Live Nativity Scene

Tonight we were able to go see a live set up of Bethlehem and see a reenactment of the Baby Jesus story and it was really nice. They had the angel that visits the Shepherds and he was like 30 feet off the ground. Elaina was so amazed by him. The highlight of the evening for Elaina was Baby Jesus. When they were reenacting the manger scene we watched, but because of the crowd we couldn’t see very well. When it was over we took the kids over to see the live camel they had there and mean while Elaina was just throwing a fit because she wanted to see Baby Jesus. She didn’t even care about the camel a couple of feet in front of her. She had her priorities straight.

Where there's water, you'll find my kids.

Utah Trip / Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving, the kids, Grandma Twitchell, Autumn and I drove out to Utah. We went to see Alicia and her Adam because they were moving soon to Tennessee. As an added bonus, my Adam made the drive from Fort Huachuca to see us. It was a full week of visiting family, Thanksgiving and see the Temple Square lights. It was a lot fun and the time with Adam went to quick, as usual. Austin was Adam's little shadow the whole week. He's missed his daddy.

Oakland Zoo

Adam is leaving soon for Fort Huachuca, so we decided to go on a family outing to the Oakland Zoo. It was a really nice zoo. Elaina discovered that her favorite animal is a zebra and Austin liked the giant orange frogs the most. Elaina also got to see the "Lion King" and then told us all about his baby Simba and the mean lion, Scar. It was a good time.

Moving... Again

Moving... again. Moving is something our little family is very accustom to, I figured it out and in the five years Adam and I have been married we have moved 12 times and since Elaina (who is 3) was born we've changed locations 10 times. Our longest at a location was 15 months and our shortest was 3 months. 3 of our moves, Adam has lived in a separate state as the kids and I. (I do not count his moves as separate from ours.)

This last place, Thorneberry Apartments, has been the first time that we have lived in our own place since Elaina was born. We really enjoyed it! We made some great friends and really enjoyed the ward and our apartment. Now it's off to California for the kids and I, and Adam is off to Fort Huachuca in Arizona to go through military intelligence school. We are really hoping our move after this one will be a little more permanent.

Austin was not too keen on the whole packing thing. He did not like me packing things up and many boxes had to be packed multiple times because he would undo them. Often Austin would disappear and I would find him in an empty box or the cupboard. Silly little boy!


Moving... again.

Halloween!!!

Halloween... what a day! Our lease was up that day and we were off to California the next. So the whole day was full of scrubbing and cleaning and running around town trying to make sure we could leave for California the next day. But I love Halloween and trick or treating, so we still made sure that the kids got dressed up and went out soliciting for candy. Austin was a cow this year, and Elaina was Rapunzel. Grandma Glenn made Elaina's costume. She did an amazing job! Don't be fooled by the pictures, though. They were taken at Grandma/pa Glenn's Halloween party earlier in the week. No, on Halloween we were not nearly as put together. Oh, well.

Elaina loves to dress up. Here's another great look.

Family Pictures - October 2011

Here are our family pictures for 2011. Adam Sink took them and he did a great job! I was really happy with how many good ones we got. Our location was maybe too exciting for the kids because all they wanted to do was explore. So it was hard to get them to sit still and smile, but they are cute anyway.

Austin would not stop sqwirming so I just held him upside down. It was the only smile he gave us the whole time.