California Vacation - Part 4 First Real Haircut

Jonathan's sister Melissa is a wonderful hairdresser, so I wanted to take advantage of her expertise and so I asked her to cut Levi's hair. It was his first official boy haircut. I had trimmed it a few times, but nothing like a big boy haircut. All the curls came off. We kept him still with a banana and cartoons. He did really good! There was a bit of hair in the banana at the end, but other than that it was incident free.

 Haven hadn't had a trim in a LONG time, so Aunt Melissa trimmed up her hair and gave her a few long layers to help her curls curl up.

California Vacation - Part 3 Cousins

Joanne, Kaleb and Lily came and spent a week at Jonathan's parent's house and that allowed the cousins to get to know each other. Judy was able to visit after school a few days a week and Haven had a playmate close to her age. Kaleb and Levi are only a few months difference in age, so it was interesting to see how they interacted with each other.  It was a blessing to have all the cousins together.

California Vacation Part 2 - Bouncy House

Jonathan's sister Joanne brought a rockin' awesome bouncy house for the kids. Kaleb got it for his birthday. It was a hit all week long! It was a blessing that the weather was so beautiful the week Joanne was there. Playing outside kept the kids and adults from going crazy. It got their wiggles out before the afternoon naptime.

 Michael loved the bouncy house also. Haven did not play in the house very often when Michael was in there. She didn't like how she couldn't control where she bounced :o) He was a definite wild man and had a blast.

California Vacation Part 1 - Arrival

We arrived in California to some really nice weather!  We fly into Burbank because it is a smaller airport and much easier to manage. We ended up juggling a ton of carry-ons. I learned my lesson for next time. Tons of carry-ons plus two kids equals to much stuff!

Levi loved pulling the small carry-on.

Thanksgiving in Branson 2010

Thanks to mom and dad's generosity, we really enjoy our new tradition of staying in Branson with mom and dad over the Thanksgiving holiday. It feels like a mini-vacation! 

I couldn't get both kids to look at me at the same time. At least Jonathan cooperates.

 The place we stayed had an indoor pool, so this year we took the kids for a swim. Well, Jonathan and mom did. Dad and I watched from the sidelines. I didn't have a suit that fit my prego body and dad was just a wimp and didn't want to get cold :o) Haven still hates water on her head. Towards the end she got brave and went under water once and cried coming up because the water got in her ears, but she sure loved swimming above the water. She would say look mommy I swimming FAST!

 Levi on the other hand could care less how wet he gets. He loved swimming with daddy and grandma. I thought grandma would appreciate me not posting a picture of her swimming :o)

 Isn't this the cutest idea? My dad made the face and feathers! After a while he got tired of a plain pumpkin and carved the face.

Fall Fun

This fall has been beautiful! The kids enjoyed the warm afternoons, even though their sinuses did not. They were on two different medicines and still coughed. Oh well, they had fun.

Here is Haven posing by the tree.

 Levi does not make the normal car sounds. He sounds like a race car taking the corners to fast. Hope he grows out of that before 16 years of age!

 I didn't get a picture of her laying in the leaves, but she did do that too.

Sleeping Sweeties

Every night I love to go into Levi and Haven's room and just look at them while they sleep. It is such a precious moment. Here is a picture of Levi napping. He looked so sweet, and we were trying to wake him up with the flash :o)