Holiday Fun!

We have had a lot of fun enjoying the Christmas season! I love it and the kids love it too! December is so much fun!

We went to the Festival of Trees in Sandy. All the sales go to Primary Children's Hospital. They had some pretty amazing trees! Tinkerbell and the Abominable Snowman were two of our favorites. 

At the beginning of the month we started working on giving gifts to the Savior. Every time we do an act of service for someone we write it down and put it in our manger. Susie really loves doing nice things for her brother and helping mom out so she can give a gift to the Savior. 

The Clinton city Creche festival was really fun, too. They had hundreds of nativities from all over the world. 

We have done a few fun Christmas crafts and made lots of goodies all month. The kids love to help make them and they love to help eat them even more. We had fun delivering treats to some of our friends. 

For our ward Christmas party Susie got to be an angel in the nativity play they put together. She was so sweet. 

Grandma West sent us Christmas money. Susie couldn't wait to spend it. She only asked me about every 5 minutes if we could go to the store until I finally just took them! We went to Barnes and Noble and they picked out a few great items.  

Grandma Suzie and Tiffany came to Salt Lake to see the lights on Temple Square and visit Mackenzie so we bundled up and met them there. It was a lot of fun and not too cold. 

Susie has had a lot of fun in her dance class. They learned a little Nutcracker routine with their dolls for Christmas and I got to go and watch. 

Probably my favorite holiday activity this year has been sledding. We found the perfect kid sized hill close to our house and went sledding when Paul had a day off. The kids loved it! It was so much fun! They look so cute all bundled up (and pretty funny when their snow hats come off too!). 

We are down to 4 weeks before the due date. I am getting pretty uncomfortable but doing good. I've been able to keep exercising which helps me feel good. I can still run 3 miles a few times a week and have been swimming and strength training too. I've also been eating a lot of Christmas treats so the exercise comes in handy. We are all excited for Christmas next week and to meet our new brother in January! 

West Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving this year! We got some snow that week and the kids had fun playing it in. They look so cute bundled up! 

I was excited just to help out with the dinner and leave the rest to Rebecca! I made some pies and rolls and a vegetable tray. Rebecca had dinner set up at a church building so there would be room for us all and it looked so beautiful! I loved the turkeys the kids made for each plate. Dinner was delicious and we had SO many pies to choose from for dessert. We all went home full. 

We are excited for the Christmas season to be here! Susie and I got to go on a little date the other day with some friends. She met a very nice Santa Claus and even got to see his reindeer outside. 

Enjoying Life

We are just enjoying life. It is getting too cold to play outside lately but the kids love it whenever we can. Susie is a master at swinging. She has gotten so good at pumping her legs and goes as high as she can. I love watching her! Braden would play outside all day if he could. He loves being pushed on the swings too. 

We love the fall colors and watching the leaves come down. We raked a few that were in our front yard and had fun jumping in them until we got too cold. 

My pregnancy has been going good. I've felt well and haven't gotten too uncomfortable yet. I've been able to keep exercising and that's been nice. I went in for another ultrasound last week and my doctor said the baby is looking good. She said he is measuring big but I bet I'll still deliver a week late :/

These pictures are at 27 and 30 weeks. 

Halloween!

We had some great fun this Halloween! We carved a few pumpkins together- here is one of them. Susie and Braden thought it was really "spooky!" 

Our ward held a "trunk or treat" which was actually in the gym because it was raining a little. The kids looked too cute! I was pleasantly surprised that Braden kept his Peter Pan hat on the whole night. 

On Halloween night we went to Aunt Sarah's house for the festivities. My mom and my sisters drove and stayed with us. We all had so much fun together! Susanna had a great  time trick or treating with her cousin Ty. Braden followed allowed slowly and did a pretty good job collecting candy  too. I loved hearing thank you's after getting a piece of candy. My sisters and I love Hocus Pocus so we decided to dress up as the Sanderson sisters this year. It was pretty funny. I think we pulled it off well! 

Holidays are so fun, especially when you get to spend them with family. I'm so excited the holiday season is here!!!