The McBrides

The McBrides

Thursday, November 27, 2014

Thanksgiving

We had a delicious Thanksgiving dinner at Jody's house again this year.   It was such a treat to have my sister, Sara, home from BYU for a few days.


Afterwards, we decorated our gingerbread houses.  

Eliza probably ate more than she put on her house.


The finished product.







Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Cuteness

It's time for the cute kid update.  Here's some snippets from our day-to-day activities for the last little while.  

Notice the gate is closed.  This little guy is growing fast and started crawling.


Relief Society can be quite comical with a bunch of crawling babies with no sense of personal space.

Although he is a sweet and happy guy, he is not lacking in intense expressions of his opinion.

He also started pulling himself up to stand.  Walking will be here before we know it!

His sisters continue to love on him and Miriam is so proud that she's big enough to carry him around.  This tends to make Mom and Dad nervous every time she does, but it's nice to have a big helper too.
The beginning of footie season.

He is so lucky to have an older cousin, Braden, who loves to play with him and holds him every time we get together.


I can't get over their identical facial expressions (minus the Movember goatee).





Think she's got enough bling?






Eliza had her first dentist appointment.  She did so great.  She kept opening her mouth the whole time so that she was ready.




I can't get over the expressions Eliza makes when you try to take her picture.


Eliza has loved having her cousin Gemma back in Arkansas.  These two are partners in fun (notice them on the shelves).




Though she loves being a big girl, she occasionally wants to still be the baby.





These girls LOVE to color.  Thanks to Oma for the new crayons and book!
 

We all love story time at the end of the day.  Love this bunch!







Saturday, November 8, 2014

Tanyard Creek

We decided to get the kids into the outdoors with a hike of Tanyard Creek.  Not even 100 feet down the path we had our first scraped knee.  

One of my friends had just had her baby so we took her older two kids for the day, so she could get some rest.  Miriam and Eliza had so much fun with Katie and Jameson.




Dallin was such a champ in the carrier and didn't get fussy.





Friday, November 7, 2014

Toyland

We attended Bentonville's Annual Toyland at the square again this year.  A big hit was the bubble-blowing car.


 And pretty much every other toy display as well.  Miriam was in heaven.

 An adult sized Cozy Coupe--how awesome!!





I think Toyland was a success in inspiring my girls with what they want for Christmas.