Lakeland Village Christmas Party with Santa

Corbin and his family came over for our little Lakeland Village Christmas party. Everyone had a grand time. Santa even brought little presents. The kids had very different reactions to Santa. Elliott thought he was wonderful, Norah wasn't sure and Simon was terrified. A very fun evening.

Waiting for warmer climates!!

Happy 1st Birthday Simon!!!

Simon is 1 already! That year certainly went by quickly. Here is a series of pictures from the traditional 1st birthday party!

Visitors

I thought it would be fun to give Melody and Cory a little break this week. Melody brought Norah and Elliott over on Thursday and I will take them home Saturday afternoon. We have been having a grand time. The weather on Thursday was gorgeous.....we spent over 2 hours at the Lakeland Village playground. Most likely our last outside day for awhile.

Halloween Clowns

I had a WONDERFUL weekend in Puyallup celebrating Halloween with my 3 little ones (and their parents!) They were a bunch of cute clowns for SURE!!

Here is Papa putting makeup on 3 active clowns!!


Elliott admiring himself!


A crawling clown.....




All set for the Halloween Trek.....


A VERY sad clown!!!

My Favorite People

A Photo Shoot

Corbin gave me a photo shoot as a present last Christmas. This weekend I called in the certificate. It was a beautiful day and the whole family met at Point Defiance Park in Tacoma. It was quite a fun time.....and challenging getting 3 toddlers to cooperate for several different photos groupings....not to mention the 5 adults and a dog! Here are a few pictures.....I don't have any shots of the groups with me in them....because I was IN them so couldn't take pictures. We did the whole family, me with the grandkids, me with my BIG kids, Alissa and Dan, Cory's family and Alissa and Dan with their child.....Chispa!!
After that challenge we all went to dinner at McDonalds where there is a very big climbing toy. It was a fun afternoon.