Halloween and snow!

We had a fun Halloween this year with an Elsa, an Olaf, and a zebra!  We went to Hoopla at our church the night before Halloween then went trick or treating on Halloween.

We saw some friends at Hoopla that we have known for years, here they are left to right: Levi, Addie, Addisyn, Summer, Zane, Dylan

 The three girls were all Elsa!

 Ready to trick or treat!

 The morning after trick or treating, this is what we woke up to...about 3 inches of snow!

 It was perfect for building a snowman!

Anabelle was not a fan of the snow, but I had to document the fact that she was out there!

This was such a great picture taken of our three kiddos the other night, I just had to share.

Matching princesses

Anabelle

Our sweet baby girl is growing up WAY TOO FAST!  She's into everything (but that's nothing new), very happy and smiley, as well as constantly learning new things.  Anabelle will be 9 months old in 2 days, which is unbelievable.  She's starting to "try" to talk, saying things such as "bababababa" oftentimes.  Addie loves to translate for her.  She loves to stand up and "cruise" and has just started to let go while standing up, but has yet to take any steps.  I'm sure that's coming soon.  She also loves to be outside whether it's on walks, in her exersaucer, or on a blanket (which she quickly crawls off of to try to go eat some grass or leaves).  She is eating lots of table food and I suspect she'll be stopping the baby food and starting to eat only table food in the near future.  No teeth, but that's no surprise to us.  She sleeps around 11 hours each night and takes 2 naps a day which vary depending on what's going on that day.  Her favorite toys are my car keys and any tags she can find to chew on.  She has some "taggies" books and blankets, but she cannot be fooled-she knows a real tag when she sees one and only wants that.  Anabelle is still small for her age, but we aren't sure what she weighs or how tall she is since she hasn't been to the doctor since she was 6 months old.  She is obviously healthy and we are so thankful she it in our family!  Here are a couple pictures and a recent video of her.

And yes, she can make it to the top of the steps easily.

A few highlights from our summer/early fall

 It's been way too long since I've posted!  Here are some pics of our summer and back to school. 

Happy Memorial Day

Our family had a great Memorial Day weekend together!  The weather was beautiful (for the most part) and we were able to spend lots of time together.  Here are some pics and a video from our Memorial day!

The hat boys putting on their shoes to go hiking

 Ready to go!

 Enjoying Wintergreen falls

 Cooling down in the water

 Hanging out with Mommy

 So much fun!

 Look what Anabelle decided to start doing on her 5-month birthday!

Loving Life

Since Addie kind of got left out of the last post, here she is singing one of her favorite songs right now:

 Anabelle at 4 months

 Friday night movie with friends-Frozen!!!

 Sweet Anabelle

 A friendly cop who was patroling our neighborhood stopped to let the kids check out his cool car

 Levi was loving it!

 The girls

Feeding the baby geese born a few weeks ago-they are growing up SO fast

 Levi cheesing it up

 Not sure why Addie is holding up the peace sign-probably got that from one of her cousins that lives overseas...

 Loving some tummy time

 Playing at the park with friends

Spider man eating breakfast

 Anabelle is like Addie in many ways, one of which is loving to swing outside!

 Levi loves to swing as well

That's our life these days-lots of playing outside, smiling, and just enjoying life!