Libby's Piano Recital

I was so nervous (Libby was not) as Libby was playing her piano piece that I totally forgot to film her. I was sitting there watching and holding the video camera in my hand and forgot to record! Sometimes I wonder about my mental health. I didn't even get a good picture of her at the piano. Fortunately, daddy took a photo of us before the recital. She did so great. All her practicing paid off!

Jackson Weekend

The 3rd annual Jackson Christmas/Birthday Party! What fun we had! The girls were thrilled to ride the Polar Express (more aptly named the Heber Creeper- man it moves slow- especially when you have a child that needs to go potty). I love the picture of Libby looking out the train window. It captures her excitement perfectly. We also went on a wagon ride and saw the lights at Thanksgiving point.

A lovely rendition of "Happy Birthday" was played on the chimes (Todd, I know you don't read this blog, but I am so thrilled I captured you on film so cheerfully playing the chimes!). We enjoyed the nativity and a nice meeting on Sunday. So many more pictures and stories I could post, but all things in moderation, Right?

Ear Piercing

While we were in St.George we took Noelle to get her ears pierced. She has gone a long time without getting in mom and dad's bed and that is our criteria for the privilege of getting ears pierced. So, we went to the mall with all the girl cousins (including Gracie!)and proceeded to break Noelle's heart with the pain of getting her ears pierced. I promise I didn't force her to do it! It about killed me when I saw her big tears (Libby & Savannah didn't cry when their ears were pierced). Fortunately, she quickly recovered and we spent some good girl time at the mall. We pushed Grace around in a lady bug cart. I'm telling you, if Grace lived in Utah we would have a serious problem on our hands. She would be spoiled rotten!

Thanksgiving in St. George- highly recommended

You won't see any pictures of a traditional Thanksgiving feast (although we did eat one- we just weren't sat "properly"), but that doesn't mean we didn't have plenty of fun. The weekend was filled with walks to the park, lounging on the couch (Isaak is a pro at that), playing with barbies, newspaper pirate hats, watching soccer, riding bikes and scooters, and even one garage sale!

Halloween- better late than never!

Halloween was fun this year. The girls were both old enough to walk on their own, but young enough that they were okay with mom and dad tagging along. So, we went trick or treating as a family. We were able to hit most of the houses in the ward and it was only within the last 5 minutes that Noelle's legs gave out and she wanted to be carried. They had fun sorting the candy when we got home and I had fun folding laundry.