merry christmas...

the polar express...

we went on the polar express train ride a couple of weekends ago and we had a blast- it really was a magical experience and i think everyone should take the time to do it. we boarded the train with our golden tickets and the conductor- who looked just like and sounded just like the one from the movie- came by and punched a b in the children's tickets. they played music from the movie and dancing chefs served us hot chocolate & cookies. we went to the north pole -about 30 minutes down the track. there were tons of christmas lights and you could see santa waving from the porch of his house- there were elves doing flips and cartwheels- it was really neat. we were sitting in the car behind the engine so santa and his elves boarded our car first. he announced that the bells were the first gifts of christmas and knelt beside every child and gave them a bell and posed for a picture...he told them to always believe! it was awesome!!!

christmas cookies...

these are a few pictures of jake's christmas cookie experiences this year- they were a sight to see for sure!!! he and mimi made sugar cookies at our house- he cut the cookies out with the cookie cutters and sprinkled (poured) sugar all over them. afterwards- we went to nana's and he and brooke lynn decorated gingerbread cookies. i guess we had gotten all the work we could get out of him by that time- he was not into the whole decorating the cookies- but more into eating all the candies!!!

dreamlife pics...

these pictures were taken by my friend, kim danley- i was super pleased with them- my little man looks all grown up...

fall pics...

i've been crazy busy these last couple of months- which explains why i haven't posted much. these are a couple of pics from thanksgiving at my mom's & our fall hayride at church. my little man has decided that he likes to climb trees & this one at my mom's is one of his favorite.