Santa and his reindeer

I keep winning the battle about getting a real tree for Christmas. I really love Christmas and want a real tree with the awesome smell! Last night we took the girls to pick out a tree. We also were able to visit Santa and he brought two of his reindeer with him. Ben and I thought the reindeer were very cool. Caemlyn would not go near the reindeer and she was a little scared of Santa. Addison was good with both. My no-fear child, Brooklyn, loved the reindeer and Santa.

Addison's special day

In our church, when you turn eight you get baptized. Addison turned eight and her baptism was this past weekend. It was a really special day that we were able to share with friends and family. She loved everything about it and is so happy. I posted her baptism pictures on this post. The pictures turned out awesome.

All ready!

Sister Guzzle and Sister Thomas...awesome sister missionaries in our ward that gave Addison the discussions before she was baptized.

 Addison and Grandma

Our family

Brooklyn with her Momma!

Cousins!

Friends and cousins

My sweet girl

Tour of the firestation

Ben gave the girls a tour of the fire station. Ashley loved it!

A quick trip to Spokane

We made a quick trip to Spokane and was welcomed with a little bit of snow. We had fun hanging with cousins, aunt, uncle, and grandparents. We celebrated Addison's birthday too.

I do have to give a shout-out to my amazing SIL, Rachel. This past week was really stressful for me and she made it bearable! She helped so much with Addison's birthday party and baptism. We even had a crazy idea to make 5 matching dresses for the girls...that failed with the timing, but we did finish them (thanks to my Mom)! I really appreciate everything that she did and her creativity. She is awesome!!!

Playing in the snow

Building a snowman with a carrot from Grandpa's garden

Ben and Brooklyn

Cooking with Grandma

Watching Wreck It Ralph

Celebrating Addison's birthday - Addison and Lauren

Ashley, Brooklyn, Grandpa, and Caemlyn

All the family

Cousins!

Celebrating Addison's birthday again!

Addison, Lauren, and Ashley

Caemlyn and Katie

Ben, Brooklyn, and Grandpa

We surprised our girls with Disney on Ice. They LOVED it! Brooklyn never took her eyes off of the show.

Cinderella dancing with the Prince

Flynn Rider and Maximus

Ben showing Ashley how to do the worm. (He will love that I put this video on our blog!)

Our short trip to Portland

Our family loves Ikea and we use to live 1 hour from it. Now we live almost 4 hours from Ikea :( We planned a short trip to Portland to go to Ikea to get a few things for our new place. The first day we hung out in Vancouver, WA. I loved our hotel. I did not know you could get a 2 room and 2 bathroom hotel room! The second day we went to Ikea. On the way home, we stopped at Multnomah Falls. It was beautiful and a nice little hike.

Scary windmills

 Mt. Hood

Fall goodness...my favorite season!

One of our rest stops

Brooklyn shaking her booty (long story why she has to shake her booty every hour)

My rock climbing, firefighter husband that was so nervous about this bridge :)

Loving the fall weather