Santa times two...

We saw Santa Claus twice in one weekend!Friday night we drove by Senske Lawn and their AWESOME display of lights. We noticed people were parking and going inside so we decided to check it out. And we found Santa! Eliza was pretty nervous about talking to him but since we went up there with her she did ok. Then they gave us candy canes and hot chocolate!The next day we went to a Holiday fair with lots of games, crafts, and snacks for the kids. And Santa was there too! Since we took friends with us Eliza was a little more willing to go up to Santa with them there too. Quite the Santa filled weekend...although this did cause Eliza to ask when Santa would be coming to her house many times after!

Dear Santa...

Eliza wrote her letter to Santa today. We had to be sure to tell him that we will not be at our house this year...we'll be having fun at Cocolalla.Then we took her letter to a special mailbox. Santa hurry please!

Doing daddy's hair...

I guess you know you are a dad of girls when you let them do your hair.Such a sweet daddy!

O Christmas tree...

We had our annual Christmas tree decorating party on Monday night. Eliza kept asking when we were going to decorate the tree. I guess that's one benefit to having a fake tree...we did it right away!Eliza helping daddy put the star on top.Our best attempt at a family picture by the tree. We're ready to celebrate this wonderful season!

Happy Birthday Darran!

Darran celebrated his birthday on Sunday...another year behind him. We went to church, had tithing settlement, came home to open presents, and then went over to Nana and Papa's for a birthday dinner. Then later Grandpa and Grandma came over to join in the birthday fun!The birthday boy and his girls!Eliza was pretty excited about the puzzle she got for daddy!

Happy Birthday Darran! We love you so much...thank you for being such an amazing dad and husband! We couldn't love you more!

Bill's Berry Farm...

The Saturday after Thanksgiving we went to Bill's Berry Farm in Grandview. They were selling Christmas trees, fresh doughnuts, and even had a hayride and some animals.

Papa with Maddox and Talia.Eliza, Bella, and Alissa on the tire swing. They had a really fun playground the kids played on for awhile.Four generations...Darran, Talia, Papa, and Grandmother Moody.Grandmother Moody with a few of her MANY great-grandchildren!

Talia, Bella, Briella, Myanna, Maddox, Alissa, Eliza, and Ryan.Eating doughnuts and singing Christmas carols on the hayride.Eliza and her daddy.What a great way to kick off the Christmas season!

Thanksgiving...

After Darran played in the Turkey Bowl Thanksgiving morning we headed over to Chris and Missy's for the rest of the day.Talia and Licious having a stare down! This picture cracks me up!It was wonderful to have Grandmother Moody here with us! Talia is always good for a nice snuggle!We had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner! Eliza was in heaven with all of her cousins. Including Ryan and Briella since Greg and Kelly were here for the week! Which was so fun!! And her second cousins that came down from Spokane.Talia got to eat at the "adult table."Papa, Kelly, Greg, and Dean.Darran, me, Talia, Grandmother, and Nana. Thank you Chris and Missy for hosting such a wonderful day! We are so thankful for ALL we have but especially for such an amazing family! Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Snow!

We woke up to snow on November 20th! I'm pretty sure it's because we had planned on putting up our Christmas lights that day!Daddy took the girls out to play in the snow...they even built a little snowman!Tal and the snowman.We've had some weird weather as of late...this just puts it into perspective!