4-Month Update...and counting

So...again...I have let so much time go by without documenting the precious memories. I will give a month-to-month update. Here are updates through December. I will get 2009 up soon...hopefully!

December

Making a plate for Santa's cookies at Color Me Mine!

The Jarvis/Hustead/Dixon Families at the Jarvis family Christmas party


Our new neighbor, Vienne, at Kathy Coulter's Christmas Party

Taylor & Cooper's favorite babysitters

Lexie, (Cooper), Molly, (Taylor), & Allison

Cooper & Taylor in thier Christmas outfits.

Decorating for Christmas was a blast!

November

Taylor and Cooper's First Trip to Disneyland. It was a BLAST! As you can see, Cooper was even able to ride several of the rides. Taylor's LOVED the princesses!!!

Cinderella...her FAVORITE!!!!

Thanksgiving at the Jarvis House

Thanksgiving in Catalina with the Dixons

We took our wonderful family pictures with Tara (http://www.tarasieling.com/). She AMAZINGLY knows how to capture the best of our spunky little ones, and our loving family!

October

Taylor & Cooper visited Georgie's Fire Station! They both LOVED it!!!!

We went to our wonderful friends Josh & Sarah's Wedding in Ojai, California

(first weekend without the kids)!

We enjoyed a FANTASTIC weekend with Tim & Kirsten Wells. We sailed over on Kirsten's parents' boat, and had a wonderful time. Although we LOVE getting the kids together, it was nice to spend time with our good friends, without picking up toys and cutting all the food into bite-sized pieces!

Our Little 50s Kids on Halloween

We had such a blast on Halloween! Taylor was a "poodle skirt," if you asked her, and Cooper was her 50s counter part! They were darling! We went trick-or-treating in Laguna Niguel with their cousins Maya & Teagen... to begin the night. We then met up with the Dixon/Wilmoth families in Long Beach, and Taylor and Cooper were able to trick-or-treat with their cousins Cressa, Kreeley, and Ginn. I think Taylor got the hang of it by the end of the night when she went trick-or-treating down our street, going up to each door ALL BY HERSELF!

The Big Hunk!

Taylor's ready to dance!

Taylor, Cooper, Teagen, & Maya

The little guys!

The big girls!

"Trick-or Treat!"

Happy Halloween!

Happy Harvesting!

So, we went to the "puckinpach" (yes...all one word) last week. Taylor LOVED it! Taylor had a blast in the petting zoo, rode her very own elephant and train rides, and even rode her very first pony. Cooper loved walking around the BIG pumpkins. It was quite a trip! At the end, Taylor picked out the perfect "puckinpach" (which is what she now calls all pumpkins)!