tis the season

if you need a little help getting into the spirit of things, here is a little caroling from last year to get you into the mood.

not bad for a 2 year old. I can't wait to see what she'll do this year!

thank you Thanksgiving

complied by Riley and Jessica
Riley is thankful for friends: Ginny & Kallie
Jessica is thankful for Riley, who stopped sucking her thumb-woohoo!
a husband, who is handsome , patience and full of love
Emma who is darling and smart and growing and learning so fast
Riley is thankful for Jesus, (Jessica is too!) We are so lucky to have the true gospel of Jesus Christ and so grateful for the light and knowledge and happiness and comfort it brings into our lives.
Riley is thankful for mommy and the blankets and daddy and Emma and Grandma & Grandpa.
Jessica is thankful for wonderful Thanksgiving dinners and lots of fun birthday dinners--I haven't cooked in like a week!
Jessica is grateful that Mike is in school and will someday be a wonderful provider for our family. I am thankful for my awesome job.
I am thankful for my wonderful family who spoil us rotten all the time.
We are thankful for our home and our health.
Jessica is grateful for the friends that enrich my life.
There is much, much more we are thankful for, but Riley is begging me to read her a book and I'm thankful for that. My girls loves books and I think that is great!

spun out of control

check it out...give it a little time to get to the good part

I hope you needed a good laugh.

really?

yes. really. more lame breakdowns at our house. It's almost funny now, but mike is seriously in mourning about our TV. Yup, the nice big one, is dead. We knew it might have issues when Grandma replaced it with a new one 3 years ago, but we took it and tried to make it work. And it did work most of the time, until now, the picture is fuzzy and blurred. Oh well. We have another TV, which seems so small in comparison, but it works, so I'm happy.
Break down #2: my cell phone, only 6 weeks old stopped working all of the sudden. Luckily I got it replaced under warranty, but what are the chances? beware....

Halloween came and Halloween went

FINALLY.

But here is the last little bit. These pictures were irresistible.
The cutest pumpkin ever!

Thanks for the great pictures Raya!

Getting ready to go Trick-or-Treating.
We were practicing saying "trick-or-treat!" and Emma did this:
Who could say no to this face?
Our family at the closest mall trick-or-treating!
Riley and Ginny, I mean, Tinkerbell.
our two pumpkin pals: Violet & Emma
Thanks Wilson family for sharing in our Halloween Fun!

and of course a video for the grandparents:

Serenade

grandparents: I couldn't help but posting Riley's most recent performance right away. She sang multiple verses of this song during our entire Sunday feast. So Nate learned it from her and accompanied her on bass. Sweet. Wish you could've been there. This is the next best thing.