The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

The title says it all...

magical

My Boys

Skiing at Sundance Nordic Center on Christmas Eve

Riverwoods

Beauty

Christmas Morning

Stocking!

Live Nativity with the Olsens

Ski free after three

Buddies

picture update

STEVIE JILL

I can hardly believe that Stevie will be 9 months on the 27th. She is such a sweetie. She is a talker, and loves to say bye bye bye bye while doing the hand motions. She is cruising on everything and getting lots of bumps and bruises. I have to keep my eye on this little cookie, because she is into everything she shouldn't be. I have already found her in the bathroom unrolling the toilet paper... Can't wait til she is one!

Are You a Bumble Bee?

Clarification: Brad was not a bumblebee for Halloween, he was Odlaw. We were the Waldo family. Oliver was Woof, Waldo's dog, I was Waldo, Stevie was Waldo Jr., and Brad was Waldo's evil cousin? Odlaw (Waldo backwards).
Oliver loves the Waldo books, and could look at them for hours. I love homemade costumes and thought Oli's Woof costume was adorable.
My sister, Jamie, was in town because her and my brother, Trevor, ran the Halloween half marathon. We started off the Halloween celebrations at my parents house on Saturday. The Kidos had a blast playing all of the Halloween games.
I have always loved Halloween, but in recent years, it has always been a let down, because my expectations are always so high. This year, Halloween exeeded my expectations. We went trick or treating with Oliver and his buddies. Oliver was the ring leader, of course, and was running from house to house asking for candy. It is so fun to re-live your life through your kids. How cool is trick or treating?

Fall Break

We cruised down to California for Fall Break. It was our first time camping at a beach campsite. The camping wasn't ideal, but we were at the beach, so we can't complain. Oliver was in dream land. He loves sleeping in a tent, and he loves the ocean. Can't wait to get him surfing! Stevie loved the sand. She is growing up so fast, sheesh!

Besties

Oliver, Stevie, and Ruthy love each other so much.

Chillin

We have been loving the warm weather. Fall is in the air and we want to enjoy it while it lasts. I can't believe that winter is right around the corner. Am I ready for it to be dark at 5? kids inside all day long? buddling up to go outside? scraping the windshields? etc. etc. etc. Let's just say, I definitely need to prepare myself. I love winter. It just needs to be 3 months shorter.

FISHING

Went fishing on Saturday. Oli was super stoked even though the only fish that was caught was a dead one that Jordy snatched in the eye socket...

California repeat