Family pictures

We went up to Mt. charleston and took family pictures this weekend. It was so cold up there! The kids did so good though, Noah got fussy towards the end but was happy for the majority of the time. What isn't family picture day withou something happening! We totally forgot my camera, so luckily were saved by Fadi ! Kelsey came with us to help take our pictures. Benjamin was using the sticks as bats while Emma found pine cones and stayed cozy in her coat. Overall they are great and I am so grateful for our family and I just love having pictures to see how much we change and grow. It was my moms birthday and she Loves family pictures so we made sure to try and get them done for her :) Happy birthday mom! 

Noah is 13 months

Ok, so this little guy is just the best! We spent a week in Idaho and he started signing; dog, fish, drink, night night. He was ready doing eat and airplane. Now he is doing please also! I love how fast he has caught on. Noah loves to play pat-a-cake, and signing and dancing are his favorite! It is the cutest thing, he will dance to any music anytime it comes on. He also will sing randomly and when we are singing he will join right on in. He is such a mischievous little one. Still just gets into things and when we stop him he just goes right on to the next thing. He  is such a good baby too, he will only start to get fussy if he needs something and now that he is signing it is amazing! He says, momma, daddy, bubba, night night, and more. Makes for a quiet little crazy, sweet baby! He is standing up by himself just a little bit, but as soon as he realizes he is doing it he stops. So no walking yet! I'm in no rush though because this is my baby and when he walks he will be a toddler and that is so sad to realize how fast the time goes. Noah got his first haircut this month. It wasn't very much, just those few pieces that were so much longer then the rest. He has the exact same hairline as Emma, where there is hardly any hair that will grow on the sides. His favorite toys are cars and rocking horse/cars that he can climb on. He totally makes the vroom vroom noise too. He is such the perfect mix between Emma and Benjamin. He has the little scowl that makes him look identical to Emma then he has that sweet little smile that is so benjamin. He is quiet just like emma, but then will babble and be so cheerful like his brother. All three of these kids are so sweet and we love them so much! 

Idaho!

Yay for a long school weekend! The kids and I went to Idaho for a little trip. Kylee came to Vegas then went up with us too. The kids were all so excited to see each other, as were the grandparents! My mom, Kylee, the kids and I went to the top of this mountain in Boise where it overlooks the whole city. It was absolutely gorgeous to see a sky view of the "city of trees". We got to see, Uncle Tuff and sandy and grandparents! All of the fall colors were so beautiful and so vivid. The kids had so much fun raking them up and jumping in the piles. They rode four wheelers out at papa buzz's house, made a fort and of course took a bath in the tub us older girls always played in! We put up lights at grandma and grandpa Jardines house and played in the leaves some more! The kids and I even got to visit our old dog Belle. She is so huge! Seriously so much fun though. The kids always act like the day we gave her to her new home was just yesterday. We all miss her, but she has amazing new parents and such a fun home! My parents have this little end table between their two chairs and a small trash can under it. Noah would pull the trash can out then crawl in it and sit there while he played with all of the fun things that he wasn't supposed to play with. We taught him to go down the stairs the first day because those are of course the best playground for little ones ;) The kids had so many movie nights with the girls and kylee was such a trooper all week playing with them. We just love being at grandma and grandpas. Who doesn't! On our way home we got to stay with Madi and kylee and so the kids got their Madi time in! She made the BYU cougar blue hot chocolate and had candy canes for them, popcorn and a movie!