From Thanksgiving Straight to Christmas!

 The past few weeks has been a lot of fun. We spent Thanksgiving with Matt's family and had a great time. We also went with Matt's sister and her family to cut down our Christmas tree. We had a great time and plan on making this a tradition for years to come. The kids really loved the snow. (Sorry for picture overload).

Halle is our little piano player...she loves it!

The kids table at Thanksgiving

Halle lovin' her sweet potatoes and turkey

Love this picture!

Ready to go Christmas Tree hunting!

Playing in the snow

Our little man!  He is so grown up here!

She LOVED the snow!

We had a great time decorating the tree and putting up all the Christmas stuff. Ryan is really into Christmas this year and can't stop talking about it. He is constantly talking about Jesus' birthday and Santa. I can't wait until Christmas morning! 

He also has come up with his own term to describe Christmas decorations. We told him that Christmas decorations were beautiful and fun but they were also breakable so we have to be so careful. Based on this conversation, Ryan now says that the decorations are "Break-a-ful!" He is so funny, I am constantly amazed by him.

I also gave the kids their Christmas outfits so they could wear them throughout December. I love them and was so excited to get a few pictures of them before church this past week. After some bribery and a little bit of fighting, we ended up with some great pictures.

Decorating the tree

Mom and Ryan putting the ornament way up high

Being so careful

She just wants to take all of it off!

The finished product!

Movie night watching Rudolph!

Attempt #1: Picture in their Christmas outfits

Attempt #2: Almost a success

Getting closer!

Not quite but sooo cute of Halle!

Can you tell, Halle doesn't  like hugs!

Finally.... I Love it!

I told him to smile big and he would get a piece of candy this is what we got.

So handsome!

So pretty!

Something I HAVE to write down and a Happy Halloween

I have to write this down before I forget what Ryan did at his well check up the other day. I just love his personality!

So the doctor is testing Ryan's balance and motor skills. He is having Ryan stand on one foot and jump up and down. Ryan is all over this and is just performing for the doctor. Then the Dr. says, "Okay, last one, can you jump up and down on one foot?" The Dr. shows Ryan what he means. Ryan gets this odd look on his face and just stands there looking confused for a second and the Dr. asks, "Well, Ryan don't you want to try it? Can you jump on one foot?" Ryan gives him this strange look one more time and all of the sudden says, "No, but I can pitch like Jimmy Morris (from the movie The Rookie)" and he goes right into a perfect pitching motion as if he is pitching a ball to the doctor. It was one of the cutest things I have ever witnessed. It was like Ryan was thinking why do I have to jump on one foot when I can do something much cooler. The doctor was great and just laughed at the whole thing and said, "I think Ryan is developing perfectly!"

Here are his 3 year old stats: Height- 39.25 inches (88%) and 31 pounds 10 ounces (54%)

In addition to a well check up we also had a great Halloween. Ryan is obsessed with pirate stuff lately and dressed as a pirate. I wanted Halle to be Tinkerbell but the costumes were super expensive and I didn't have the time to make one so I found an adorable Ladybug costume on sale.  Matt and I didn't feel like going all out this year (the Oompa Loompa's did us in for a while), so Matt wen as a Deer and I was the hunter. Both kids loved trick or treating and we had a great weekend carving pumpkins and collecting candy. 

Happy Halloween!

Our 3 year old!

Well yesterday was Ryan's birthday and it is hard to believe that he is three! I am amazed at how fast time goes and grown up he is. 

We celebrated all day with him as Matt had the day off of work. Ryan got to pick the menu as well as what we did. We had pancakes for breakfast, he got to wear his pirate costume all day, we had McDonald's for lunch, took naps, had pizza for dinner, and then had a small party with some of Ryan's cousins and grandparents. It really was a fun day.

I made him a pirate ship cake because he LOVES pirate stuff right now.

Our little pirate and his boat!

So excited for his Mac trailer! I wish you could see his face! (the striped sash is part of his costume and he wouldn't take it off!)

New jammies!

Showing off his new spurs from his grandpa

Trying to blow out the candles...it took him a few tries

He got a lot of cool stuff and tons of clothes (which I am thankful for because he needs them!). Thanks for all of the gifts everyone!

Ryan is such a fun little boy.  I have posted some of his Ryanisms before so you all know what kind of personality he has. Here are a few things about our little man that I don't want to forget:

He loves baseball (and anything else involving a ball) and has a near perfect swing.

He has been 100% potty trained for a few month now (no pull-ups at night anymore)

His favorite toys right now are his Mac truck from the movie Cars, his little action figures, and any kind of ball. 

He can ride a bike with training wheels.

His favorite foods are raw carrots and broccoli in ranch dip, pizza, chocolate milk, any kind of pasta, grapes, and toast with jam on it.He also loves having cookies and milk before bed with his dad.

When he likes something we are eating he will say, "This is really yummy dinner mom."

He has figured out smells and will say things like, "I smell yummy dinner!"

He is constantly talking about going into the mountains and "shooting that bear" (I have no idea where this came from)

His favorite movies are The Rookie, Rescuers Down Under, Where the Red Fern Grows, Robin Hood, and Fox and the Hound

He loves his sister and tells people to "Be nice to my baby sister!"

He hates peanut butter and will not touch anything that has peanut butter in it. You can't even give him a peanut butter cookie.

He loves going to nursery and his favorite songs are Old MacDonald and I am a Child of God.

Ryan has quite the temper and when he gets angry he will growl like a dinosaur at you really loud. This is also accompanied by a really red face and the phrase, "I'm not going to be your friend anymore!"

He is a sweet little boy and often says things like, "I love you so much daddy" or "I love you most"

We love you Ryan!

Lovin' the Fall!

Be prepared for a picture overload. We have had a busy month and I need to just get the pictures on here. 

Adam and Noelle came to visit for a few days and we got to watch their little girls. We had a great time with almost the entire Allen family (sorry Bret and Jan). 

Drew, Chelsea, and Brynn with a DIRTY face!

Adam, Noelle, Brynn, Matt, Ryan, and I, Drew (rockin' the hat) and Chelsea

Our Ryan!

They were so fun together!

Noelle and Addysen

Everyone on the 4-wheelers

Halle loves to feed herself but she also loves to make HUGE messes! I think she enjoyed her yogurt!

 I went Elk hunting one night during the week and saw this amazing sunset. We didn't see any Elk but this was worth going!

Halle wore my mom's dress to church a few weeks ago. This is a dress that my mom wore 50 years ago. Halle looked adorable and received tons of comments on her "vintage" dress.

 I love that it is officially Fall! Fall  is a really fun time of year and this year Ryan loved the pumpkin patch. We have actually been twice this week and he has been in Heaven. They had a huge area of corn. It was like a giant sandbox but it was filled with corn! They loved it!

Ryan and his cousin Rhett