December Stuff!

We just LOVE this time of year!! So many fun holiday things... :)

Merry Christmas to everyone (just in case I don't get on here again beforehand)... Hope you all have a wonderful one!! :)

Seeing the lights at the Mesa Temple with all of our awesome family there in Mesa!! (the kids' first time!)

Fun pictures with cousins at Grandma Brown's (now Stradling)'s Reception! We were so excited we got to be there for her wedding -- so excited for her!! ..... (Always have to include the silly pose!) :)

Decorating our Christmas Tree... It was Timothy's turn to put on the star this year -- which he was very much intrigued by and had fun with... :)

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Getting to see Santa at our Ward Party! (Colette & Timothy were too scared to actually sit on his lap!) :)

Jared's Birthday!

Always right at Thanksgiving time comes one of the best days in the world!! Definitely one of the things I am most thankful for and a day worth celebrating -- my amazing and wonderful husband's birthday!! He turned 31 this past Sunday, and hopefully had somewhat of a fun day, amidst the crazy schedule he always seems to keep up somehow... :) The kids, of course, are who especially get excited about birthdays, and Timothy actually did more with the piece of cake he got for Jared's birthday than he did on his own birthday -- I guess he's finally figured out how yummy it really is! He definitely had a good time with that cake! :)

Thanksgiving Weekend

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year with all of the Squires' side in town! It was tons of fun... Making turkey, Family pictures, Black Friday shopping, Games & Movies, and the kids just have a blast with their awesome grandparents, aunts & uncles, and cousins!! (Most especially their fun and crazy Aunt Heidi!) We truly have so very much to be thankful for! Happy Late Thanksgiving to everyone - hope you all had a wonderful one!

Sunday Pictures

These were some pictures we took just for fun one Sunday in November... (Well, fun for Mom, of course - no one else is ever too thrilled with my picture-taking craziness)! But Sundays are always good days for pictures because everyone is at least more presentable than usual! :) Timmy was being cute and funny afterwards, which always merits pictures as well! :)

End of Soccer

The kids just had a blast this Fall doing the fun Pima Soccer program! They had such a good little team of friends, and such awesome coaches! At their last game they got medals, and their coaches also gave them certificates, which they were VERY proud of! :) We're so glad they were able to participate this year! Fun memories!

The Girls' Dance Show

On November 6, the girls' dance classes had their awesome little show for us to go see! I had never seen their dances yet, so it was so much fun to get to see them for the first time in the actual performance!! They were SO cute! We were so impressed with our girls - they really knew their dances! And they had such a blast getting all dressed up and being on stage! It was a fun night... :)

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Video of Colette's Dance (This girls LOVES to dance!!) :)

Video of Brielle's Dance

Halloween

Another fun Halloween this year! Brielle was a witch (with a scary laugh!), Samuel was Darth Vader (with some awesome breathing!), Colette was Belle from "Beauty & the Beast" (and had a wonderful little curtsy while she said, "How do you do!"), and Timothy was a lion (who has such a great growl!) They all practiced their little sounds and things to say in preparation for Halloween this year! :)

We were able to get Timothy to wear his ears & mane for all of two seconds that night - just for this picture basically! :) He was not a fan of them... But what a cute little lion he made! We kept commenting that night on what a difference this Halloween was compared to last year - which he had to spend in the hospital... How very thankful we are and fun it was to have him with us this year for all the Halloween fun!!

The kids had a blast at the fun Stake party this year! These little rides & the cotton candy were some of the favorites!



Another favorite thing - handing out candy to trick-or-treaters! And how much fun it was to get to share that with Grandma & Grandpa this year! :) We had a great Halloween...

Our October

Highlights from our month of October... :)


The Graham County Fair!

Brielle's Pumpkin Patch Field Trip!

Timothy's curls! (Always so hard to see from the front in pictures, so we decided to show them off in the bathtub!) :) He LOVES his baths...

The sleeper time of year!! One of my favorite looks for babies... :)

Brielle's 50th Day Celebration for her first grade class - they had a cute 50's Dance & Root Beer Floats! It was a lot of fun!