Letters to Lyla and Lottie

We spent Thanksgiving in Idaho this year, amongst good food and family as always.  I’ve decided the thing I love about Idaho visits is that everyone devotes the whole holiday to spending time with each other.  It isn’t about activities, outings, or any thing except spending time together the whole time.  It’s nice to be away from all the distractions.  Lyla got to play with her 2nd cousin Taylee, which was so fun for her.  They played so well together.  In one of the above pics Lyla is brushing Taylee’s hair.  While we were there we went to the Light Parade in Preston and drove by this house that does the most amazing light display ever!  They have wood cut-outs of just about every Disney character there is.  You make a loop through their mile long drive way just to see it all.  So we let Lyla come up from to look and she LOVED it.  I really didn’t think she’d give too much attention to it but I was wrong.  She kept say “oooh!” and “look!”.  She even pointed about Mickey before we saw him.  Of course I made Todd drive through twice   The drive to Idaho is long, but always worth it.  We have lots to be Thankful for this year. 

slobbery kisses.  wonder.  surprised faces.  smile.  snuggles in bed.

rocking in the big chair. lub we mommy.  milestones. heath.

growth.  jobs.  brown eyes.  blue eyes.  forgiveness.  2nd chances.  family. friends.  shelter.  love. 

Happy Halloween from The Despicable Me Cast;  Vector, Dr. Nefario, Gru, The Minions, and Agnes.  Aren’t we awesome?  HAHAHA 

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We had a great and oooky Halloween.  We started the day with ooky green milk and did fun Halloween things all day, including painting some pumpkins.  Note to self: finger paint will give your 7 month old a cool sensory experience, but she WILL try to eat the paint.  LOL.  This year was the first Halloween Lyla really understood the concept of trick-or-treating.  I was so excited to take her.  She lit up at every house and wanted to eat every piece of candy the minute she collected it.  Holidays are so much more magical when you get to experience them through the eyes of a little one.  The weather this year was so wonderful that Lottie even got to experience some trick-or-treating.  She sat in the wagon like a big girl.  We started out trick-or-treating in our neighborhood and ended in Fiddlers.  Hours had passed, the sun had gone down, it had turned cold, but Lyla still wanted to go go go.  It was amazing her stamina.  Lottie and I eventually went to grandmas and let the rest of the crew finish up.  My little minions are the cutest! We ended the ay with homemade donuts and mummies.  Happy Halloween!