12/31/11

Solvang!



After Christmas we went on a fabulous sisters getaway to Solvang
 planned by my equally fabulous sister Cherish!


She found this fun park that the kids loved!


The swings were so great!


They even had this one that was more like an armchair, so comfy!


We packed a lunch and played for a while.
Kelsey loves stealing Daddy's hat!


The daddies played ball with the kids while the women sat and talked.


We went on my favorite hike to Nojoqui Falls!
The kids love this natural tree slide on the way up.


Family at the Falls!


The men got silly with the cameras!


Kelsey hit up Daddy for a ride!


Happy little hiker!


My favorite thing in Solvang!
Aebleskivers!!


We love the Dutch shoe photo op!


Just my size! 


We had never been to the mission, and were excited to check it out!


It had an interesting history and lots of fun things to see!


The weather this winter was unseasonably warm
and we went swimming!


They had a pool Kelsey's size
and one big enough for Jeremy to jump in!


Cherish and I had our annual dye adventure!


The last day we went back to Nojoqui Falls Park to meet our cousins!


Jeremy made it all the way across the monkey bars!
We were so proud of him, and he was proud of himself too!


We met our new cousin for the first time and Kelsey loved him!

Thank you Cherish for a wonderful vacation!!

Christmas 2011!


Christmas was so fun!
We stayed home and celebrated together!


This year I decided I would finally get our matching stockings made!


Jeremy was excited to find his favorite chocolate coins inside!


Kelsey was a professional unwrapper, ripping paper left and right!


Jeremy with the one thing he really wanted!
The Lego Star Wars Millennium Falcon!!


Jeremy got the quite the Lego Star Wars haul!
Everyone got him some!


Kelsey got the unicorn she'd been wanting!
Daddy commented that all her gifts came in pink boxes this year.
Yep, that's how it is with a girl! Fun!


Christmas breakfast came wrapped in a blue box with extra frosting!
We love the Cinnabon tradition!


Christmas was on Sunday this year.
We got cleaned up and dressed up and headed off to church!


It was simply a wonderful Christmas!


Thanksgiving in Vegas!


This Thanksgiving we decided to visit
David's brother Phillip and his family in Vegas!
After that, more family decided to come, so we were a big group!


Kelsey loved playing with her cousin Abby!


We all chipped in for a bounce house for the kids, and they loved it!


My sister-in-law made us a thankful tree to count our blessings!


Jeremy wrote Daddy, Mama, and Kelsey on his leaves.
Love that sweet boy!


The boys took the kids golfing.
Jeremy was so excited to learn, and Daddy was excited to teach him!


I was excited about the See's chocolate!


My sister-in-law and I made this Thankful Tablecloth!
We found the idea HERE.


We ate, we shopped, we crafted, and we had so much fun!!
Thanks for hosting Vegas Jenkins!!

Halloween!



October was full of fun!

 

We visited our favorite pumpkin patch!


Jeremy has been sprouting up!


Kelsey is still tiny!


We bounced with friends!


Fed some goats!


And rode the ponies!
Yee Haw!


We did treats in the streets of Orange with our friends!
But the kids got bored fast with the crowds...


So we went to visit the Great Pumpkin Balloon!


We ran around the park and tired these girls out!


The carousel was magical at night!


Finally it was our turn to ride in the balloon!


It's so amazing; we never get tired of seeing it!


We went to the Halloween celebration in our town.
It was crazy busy!!


Luckily we got there early and got a hayride with these beautiful horses before the line got too long!


Jeremy was a dancing machine, busting out all sorts of vampire moves!


 Kelsey loved collecting candy!


The kids had a lot of fun at our ward Halloween party.
The big field behind the church was perfect for the kids to run around!


The costume parade went on forever with all the kids!


They got their boogie on!


Jeremy loved his spooky vampire teeth!


Halloween night we teamed up with the neighbors
and hit the candy circuit!


Their buckets were only half full when Jeremy decided
he had enough candy, whaaaat??
And before he had a good stash of Butterfingers for me!

Happy Halloween Everyone!!