Christmas pups.

Bravo the elf.

We have a new addition to the fam this holiday season. After being what seems like one of the last to jump on The Elf on the Shelf bandwagon, we joined in on the fun this year. Meet Bravo, named by Cal.

"Terrible Two's"

I think they're here... The last month our sweet, yet sassy, little boy has been a little more "work" than normal. And when I say a little more, I really mean crazy emotional, lots of tantrums, stubborn as all heck and a hitting mad man. Hopefully this is short lived, and I just keep reminding myself, this too shall pass. A friend posted online about how after a challenging day with kids, the best thing to do is to look in on them at night when they're sleeping. And that's just what I do every night, and seeing my sweet little boy so peaceful seems to wipe the slate clean for the day.

Family pics

If you haven't seen them posted all over the Facebook world, here's a link to where I posted this year's Fall pics that Mary took, for you're viewing pleasure. A couple of my favorites....

this pic of SO Bennett.

Oh, Christmas tree.

The One!

the boys fought and fought over who got to put the star of the tree and then when it came time to put it on they fought over who didn't have to put it on cause the tree was too 'spikey'

And for the big final reveal, stay tuned. I just realized I didn't take a good pic of her in all of her glory...

So thankful.

Thanksgiving festivities started a little early with Cal's Thanksgiving program at school on Wednesday.  And for a bonus grandparents were invited to celebrate Grandparent's day. Here's the pre-K's performance (sorry for the crummy video quality, for some reason it uploaded to YouTube like this...).

Next up, the real deal, Thanksgiving. 

the guest of honor... the Traeger turkey!

the gang

putting the finishing touches on dessert.

Back at it.

Wow, over 2 weeks without a post. That might be a record for me. We've been busy, busy, and aside from Thanksgiving I don't think I've take a single pic with my camera. So here's a look at what we've been up to, thanks to my iphone & instagram. Up next Thanksgiving.

Someone was super fired up to go to a hockey game.

So we went to a hockey game.

The boys rode horses

and lawn mowers

We soaked up every last bit of Fall.

Saw the most amazing sunset on a drive to Pullman

snuggled in a hotel

and snuggled in mommy's bed.

We enjoyed time with our school friends

And performed in the school's Veteran's Day assembly

We got our awesome school pictures back.

We watched the arrival of Santa parade!

and performed again in the school's Thanksgiving/Grandparent's Day program (the boy the was born to be on stage).

Cal went to Apple Cup with Grammie & Pa

while we stayed home (kicking ourselves for not going) and watched it on tv. Go Cougs!

This pretty lady went to the beauty salon.

We birthday partied with friends.

Bennett grew a mustache.

And Clyde's been doing a lot of this.