zoo to walk around and we made in perfect time for the bird show.  Seriously, the giant owl touched my hair as it flew over my head.  Just a little scary!  After, we headed to a great place to go sledding, however with our warm winter we have had there was quite a bit of dirt/rock patches.  Aaron and Zackary made it down the run once then ripped the bottom of the sled out.  Needless to say, the sledding excursion didn't last long.  Perhaps it's because we purchased the sled at a random gas station...

Aaron it the famous onsie...

Barnaby The Elf

Here are just a few of the fun things Barnaby our Christmas Elf was up to this year.  With some help of a certain website (Pinterest) he was a little more creative this year.  This is a great new tradition we started last year and we have so much fun with it.  I highly recommend it to anyone who doesn't do it yet.

(I just had to post this, what a typical picture of 3 children together)

Fishing in the toilet...

Snowball fight with the gang...

Playing with the dart gun...

Taking a bath...

The boys sure got a kick out of the silly elf and loved eating all the marsh mellows.  

Christmas Day

Wow, Christmas!  After taking this picture, I felt, perhaps I went a little over board.  But man it was fun.  Having little kids brings back so many great memories of Christmas as a child, gives us the opportunity to create our own traditions, and just brings back that exciting Christmas spirit.  Chloe got the super cute pink car from Santa and I must say, it might have been the best present for all 3 kids.  She loves riding in it and the boys love to push her in it.  

Just some pictures of the Christmas chaos.

Oh and another super cute outfit.  Thanks Aunt Diane for the great Christmas dress.

Christmas Eve

For some reason I don't have very many pictures of our Christmas Eve celebration with The Allans.  Oh wait I know why,  I'm trying to keep track of 3 little babies.  I don't always have my camera as handy as I like lately.  We had a wonderful celebration and really enjoyed hosting the party this year.  Cousin Lauren is so great with all the kids.  She helped all the little ones open presents and she is always helping entertain the kids.

These are the typical pictures I get of Chloe lately.  I sit her up to take a super cute picture of her and by the time I sit back to snap it, she is off and running.  I have a lot of shots of the top of her head.

Here are the cookies sprinkles Zackary left for Santa.  I promise there was a few cookies under the mound of sprinkles.

8 Months

I can't seem to get enough of dressing my little girl up.  She is spending most of her day bear crawling around the house looking for little tiny objects to put in her mouth or pulling up to stand at everything.  I spend a good part of my day scanning the floor for little toys or pieces of paper or whatever is appropriate for an 8 month old to put in her mouth.  And somehow I can manage to miss something and find it in her mouth.  How cute is she?  And this outfit, man I love it!

Christmas Performance

The boys had their preschool Christmas performance at Tumbleweed this year.  It was so cute.  They sang their Christmas songs with the Rockin' Ms. Vicki and we celebrated after with tons of sweets.  I love hearing these little guys sing Christmas songs all day.

Miss Chloe and her super special Opa.

New Discovery

I know I have said this before.  Discovering the dog food and making a huge mess is a developmental milestone, right?  I had to get this on camera and let her play in the food and make a mess, maybe she won't care too much about it if I let her have a little fun with it.  I love how Otis just sat and watched her destroy his food and water dishes.  Needless to say, she got a new outfit after and I got to clean up a big mess of soppy, wet, mushy, smelly dog food.

Zackary's 5

Zackary's 5...I can't believe it.  I tell you what, 5 is so fun.  We are loving this age and are loving who this little boy is turning into.  He is the most kind little boy, he has a great sense of humor, he is a great listener (sometimes its a little difficult when he is tired), he is smart and extremely agile.  I'm pretty sure he asks about 20,000 questions a day and I know it is because he is soaking up everything right now and is super interested in pretty much everything.  Sometimes he really can stump me on questions and I'm not a fan of the answer "because" but sometimes it just comes out.  Zackary weighs 48 pounds and is 46 inches tall.  Running about 90th percentile for both weight and height.    

Happy Birthday Zackary!  We love you!

Bear Crawl

Miss Chloe is bear crawling everywhere.  I absolutely love it.  Now she is pretty much doing it all the time and is quite fast too.  

She is venturing all over the house, and loves playing in the tv console just like her brothers.