a new year...

Yesterday we went on a hike on a local trail...

 and Ryder was incredibly prepared...

for a hunt.

We saw two coyotes, lots of squirrels, and lots of rabbits.

 It's so good to be outside!

We tuckered this little one out!

(Sweet dreaming baby...)

 We talked about the New Year and all that it holds.  

I think it's going to be a good one!

Kit is off the whole week and tomorrow we are heading up to spend some time with our family in Santa Maria.  Have a wonderful day and from our family to yours, have a very Happy New Year!

christmas recap

We are still spinning from all of the christmas festivities.  We LOVE when we get to be with our families!

Here is a little recap of our time:

Christmas Eve we let the kiddos open a present: a baseball glove.  The rest of the morning was spent outside playing baseball...

Christmas Eve Service at our church:

In their Sunday best:

She loved her shoes:

Christmas morning, we got up and opened presents and had an impromptu pancake morning with our neighbors, the Johnsons.

It was so fun to watch the kiddos open their presents.  Ryder got a nerf gun set and Eden got her first baby doll.  Kit received some awesome camping stuff and Kit gave me some beautiful canvased photographs of the kids.

Then we headed out to Redlands where we had some time of great conversations, laughter and AMAZING food.  I just love that we get to do life with our family!

A scavenger hunt to find presents:

The girls:

A new game:

after a tasty breakfast we went to a park:

And we stayed at the swings the entire time with this little munch:

Speaking of this little munch, she and her cousin got matching outfits for Christmas:

Yep, twins...

It was a wonderful Christmas time.  We will be heading up to visit our family in Santa Maria after New Years Eve!  The festivities and celebrations will continue!

Merry Christmas!

We are excited to be together this week for christmas, and we are going to try to unplug a little bit...

Have a wonderful holiday and Merry Christmas, from our family to yours!

creating: yarn wrapped stars

I finally finished my last christmas project that I had wanted to tackle this year for our house.  Specifically for our tree: a star tree topper.

 It looks a little bit like a star fish...

 I just loved how it finished off the tree!

Yesterday, while it was pouring rain, we made hot chocolate to have while we colored our advent ornaments and read the christmas story...

 We are so excited to celebrate the birthday of Jesus! 

Disneyland

We renewed our Disneyland passes last week, after they expired in June.  We had our first trip as a family last thursday.  This is the first time that Ryder had to pay to go in, and he now has his own pass with his name on it.  He is THRILLED!

Buzz Lightyear and the Astro blasters are the favorite so we always start there:

Then we hit Pirates and the Haunted Mansion:

Can you tell that Eden and I thought it was VERY bright...♥

Then we headed to California Adventure to see Cars Land and to ride Monsters Inc:

Little Miss got my phone at one point and I realized she was snapping away pictures.

Here is her view from the stroller as we left.

We are so excited to make all sorts of family memories this year at the happiest place on earth!