Christmas at home

For Christmas this year we decided to stay home rather than travel up to Reno to be with family.  It's just getting too difficult to travel with four kids.  We had a great time at home though, I decorated the inside of the house and Matt & Nathan put up lights all over the front of the house, very cute!  Here's some of my favorite pictures.

Alivia helping me with the cookies for Santa

Looks like Santa was here

can't open fast enough

Stopping to play with the the new firehouse

Loving the new mini van

Baylee loves the little school bus

Aaron loves the Diego jeep

and of course Alivia loves her new doll house, or girl house as she calls it

Baylee's walking

Baylee started taking a couple steps a few weeks ago, now she's up to about 8-10 steps at a time.

The Halls are Decked

The tree is up, the ornaments are on.  The stocking are hanging and the house has been given a sprinkle of Christmas cheer.  And of course the snow has been falling.  It's definatly Christmas time.

I'm Thankful for...

My family.  We had a great thanksgiving at our house this year.  Matt's sister Melissa, her family, Andreas and baby Isaac joined us.  Also a good friend, Slim was able to make it down.  Unfortunately my dad wasn't able to make the drive due to a recent surgery.  Maybe he can make it for Christmas.

We decided to deep fry the turkey this year. 

Here's Slim and Matt hard at work cooking the turkey to perfection.

Here's a couple pictures of Baylee, she provided the entertainment.

Snow for thanksgiving?  Better hit the beach.

The kids love running around freely on the sand.

Time to watch the sunset.

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!