Spelling Bee

This cute little girl won 3rd place at the 2nd grade spelling bee! Emma always tries to do her best and we are so proud of her. Now we are onto the district spelling bee!

Fun Saturday Evening

On Saturday night we had some maternity/family pictures taken. Afterwards we

went and had pizza at the new pizzeria in Rawlins. It was a fun night as a family! I can't wait ot see the rest of my pictures!

New Pool!

We recently had a new high school built here in Rawlins and with that came a new pool and a recreational pool. The kids loved, the slide, lazy river, and swimming together. We were able to go last Saturday and meet some friends there. The kids had so much fun!

Gingerbread Houses!

We were super late getting our gingerbread houses done this year, but we did them anyways. Emma and I made a house and Daddy and Jakob made a train.

Our litte Sunbeam!

We have a Sunbeam in our house! Jakob had his first day on Sunday.

He sat and listened the whole time!

New Year's

On New Year's Eve we headed to Colorado for one last little trip until after the baby is here. We went shopping in Fort Collins and then headed down to Colorado Springs to see some friends there. We had fun shopping and then we surprised Emma with a quick trip to the American Girl store. She was so excited. She got one of her doll's hair done and loved looking at everything!

Then we went to see our good friends from college Tim and Arya Jones. It was so fun to see them. We had dinner at Old Chicago which was a little crazy because they forgot half our meals and drinks. Then we went back and hung out and talked until midnight! We took these pictures at midnight. We were just a little tired!

At the hotel right before bed. We were so tired!

The next day we made our way home. The day after that Robert had off so we spent most of the day putting all the Christmas decorations away. Now it's time to get ready for baby! My surgery is scheduled for February 3rd!

Day After Christmas

This was Robert's last day off so we wanted it to be a relaxing fun day. We had lunch at Denny's where the kids got some fun reindeer cups. Then we played games and legos for the afternoon.

Emma is working on her battleship skills.

Our Christmas card for the year.

Christmas Morning

Christmas morning was full of fun and busyness. Of course Emma woke up first. She was excited to find her presents from Santa while we waited for Jakob to wake up. She got and American Girl car and lego set from Santa. Then she opened up her American Girl doll from Grandma and Grandpa. She was very excited because that was the one thing she really wanted.

Then Jakob woke up. Santa brought him a ride on tractor. That he loved so much he wouldn't get off of all day.

We had church at 9am so we waited to open presents until after we got home.

This was our attempt at a family picture while Jakob threw a fit because he had to get off his tractor.

Present Time!

We had our friends the Evans over for dinner that night. I completely forgot to take pictures other than Emma helping me make punch. We had a great Christmas with friends and each other.

Christmas Eve!

We had a nice Christmas Eve as a family. We had pizza for dinner. Emma really likes acting out the Nativity so we kept the tradition alive this year as best we could. Jakob had a hard time getting into it, but he liked his costume. Then Christmas jammies and off to bed before Santa comes.