I took the kids ice skating on New Year's Eve.  It was fun.  I had decided not to skate and it was a good thing because Quinn took one lap around the ice and was finished.  So I tried to entertain him while the other kids had fun. 

 Quinn doing his homework.  Practicing writing his name several times.  He takes his homework quite seriously because he wants to be like his older siblings.

We finally got some snow on January 7th and thankfully it was a Saturday morning so the kids could go straight out and play in it.  Hannah and Simon still had their PJ's on under their snow clothes.  They were almost more excited than Christmas morning :)

Ward Christmas Breakfast

These are the primary children singing Away in a Manger and playing the chimes.  I was pretty proud of them :)

Violins

Collin and his friend Kenzie played their violin/viola at Kenzie's Dad's wedding this weekend.  They are so cute- and very serious about music.

Thanksgiving 2011

 Quinn came home with this cute pilgrim hat from preschool.

 Thayne rented a log splitter for the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.  The boys enjoyed helping stack the wood under the deck.  Collin was a really great help and it was a perfect day to do this job.  Thayne woke up Thursday morning with lots of back pain though!

November 2011

 Hannah was able to be in this musical and had such a fun time!  These are her best friends.

 I finally took these pictures of the kids' pumpkins on their way to the trash :)

My Dancer

Hannah is taking dance classes at a little place two blocks from our house.  She is really enjoying it and dances all over the house.  She bought this tutu with some of her birthday money.

Halloween

 We finally got around to carving pumpkins about 6:30 on Halloween night!  The kids enjoyed it as usual.

 I took the kids trick-or-treating this year and let them go and go..till 9:00.  I had to call Thayne to come pick up Quinn because his legs were really tired :)

And the fun begins!