Winter in Arizona....

Lilly got to celebrate Christmas this past weekend. We went to the mall where they brought in two large semi trucks and blew snow all over the parking lot. Santa and Mrs. Claus walked out in the middle of this heap of snow and shouted "Merry Christmas!" Everyone ran out and started throwing icey snow all over the place. Lilly wasn't sure what to think. We tried to let her down in the snow but I think there was just too much going on for her to feel comfortable on her own. She sat on Santa's lap later that day too and actually seemed to enjoy it. We took a really good family picture with Santa that I will be sending out with my Christmas letters later this week.

Thanksgiving was great! We had a nice group over to out house and enjoyed a turkey that Logan had cooked on the grill. It was the tastiest turkey! My mom is out here visiting so we were both in the kitchen fixing everything else. We had a really good time and Ben and Lilly actually ate quite a bit this year.

Halloweeeeen!!

Last night was Halloween and we had a great time. I couldn't believe the change from last year to this year. Lilly was very into the whole trick or treating thing. She would walk up to the door and shake the screen or bang on the door. Then when the people came with the candy she would grab something in each hand and put it in her bag that I was holding. Many times she went back for seconds, even though I tried to get her not to. Most people would say, "oh it's ok, she's just so cute!" She also enjoyed the puppet presentation at church. She loves puppets. We've watched several Muppets movies and Sesame street and she claps and says "yah!" and is really into it the whole time. I also think she enjoyed having mommy and daddy dressed up. We also carved pumpkins. She had a blast digging in the pumpkin and getting the seeds. I also think she enjoyed getting gooey and rubbing it all over her as much as she can. :) Unfortunately, we put our pumpkins out last night and when we returned home they were gone. I was pretty upset. So I never did get a picture of the actual pumpkins. Well I hope you enjoy the pictures!