December 2012

December was full of countdowns to Christmas, Santa, Baby Jesus' Birthday and going to South Dakota to visit family for the holidays. 

We made chains to countdown the days!  We received awesome presents like these hats from Sean and Tracey.

We drew pictures to Santa of the presents we wanted.

Santa arrived at our house on the 19th, the morning before we left for South Dakota.  He brought scooters for all of us!

South Dakota was COLD, but we managed sledding down hills for the first time.

We attempted NUMEROUS photos with Great-Grandma Bartmann on Christmas Eve, but it was pretty late and Logan wasn't very cooperative.

Christmas morning was spent with Grandpa and Grandma Herding opening more Batman, Spiderman and Baby presents.

 We were able to get all NINE grandchildren on one couch with Grandpa and Grandma Bartmann for a photo-op.  I think this might be a sign for a new/bigger couch?!  :)

We tackled this with THREE cameras and got some great photos!

November 2012

November flew by for us this year.  My friend, Maria, and her stepson, Brendan, visited for a couple of weeks (a vacation that turned into a hospital and recovery stay), so we were able to show them the Denver Zoo, Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes Park and other fun Colorado tourist places.   

 

 

 Ella was able to help mix the paint for our basement at Johnstown Ace Hardware.  They let the kids put on aprons and go through all the steps to get the paint just the right color.  She loved it and we love our small town businesses!

We also hosted Thanksgiving again this year as it has become a tradition for us.  The Weiland and Kinner (minus Scott due to work) families were able to join us for a wonderful turkey day.

October 2012

October was spent...

 

 dressing up as our favorite characters,

 

 finishing our basement,

 

 completing swimming lessons,

 

 combing hair,

 

 baking cakes,

 

 shoveling sand,

 

 climbing at the park,

 

 playing with friends,

 

 building rock piles,

 

going trick-or-treating,

 

 pushing our cousins (the good kind of pushing :))

 

 watching others grow,

 

 saving the world,

 

 attending 'dance parties' (since Cinderella goes to a dance party and not a ball!),

 

and eating lots and lots of candy!



Behind...Months and Months Behind

Yes, I am behind on blogging again.  What can I say?  I'm busy.  I'm coming back to the blog, but have been thinking of a way to make it fresh and new again.  I will compile an October, a November and a December post to conclude 2012, but will start something new (hopefully) for the month of January and 2013.  Stay tuned blog readers...if you're still reading!