Merry Christmas We love you All!

 We went out in early December to take some Christmas family pictures...  It was a beautiful day and had to get out. It was so nice, we did it in a total of fifteen minutes! That's the way we do pictures.

 Then we came home and took some pictures of the boys by the tree. So cute!

 It was so funny, it was like Bridger knew what to do to pose for the camera...notice how it looks like he is decorating the tree haha...

 Such a big boy!

 Mason just wanted to eat the ornaments of course

Sending our love to all of you this Christmas season!

Zoo Lights!

 We went to see the Christmas lights at the Oregon zoo that they do every year and it was pretty impressive. I kept thinking I was on temple square back in Utah, but then I'd see animals haha...

 We went with the Harris family whom we just absolutely love. Bridger especially loves Marlee and Afton

 All bundled up!

 Matchy matchy coats :)

 how appropriate haha

Merry Christmas!

Ho Ho Ho...

 Ho Ho Ho...Bridger's new favorite words. He absolutely loves Santa and anything Santa. It's adorable. and Mason is just taking it all in haha.

 Even though the Christmas party was fun, I'm glad it's over haha. I was in charge of all the decor and the program which is no small feat since I've been in the ward for only three months and have two other callings. I ended up loving the experience though because it helped me to get to know so many of the members here and I got a lot of help setting everything up and taking it all down. Thanks Columbia Ward for all your help and support!

 Our programs' theme: "A Gift to All the World"...we had numbers in Italian (above from the Elders), Hawaiian, Norwegian, Old English, Bulgarian, Spanish, and German. It ended up coming together really well.

 Norwegian (We sang this with the Rust family who were all good sports to sing this with us)

 Bulgarian number: Silent Night from the Nordstroms

 Garrett, Tommy, and Christine

 German number: Still Still Still by the ward choir. It was beautiful

 Old English: What Child is This? from Chris Harris

 ...and ending the program was Bishop Card who helped tie it all together with some spiritual thoughts on the Savior, the miracle of His birth, and His sacrifice to all the world. 

  Yep Bridger's finger is in his nose...Merry Christmas everyone haha

Happy (late) Thanksgiving!

 Hey even though it's late we have much to be thankful for...the two cutest little turkeys we could ever ask for!

 ready to eat!

yummy food! everyone brought good stuff and we truly had a feast! here the kids are wanting some candy they used for a little game. 

Thanks for letting us enjoy the day with you! (Trujillo Family, Burk Family, Missionaries, Peterson Family, Knight Family, and the Cannon Family)

Mt. Hood

 Around the end of October we went to Mt. Hood while the Vincents were visiting and I'm so far behind on blogging that I'm just now posting about it. It was a beautiful day so we stopped to take some pictures too...

 I love that Mason has this look that just says, "What is going on?"

 Family pic in front of Mt. Hood

tay modeling our baby...oh ya

 Alyssa, Kekoa, and Lulu Vincent (we love this family!) ...thanks again for coming up to see us!

oh ya, and we were not really supposed to be there I guess haha

I feel Lucky

...so I'm not one to usually do this sort of thing, but I decided I feel lucky and I'm excited to (hopefully) win an Ipad 2 via Lifestyle Crafts. The idea of the prize sucked me in but then I took some time to look around at their website and I love it! So I'm actually happy to share their link with you! Enjoy crafting...I know I do :)

May the force be with you...

you know that's right...star wars! We had so much fun this Halloween being the Star Wars family: Luke, Princess Leia, Ewok, and Little Yoda. 

Our amazing friends, Kekoa and Alyssa (and Lulu :) came up to spend the weekend with us from Utah. We had so much fun with them (more pics to come) and they were so good to take all these pictures for us and the other families that were there. Rarrrrr!

The Cards (um I mean the Adams family) put together a wonderful party and we had lots of fun!

Garrett (Lumberjack), Christine (Little Red Riding Hood) and Tommy (Wolf) So cute!

 The Knight family gave us the classics (and a cute kangaroo too :)

 How to slay your dragon theme with the Trujillos! I love these costumes and Rachel made them all herself! So fun and cute!

 ...and of course our ward missionaries that we all love! They switched name tags and imitated one another...oh yea living on the wild side!