Ready for Church

Backyard Family Pictures

Yesterday we woke up from naps and I decided we needed to hurry and get a few pictures taken while the sun was still up. I texted my friend Jeannette and she hurried over to take some family ones for us. I couldn't have been happier with how they turned out..well, I take that back. Mason is usually a poser, but we had to wake him up so he was grouchy. Kinley is all smiles until a camera is in her face. But Addy made up for all that..she was perfect! These pictures make me smile so much!

Tis the Season

It's been so fun getting ready for Christmas in our own house, starting traditions and having Addy understand more about Santa and all the excitement. We are so blessed and so happy with where we're at in our lives right now. We love and are so grateful for Chris's job, our ward, new friends, and our beautiful happy, kids that are the best of friends. playing before churchwe were able to get a few lights up this year. Everywhere we go, when Mason sees lights, he screams.."tree! tree!" he associates them with our Christmas tree:)eating before churchOur ward Christmas party was Hawaiian themed with roasted pigs and all. We sat with our friends and after the kids were done eating, they sat in the middle of the floor and pretended to give each other baths. Gotta love 3 year old imaginations:)KarleeKarsonAddyMason

Thanksgiving week

We hosted Thanksgiving this year for the first time. Chris's parents, and Shawn and Tosha's family came down on Wednesday the day before Thanksgiving. His parents left on Saturday, and Shawn and Tosha left on Sunday. It was a full house, with lots of food, games, singing, movies, the flu and 2 trips to the strip. I was definitely stressed about Thanksgiving day, but it turned out just fine, and I learned a lot about what not to do/and what to have ready for next time we host. After that was over, I relaxed and we had a blast the rest of the weekend. Sadly, 6 people got the 24 hr flu while here, but it didn't stop us from having fun. While the women cooked Thanksgiving dinner, Chris and Shawn took the kids to the park to play. After dinner, we went to a Chocolate Factory in Henderson that has botanical gardens decked out in Christmas lights. It was really awesome, and the kids loved it. After that we headed down to the strip to see the Bellagio fountains, but traffic was crazy and we didn't know where to park..but we were able to see them while sitting in traffic:) Friday we ran some errands and that night we sang songs around the piano and Chris got out his guitar...and then we played some games. Saturday night we ate at Carrabba's, and then went down to the strip knowing where to park:) The Fountains are incredible, and then we went to Casear's Palace where we got lost trying to find the fire shows and aquarium. We ended up finding the aquarium, but not the fire show. But it was cool to see everything along the way:) I now know where all the shopping is! It's a maze down there and we definitely have a lot to learn about where to go. Sunday, we said our goodbyes and that's always hard to do. It was a fun week and here's the picture overload in backwards order:

saying goodbye

aquariumCasear's Palace poolfountainstalking tree in the botanical gardens in the Bellagiowaiting at Carrabba'splaying at the park

Thanks for an awesome week!