Random November/December

Well, this is the absolute worst that I have ever done at keeping up on blogging. Not only have I been horrible at blogging but I've been pretty lousy at taking pictures too so I can't even remember a lot of the stuff I may have wanted to document.

Things really have been SO busy lately between all the kids activities and school stuff and church callings and hat-making and sometimes babysitting and my mom's group and Christmas preparations... Anyway, it's just been crazy. But pretty good too.

I'll try a brief update with a few pictures sprinkled in.

Kaya and Lynnsey both love their nighties that were made by Grandma Oswald. Kaya was thrilled when Lynnsey outgrew the green one so she got to have it. These two sisters are so cute together. Kaya just adores Lynnsey and gets so excited when she comes home from school everyday. And Lynnsey will do anything for Kaya. They've recently been having lots of fun dressing up and doing each other's hair and all those girly things that Lynnsey always hoped she'd have a sister to share in.

Thanksgiving was a lot of fun. We had Jonathan and Timothy come out for a visit for a couple of weeks. It was great to see them both and Jonathan was an amazing help to us on some of our home-improvement projects. We also got to play lots of games together which we haven't done in quite awhile and the kids loved having their fun uncles to play with.

This photo of Kendall cracked me up. He put on Jonathan's coat, hat, and boots and came tromping into the room with a tough "Jonathan" face on.

So Jonathan put on his "Kendall" face and actually had to smile really big for the camera!

Kaya's sugar addiction hasn't let up much. And now that she can climb it's gotten really interesting. We found her in the kitchen hiding with the sugar bowl having a snack.

And speaking of Kaya, she has been so excited lately to go to school! I signed her up for a little Time for Tots class at the kid's museum. They meet once a week for just an hour and a half. There are only 4 other little girls in the class with her and she absolutely loves it.

On the first day she got her little backpack and had me take her picture just like I did when the other kids started school. She loves feeling like such a big kid. I just struggle to let her become one.

This was just a silly shot of the kids when we were retiring our autum wreath to replace it with the Christmas one.

And another silly moment. I always find some interesting photos on my camera that the kids take when I'm not around. It makes for some entertainment and a few surprises.

We also celebrated Kendall's birthday which I will save for it's own post. It's hard to believe he's already eleven!

Taylor just performed in his winter band concert. They were amazing! Of course I didn't even have the camera, but it was really spectacular. For such a small band they can do some really difficult pieces. It'll be interesting to see how they do in their spring competition this year.

The kids just finished up school for the Christmas break. They are all so excited about this coming Saturday and are anxiously counting down.

Hopefully Santa will bring them everything they're asking for but Lynnsey's messy room might just prevent that happening! She's promised that tomorrow she'll clean it for sure...for about 3 weeks now.