MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Can you guess what Santa brought Connor?

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! 

WHAT WE DO ON SUNDAYS

This is what we do after church...

We play with the Christmas advent calendar

play with the "little people" nativity set

play with the Santa night light

on and off, on and off

we try on hats

so much to do when you're one!

THANKSGIVING

I love Thanksgiving!

  Justin and I hosted dinner at our house this year for his side of the family.

We had so much fun setting the table and cooking the turkey.  

We got too busy chatting with everyone and forgot to get any pictures when everyone was over.

It was a great time!  

The holidays are here, and we're busy eating sweets and wrapping gifts.

Hope you're all busy "decking your halls" with Merry Christmas!

THE MAGIC IS BACK

I have always been crazy about the holidays, 

but at some point after the "Santa Clause" stage Christmas lost its magic. 

 It was always fun, but it didn't seem as magical as it once was.

Last night it was a blizzard outside and I was getting ready for Thanksgiving. 

 I decided it would be fun to let Connor set up his Christmas tree.  

He was so particular about where to put the ornaments, so excited.  

When we finished decorating the tree he clapped and said "oh pretty".

He was thrilled to show Justin when he got home from work, and I keep finding him sitting in his room gazing at the tree.  

I can honestly say that magic feeling is finally back. 

 Oh how I've missed it, and oh how excited I am for the fun times to come!

After decorating the tree we were having so much fun, we decided to get an early start on wrapping our Christmas gifts.  Thanksgiving is tomorrow, and I'm excited for the holidays to officially begin.  Hope you have a safe, fun holiday! 

ANDREA HANKS PHOTOGRAPHY

Andrea Hanks is my amazing friend who is a photographer.  

She has photographed fashion week numerous times,

and done many celebrity photos,

 such as Priscilla Ahn, Snoop Dog, Brody Jenner and the list goes on!

I can't thank her enough for doing our family photos and

for being a great friend. 

 

Thanks again Andrea! 

THE MAYFLOWER

Water colors by Nate Winters.

My Mother framed these for me as a 

Thanksgiving surprise last year and I love them.

Isn't he an amazing artist?

I love Thanksgiving.
What a wonderful time of year to reflect on our blessings.

TRICK OR TREAT

The month of Oct. is filled with fun festivities.  

The Syracuse pumpkin walk is always one of our favorites!

Connor had fun running around with our neighbor friends,

 and looking at the pumpkins lit up.

Connor had a blast trick or treating on Halloween.  

Isn't he a scary skeleton?

We enjoyed trunk or treat at Dick's market.  After we headed to 

Bountiful Main Street for some more trick or treating.  

Connor made out like a bandit, he got so much candy.

Hope you're all appreciating your sweets.  

 Enjoy them New Year's resolutions start in two months!

CONNOR

It was about four years ago we moved into our home and decided it was the right time to start a family.  Little did we know what a journey it would be. 

 There are days when I look at Connor and I'm over whelmed with gratitude to my Heavenly Father and Birth Mother for letting me be a Mom.  I cry when I think of how blessed we've been.  

We've never stopped trying to have a baby and still no luck.  It's a lot of money to adopt.  Another reason I'm grateful, financially we were able to afford to adopt when we did. 

So here's to Connor.  My happy boy, who has filled my world with smiles.  

The next few photos are from the "Heart and Soul" adoption BBQ

 Feeding the dogs pizza

                            

What a sweet boy 

My greatest blessing has come from my greatest trial.  Isn't life funny? 

PUMPKIN PATCH

What a great conference weekend!  

Between the Sat. sessions we decided to get some energy out at the pumpkin patch. 

At first Connor was a little nervous about the hay maze

getting the hang of it

what a blast!

Pumpkins everywhere, or in Connor's words "WOW BALLS, BALLS!" 

A lot of pumpkins makes for a cute porch!

Halloween is on its way and it's getting a little spooky around here!

Happy Hauntings!