Winter Concert

This last Thursday Danielle and Rayce had a winter concert at their school. It was so cute! Danielle is a member of the strings, and she worked really hard practicing her violin to be ready.

Rayce's class sang two songs; they were so funny with their actions. Rayce was determined to learn how to snap his fingers for the song.

Avie sat still for about 2 minutes.

So blessed!

Trail Center

We live about 10 minutes from the Winter Quarters Temple, and each year the Trail Center adjacent to the temple does a gingerbread display with displays donated from wards in Omaha and surrounding areas. A couple of Sundays ago we went to check it out.

Megan, Danielle, Jenna and Avie.

There are some pretty talented women in the area, some of the gingerbread displays were above and beyond. This was supposed to be the Home Alone house, pretty cool!

Then we went upstairs to the visitors center. I am humbled every time I read or hear anything about the hardships of our pioneer ancestors and all they endured. It is a really neat place.

December Means Decking the Halls

Actually we put up our Christmas decorations the end of November. The kids started asking the week of Thanksgiving and it was pretty non stop the whole week so we relented and put everything up that weekend. When I say "we", I mean mostly the kids, we set the tree up and let them loose. They did a good job!

6

Rayce's 6th birthday is today! I don't know what else to say about Rayce except he's a joy to have around. We all love this kid to pieces! His birthday party was on Saturday; we had a small party with a couple of friends from school and church. The kids had fun playing video games and laser tag.

The guests

Rayce in the wind machine; he came out of there with a whooping 500 tickets.

Bumper car action

It seems like I was just posting about his 5th birthday, it's amazing how quickly a year can pass! Happy birthday to one amazing kid!

Day at the Museum

The kids had a couple of days off for parent teacher conferences so we decided to head down to the Omaha Children's Museum. They have an exhibit right now called Itty Bitty City.

They made masks and capes, and these little cars were a hit with Rayce and Avie.

Rayce decided what he wants to be when he grows up!

Halloween Fun

Our Halloween this year was so much fun, a little cooler than the past three years but fun nonetheless. We started with Halloween sugar cookies to decorate, apparently I forgot how much my recipe makes, because oh boy we were decorating the whole night.

Then the carving of pumpkins,

The kids also had a cute costume parade and trunk or treat at their school.

Here's Rayce's cute class.

And a mighty cute, I mean tough ninja!

Then I managed to lose my camera for most of the main event, by the time I found it Avie was the only remaining one in her costume.

Cutest Snow White ever!