Our Traditions Continue

It was a weekend of firsts for Benton, but a weekend of traditions for the rest of us! We had a great Thanksgiving break being a family :) Benton celebrated his first Thanksgiving - he fully enjoyed the feast and Kynzley had a great time running around auntie Lynda's house with the boys.

On Saturday the weather was beautiful!!! Sunny and "warm"! We packed up and showed  Benton how serious we get about our Christmas trees. Because the weather was so perfect the tree farm was super busy, but we were still able to find our perfect tree! We also got in a sleigh ride, another first for Benton. Saturday evening we headed to the Rotary Lights! Francis and I have done this since we have been together, it was so much fun to add Kynzley to the tradition after she was born and now Benton gets to join - such an awesome feeling! The attraction gets larger and larger every year, it's so neat to see all the creative things they can do with Christmas lights. Kynzley had a ball! We couldn't figure out if Benton enjoyed the lights or the passing cars more :) After all the fresh air from the day, everyone slept great!

On Sunday we lounged around .... a lot! After Kynzley and daddy put the finishing touches to the outside Christmas lights, football was on the schedule for the rest of the day! Unfortunately, a rival has already started (yes! This early!) in our house between Kynzley and Francis - Packers vs Vikings. Kynzley has become an obsessed Packer fan in the last couple weeks and loves to rub it in daddy's face. I have a feeling there is going to be lots of yelling between these two in the future!!!

Thanksgiving 2014

The bond these two have is amazing! Kynzley and her Pampa :)

The perfect tree!

She's always a big help ;)

Oh Kynzley!

 

Movin' On

Well, I guess it's time to move on....from fall activities to winter ones. What?! I feel like we just started the fall activities. So long crisp leaves, hello snowflakes and FREEZING cold temps!

Since winter has decided to come early this year and seems to be sticking around we decided to make the most of it. Sunday morning we all bundled up and headed out to play in the snow! When Kynzley was a baby she LOVED the snow and sledding (nothing has changed), so I was excited to see how Benton would react. He enjoyed it just as much as his big sister :) Kynzley even dropped him in the snow face first and it didn't seem to phase him, even got a giggle! The only down fall of the snow - Kynzley has asked (possibly demanded) that we get our Christmas tree because fall is over it is now Christmas. Ha!

This was right after big sister dropped him in the snow :) 

Making snow angels 

Bonus Pics!

Elise, Kynzley and Aubrey ready to go trick or treating

One morning Kynzley told me she needed to privacy to get ready. When she came out of her room this is what she dressed herself in! And YUP, I let her go shopping with me looking like this. Big step for the mamma! 

If this guy could stand all day he would be in heaven! If he's like his daddy he'll be walking shortly.