December

Navy turned 4 and had a candyland themed birthday party with a face painter. This little tiger and lion had a blast and were not happy about washing their faces.

Christmas dance recital was so much fun. Jayda danced to a jazzy version of Hark the Herald Angels sing. Nani thought it was irreverent but I think it was just fun and it's nice to hear a song about Jesus at a dance recital :)

The girls loved seeing Santa and telling them waht they want for Christmas. Bentley wanted nothing to do with him.

Bentley's preschool had a Christmas program at the library. They sang songs and once again Santa made a special appearance but Bentley refused. In this picture he is sitting next to Malu. He's a "black human" who is Bentley's best friend.

Jayda also had a Christmas performance so she wore a Christmas sweater. She was so animated and got so into all of the songs that I think she might love theater even though she says she is scared and doesn't want to try it. She did fabulous and was fun to watch.

 

This was probably the last Christmas eve we will sleepover at Nani and Papa's house. We played games, the boys drank egg nog and we all had a great time together.  

Christmas morning waiting to open gifts

So You Think You Can Dance has been a 3 year tradition now and is a blast. This year little Jayda was inducted into our group and ate it all up.

 Bini turned 1 year old. She has lots of teeth and lots of attitude.

 We got a huge snow storm over Christmas break and the whole neighborhood came out to shovel and hang out. We ended up ordering pizza and having a party at our house as well.

 Jayda asked to get her hair cut again. She looks super cute with short hair and likes how much easier it is to brush.

November

S is for spoon day at preschool.

  Hat day

 Jayda's new best friends at Nate and Katie's house. Chleo and Milo are their new kittens and Chleo lets Jayda hold her the whole time she is there.

 We made these thankful trees for activity days and as a family. The leave said everything we are grateful for.

 Science experiment volcanoes just for fun.

 And a cute naked baby pic just for fun as well.

October

I think that October is such a fun month for us because there is so much going on. If you ask the kids it's probably their favorite holiday next to Christmas.

The neighborhood did our annual visit to the Maybe pumpkin patch. The kids get to pick pumpkins and go for tractor ride and then we decorate them with paint as a neighborhood.

 We took a tour of the Bountiful police department where we saw their holding stalls, where they take 911 calls, took fingerprints, saw their cars and motorcycles and much more.

 I hope they never end up in the back of a police car again!

 Once again we attended the Bountiful Rec center Halloween Carnival. Jayda usually dances at this, but switched dance companies this year.

 The ward carnival is a tradition as well.

Simon Says had a Halloween performance and trick or treat party at the Bountiful library.

 Crazy hair day at Bountiful elementary. I guess you need crazy faces to go with the crazy hair.

 The neighborhood has a Halloween party as well. We made play doh monsters, wrapped eachother like mummies and pinned the bowtie and glasses on the skeleton.

 Last but certainly not least is trick or treating on Halloween night with Nani and Papa. Nani got into character this year and was a scary witch.

 Bini figured out how to bite through the candy to figure out what was inside. She found her favorites and then went for those each time.

 This was supposed to be her owl costume but she hated it. She tried to pull it off whenever it was on.

 

 Movie date with dad to Hotel Transylvania 2. The first one is a favorite of everyone in the family.