Picture with Santa!

Last year...

This year...

Landon grew up and Santa lost weight :)

Merry Christmas!!

Landon's first letter to Santa...

Landon's not so fond of Reindeer's either...

Thanksgiving in MN!

Landon's First Thanksgiving Dinner!
(he didn't eat last year)

We had an AMAZING dinner hosted by Grandma Julie & G.Grandma Evelyn

Delicious!
One dinner down... one more to go! ;)
Thanksgiving #2 with the Mallon's :)

Poor Jennie had oral surgery the day before... she couldn't eat very much.

So much fun!

Lexi was a great help :) She played with Lando so I too could eat (again)!!

Cousins are great!

Black Friday Erinn taught Lando how its done! Shopping and then a stop at the BEST snack place in the MOA!!!
Thumbs up for Freeziac!

Landon shook his head NOOO! "Are you crazy Auntie Erinn... a shark?!??"

After a fun day of shopping we met family for dinner. Landon's first time actually coloring! Before today all he would do it try to eat the crayons ;)

Family +

Food
What could be better?

Landon finally got to meet Bear (Beth's son, our friend from HS)!!!
We are tough guys! They hit it off :) Oh, and they made us bring them to EP Freeziac for a treat!
Landon's new trick is to walk Max around the house!

We also had the pleasure of visiting Michelle & Jeff's (more HS friends) and all 6 of their kids!
They have the cutest kids! Look at their precious infant twins! Landon looks like a BIG BOY! Their oldest daughter (5) actually "babysat" Landon while we were there. Having lots of kids does have some advantages... hu?! ;)
We always LOVE visiting family and friends in MN!!!

So many people to see...

what a wonderful thing!

Thanksgiving '10
Funfilled Times!

Halloween

Oh boy, we celebrated Halloween several times this year :)

Landon is the cutest puppy ever!
On Thursday, we went to a Halloween Party at DMU for the students' children. Landon tried goldfish for the first time. They were a hit!

We played games and won prizes! On Friday, Landon invited his pals over for halloween treats and crafts! Okay, the mom's had the treats and made crafts...
The kids played with Lando's toys and posed for some photos!

Saturday night was Beggars Night. This is when kids go trick-or-treating in Iowa.
Landon invited his friend Eli (and his parrents) over for dinner and trick-or-treating.

Family pics!

Landon actually walked 1/2 of the time! He did a great job for his first time :)

We had to take a pic of Landon with Lilly (a dog that lived at a house we happend to stop at)... they were matching!
We have had such a great weekend. It is strange that tomorrow really is Halloween because we have already celebrated so much! XOXOOXX

Carving Pumpkins

Did this hat really fit me last year? ;)

Daddy taught me how to carve my first pumpkin today!

It feels slimy and gooey inside!It tastes yummy!Mommy was thrilled to spend this beautiful fall day with her baby and hubbie getting ready for Halloween!Carving pumpkins is soooo much fun!

Do we have any more around here?

Landon's hanging out while he is waiting for Daddy to finish carving the face!

This is the coolest pumpkin ever!