Light Parade

We also spent a night with our friends Janna and Rod in Rapid City on our way home. It was GREAT to see them and their adorable kids - Taylor and Molly. While we were in Rapid City, we went to the Light Parade downtown. It was good way to get in the holiday spirit and the kids really enjoyed it. Here is our little family all bundled up for the parade.

Janna, Molly, Taylor, and Rod

All eight of us!

The kids eating a cookie after the parade...

Thanksgiving in South Dakota

We spent Thanksgiving weekend in South Dakota this year with Doug's family. The boys were all dressed up for the holiday.

Charlie bonded with Papa, Uncle Toby, and cousin Lane. He also was a big fan of Grandma - I just didn't get any pictures of the 2 of them.

Nathan and Lane helped Aunt Sondra put up Christmas lights on the house.

We also celebrated Christmas with Sondra and Keith since we won't see them at Christmas. Nathan and James were very excited about the early Christmas presents.

And last...our beautiful nieces - Bethany and Kelsie!

Charlie smiles!

Charlie has been giving us smiles for awhile now but I hadn't been successful in catching any on camera until this weekend!

And 2 cute shots of James and Kaylynn from this weekend too.

Great Grandma and Grandpa

We visited my grandparents while we were in Montana. We had a great time with them and Charlie enjoyed getting held by his great-grandparents.

Grandma Tookie still had some great vintage toys including a Mr. Potato Head and some cool bath toys!

Happy Halloween!

James wore his pumpkin shirt for Halloween and Charlie looked festive in his "Baby's First Halloween" pajamas. We had fun trick or treating last night with Grandma!