Happy Birthday Eddie!

December is a big birthday month for us. Not only is it the celebration of Jesus, but Eddie's and his mom's birthday as well! My very cute husband LOVES to celebrate his special day...all month long! He calls it his birthday month! We celebrated this big occasion with our best friends, "The Gang" as we call them, with an Adult Night In (fancy way to say no children), a delicious dinner of Mexican food hosted by Sandy and Dave with the family, AND a date night to see the comedian/ventriliquist Jeff Dunham. We had so much with all, thank you for helping to celebrate Eddie 36th!

Turkey Day!

Here is a page made up of a few snaps I took on Thanksgiving. We celebrated the day at Dad and Judy's AZ home with most of the Van Bebber family. It was a beautiful day filled with laughter, love, and fun. The cousins especially have the greatest time, they get to spend all day together and do their favorite thing...play! We are so grateful to be able to share this holiday with my parents every year, and despite missing my grandparents who loved this holiday as well, we spend the day together remembering how they blessed our lives. My grandparents were wonderful people who knew how to "thanks and give", may we always attempt to live by this idea.

Our Sedona Hike

It has been one of Eddie's and my favorite things to do every fall season...drive to Sedona, AZ to see the Fall leaves changing. It is one of the prettiest times of the year, especially this area of Sedona and Oak Creek Canyon. There are only a few short weeks to "catch" the leaves changing their color before they fall off the their branches and sometimes it is hard to visit in the perfect window of time. We wanted to share our love with the kids this year and take them hiking on a family-friendly trail. The West Fork trail is perfect for all levels and ages and we just love it! The boys especially had so much fun. Logan's highlight was crossing the streams through the rocks and "slipping" into the water, getting his shoes and part of his pants wet...perfect place for boys to get all that energy out. And Ethan finally got to "hike" at the end of the trail when we were almost done. If we had let him out of the hiker any sooner, we would have taken three days to hike the 2 miles that we did. We are going to try and make this a family tradition every year. Here's to the next fall!!!

Hangin' with the Cows!

On Veteran's Day, we went to a local dairy farm and spent the day hanging out with the cows. It was really neat to be so close to the animals and especially see my children's reactions to them. Ethan was all smiles and waving and Logan wanted to touch them, but they always backed away when we came near the fence. It was a nice day spent with two of my favorite boys in the world!

Backyard Fun...

Ethan has a new love...the two-wheel scooter! He has been riding around our backyard on a three-wheel scooter for the past six months, very age-appropriate and safe I might add. But ever since he has been able to ride big brother Logan's scooter, that is all he wants to do now! He is supposed to be 5 years old to ride, at least that is what is recommended. I guess I have to accept that he is going to learn things faster than Logan did, earlier on! What a big boy, and he says "Scoo, mommy, scoo!" everyday! As you can see from the pics that he has his own scooter now, we could not wait for christmas. They were both fighting over Logan's scooter and for 3 days I listened to it...until Eddie saved the day and brought one home for Ethan. It really is fun to be able to watch them play together doing something they truly love.