Family Pictures

We finally got family pictures taken and mainly so that we could have a decent picture on our Christmas cards this year. We had a good friend of ours take them and she did a great job! Despite the cold, windy weather and Kali not wanting anything to do with pictures...and 163 pictures later...this is what we got. These are just some of my favorites!! Thanks so much Cathi for doing such a fabulous job and for sticking it out with us!!

No kids!

This was the Saturday after Thanksgiving. (I know I'm a few weeks behind) It was so nice to have a night out and for those of you who have children you know exactly how I was feeling! After a busy Thanksgiving week and seeming like endless cleaning up and cooking and taking care of the kids...we decided we needed a night out with just the adults and no kids. It was SOO nice and not to mention the food was delicious! My youngest sister Kathryn and her newly-wed husband Sam drove out from Utah to spend Thanksgiving week with us and Kristin and Neal. We had a great time and it was even nicer to have an evening with adults only and great food that I didn't have to cook or clean up! Here are just a few pics of us at dinner with them. However, we did feel that there was a sister missing!! Kelli we love you and wished you were here too!!

Train Ride with Santa!

The weekend after Thanksgiving we took the kids and went to the Sacramento Train Museum with Aunt Krisitin, Uncle Neal and cousins Millie, Justin, & Simon. Aunt Kathryn and Uncle Sam were visiting from Utah and so Aunt Kathryn came with us also. We took the kids on a fun REAL train ride that lasted about 30 minutes.

There were Christmas carolers or entertainers that came through each car and sang to us while we waited for Santa to come. Once Santa showed up you can see the look on Kali and Zach's faces and how they felt about the whole situation. Let's just say Zach almost jumped out the window because Santa's hand was touching his shoulder when we took the picture with him and Kali nearly strangled me!! It was quite the ordeal! Other than that, the actual train ride was a lot of fun.