Rylie Dance Recital

Rylie danced to walking in a winter wonderland and did a great job!  She loves to dance!! 

Both Grandparents made it to her big debut and she was pretty proud! 

christmas jammies

Oh my word..  these two look soooo much alike in this picture.  Posing or doing something with their new jammies.  Nothing better than kids just out the tub, in their jammies, snuggling during a movie, and then off to bed.  Love these kids of mine!

O' Christmas tree's...

This is the ultimate way for me to start the holidays off, getting our Christmas trees.  We have had this tradition for awhile and I love it.  We bundle up the kids, take a sleigh and hand saw, then take off in search of the perfect Christmas Trees.  We circle round and round tree's until we find the right one or when the kids have had enough, we pick the right one. 

 No matter what I think they are perfect for our Christmas Tree! 

 

Rylie was so excited for the snow, for sure my girl!

 

Bode decided this was a pretty good tree for him!

 

Rylie thought this was the perfect tree! 

 

with mom...

 

and dad...



 Hauling the tree's out and now for the lights and decorations!

first snow storm

Remember like a month ago when we had our first snow of the year!  My kids were so excited for it, today was the same.  we will take every inch of the white stuff we can get.  I love the snow and today when the kids begged me to let them go out in it even though it was freezing, i realized they love it too!!!  It makes me so happy.  How can you not love a fresh crisp layer of snow, the smell of snow, making snowman,skiing, tubing, snowmobiling and all the fun you can have in it. 

Now if we could just get more of this stuff!! 

 

camps

Rylie was pretty stoked when she got to do the vistaun and cheer camp at Skyview. 

She loved doing both, I am just a little slow getting pictures up.

Skyview cheer camps biggest fan!

fall fun...

Since tomorrow is Thanksgiving (Happy Thanksgiving Everyone), I better catch up the old blog with the fall happenings for the Beckstead family.

Tried out the Corn Maze at Little Bear Bottoms, kids had a blast climbing the hay stacks, the yarn maze, but not the real maze!  We lasted a few minutes trying to find out way out when the kids decided that was enough fun!

 Of course we ventured to the Pumpkin Walk, its always so fun!

Posed in front of some of our favorite games...

 

Went on a treasure hike to find all sorts of leaves and then

made TONS of crafts projects with them!  

 

More pumpkin walk, of course we do the face cutouts, Rylie's favorite part. 

 

Look close this is a self portrait of our spooky dinner - worms (spaghetti), bones (bread sticks), witches fingers (green beans), 

 

Ghost pancakes

We completely ran out of time to carve pumpkins, so this year we painted them! 

The kids thought this was just as fun and they didn't have to scoop out the pumpkin guts


 

Got to go help at Rylie's class, pretty fun to see her so in her element.

Trick or Treat - Construction worker and Barbie popstar

 Off to get the loot...

random photo ops...

Cute kids all dressed up for church and coordinating... 

I think I have mentioned how much Bode loves his sand box. 

 One of the best purchases we ever made.  It might be fall, but we are still in everyday.  He wanted to show me what a big hole he dug up.

 Such a happy boy!