Thanksgiving in Georgia

We went to Georgia for Thanksgiving this year.  We stayed with Daniel's dad and stepmom in their house in the north Georgia mountains.  They have an alpaca farm at their house, and they also have ducks, chickens, and dogs.  The kids had a blast feeding the animals every morning.  Noah even got to gather the chicken eggs everyday.  Here are some pictures of our adventures on the farm.

Halloween

This year Noah was Iron Man for Halloween and Sophie was Pebbles.  I made Sophie's costume, which I think was very cute.  She even had a bone in her hair!  We got to celebrate two nights in a row because our church had a Fall Festival on the 30th and then we went trick or treating on Halloween night.  Here is the super hero Iron Man!

And here is Pebbles minus the bone in her hair.  (She pulled it out about 2 minutes after we got to church.)

             We went trick or treating with our friends Sara and Erica.

                Here's the bone.  It's a dog biscuit that I painted white.

Preschool

Noah started preschool last week.  A few moms from my church ward and stake decided to do a co-op preschool together.  We are using a curriculum called Funsteps that one of the moms found online.  We are doing it 2 days a week and each mom is teaching one week at a time.  I did it last week, and it was lots of fun.  Ok, the first day was a little crazy, but the second day was much better.  Noah really enjoyed it.  Here are a few pictures from Noah's first day of preschool.
 

                                                                          Here's the gang.  Five boys! 

Sophie's Birthday Party

Sophie had an owl birthday party.  It was really fun to decorate for it.  I even made her cupcake owl cake, which was easier than I thought it would be.  My mom and dad came out for the party, and my mom made Sophie's owl outfit and some really cute owl cookies.  She also made Noah an owl shirt and some stuffed owls for party favors and decorations.  We had a great time celebrating with Sophie's family and friends.

Sophie's 1 year pics

That's right folks!  Our little Sophie is one!  Where does the time go?  I can't believe she is already one.  As you can see from the pictures, she has quite the personality.  She is such a social butterfly.  Everytime we go to a store she smiles at people and has started saying. "Hi!" as well.  People just fall in love with her wherever we go.  I don't have much time now so I will post more about Sophie and her birthday another time.  In the meantime, just enjoy those adorable pictures!

Trip to St. George

We took a trip to St. George last week to visit Daniel's sister and her family.  Daniel's mom and stepdad were also there.  We had a great time.  We got to go on a ride with a donkey.

We visited the St. George LDS temple.

                                                    This is Noah with his cousin Breccan.

Dakota finally got Sophie to sleep.

                                                   And we did some hiking at Dixie Rock.

Brother and Sister Love

 Here are just a few pictures from the last few weeks to prove that Sophie and Noah actually do get along with each other sometimes.

Here they are watching a cartoon together.  I thought it was so cute.  Sophie didn't last too long in that chair.

                 I just added this picture because it shows Sophie's hair in pigtails.  Isn't she so cute!

Happy 4th!

We had a really fun 4th of July this year.  We started off by going camping the night before since Daniel had the 4th off of work.  We went to Palo Duro Canyon, which is about 20 minutes from Amarillo.  It's the second largest canyon in the U.S. (after the Grand Canyon).  Noah and Sophie had a blast!  Mom and Dad had fun too, even though it was blazing hot.

                                                                  Here we are in our tent.

                                                       Sophie was sacked out!

                     Here's a shot from the top of the canyon, but you can't really see it.  Sorry!

After camping we woke up on 4th of July morning, and headed back home to get ready for the party at our church.  We had a potluck breakfast, some olympic games, and a parade.  We had a really good time.

                                        This is Noah with his tricycle that he rode in the parade.

                                                      Enjoying some watermelon.  Yummy!

That afternoon we went to our friends' the Rutledges for a barbecue and then headed to a festival at a park near our apartment.

                             Noah and his friend Sara wanted to see the helicopter at the festival.

We had a jam packed day, but it really was a lot of fun.  We even enjoyed the fireworks that night as we rode home.  Unfortunately, the kids were already asleep.