November

 

This month was really fun. We're all into a routine now, getting more sleep, and enjoying the beautiful weather outside. Here are some activities we enjoyed during November.

 

1. I joined the young women and young men of the Stapley stake on a 10 mile trek from our stake center to the new Gilbert temple. It was awesome! We started at 6am and it went so well. I walked the first 6 miles, then Sean brought Preston to me, I nursed him, then I kept Preston with me and pushed him in the stroller for the last 4 miles. It was a great experience.

2. We went to a firetruck museum in Phoenix with hundreds of old firetrucks to look at. The best one was the one we were allowed to climb on and take pictures in. Grant loved it.

3. We bought new, warm, fuzzy, Christmas jammies and had to model them a little early.

4. We've been racing cars down our awesome race track. It's a large pool noodle cut in half. It has provided hours of entertainment. Looks like a giant celery stick to me.

5. We've been practicing with our new camera and the boys are patient enough to be my models over and over again.

 Oh how I adore these cheeks and this adorable, chubby chin. Preston is sleeping 9-10 hours a night now, woo hoo. Go Preston.

 And of course, no post would be complete without mentioning that Grant is beyond obsessed with the movie Cars and all of its characters. He loves nothing more than Cars.  =)

 

 

6. Thanksgiving was fabulous this year as always. We spent it with my side of the family. Unfortunately, we were too busy eating to take a picture, I guess.  =)

New Family Pictures

This year, for the first time ever, we took our own family pictures. I wanted to try out my camera on the tripod with the timer. Boy, it was tough to get everyone happy, centered, in focus, and still run and be in the picture myself. Whew, I'm glad we don't have to do that for another year. =) These are some pictures that we took. They aren't amazing but they are good and I'll be glad to have them years from now when kiddos are grown-up.