last day...

It was hard for Brandon to say good-bye to his teacher and classmates on his last day at Morello Park. (It was hard for me too!) He wanted to bring chocolate chip cookies to share with all of his friends. Here he is passing them out.

Two of his best buddies in class.

 We will always remember these boys. They were our neighbors and wonderful friends for over two years. 

Family Pictures :)

My friend Lara did our family pictures this year and we are so happy with them! 

A trip to see Santa!

My girl was NOT happy about sitting on Santa's lap! Brandon was never afraid as a little boy so this was a whole new experience for me. Luckily she's even cute when she is crying! :)

She never sits for more than 3 seconds! 

I love Brandon's face. It explains how he feels so well! He loves his sissy but she is such a handful sometimes! 

Moving and Thanksgiving

We have been busy busy over here packing up our house! Moving is no fun but we are excited for our next adventure!!

 

 One of us loves moving though...she can't get enough of all the mess and boxes! It's heaven for her!!

 

Thanksgiving was so wonderful this year. We had a great time with both our families! Brighton just loves cousin Kelsee!

Brandon and Donovan are inseparable. They are such great friends!!

This year Brandon helped Nana to make her famous Orange Rolls! They turned out AMAZING! Way to go Brandon!!

Brighty thought it would be nice to share her celery with Holly. She's so sweet! Ha!

 Cousin love! I am so thankful we will be living 20 mins from our cousins!

 Adventures at Grandpa's four acres. The boys just love it there!

Bran had such a blast on the quad at Grandpas that now he wants one for Christmas. Yikes!!

Now, on to Christmas!!

New Baby!

We can hardly believe it, but we are expecting another baby June of next year! Brighton and the baby will be 21 months apart! 

 We told Brandon about the big news by getting him this special ice cream cake. He read it and figured it out right away. Then he started to cry with happiness. I just love my sweet boy!

He was happy, I promise! He was just having a hard time smiling because a few days prior he fell off his bike and got some major scrapes. Poor guy. 

We are all so excited about the big changes happening in our family! We are blessed! 

We are moving!

We can hardly believe that we are moving in a couple weeks! It is happy and sad all at the same time. We have had many chances so grow and learn while up here in Northern California. We have met some life long, wonderful friends. We will miss them and this home, and the incredible memories we have made here. That being said, we are so excited to be going back home to So Cal! Living close by both of our families is going to be amazing! John has not lived in Southern California for TEN years!!! What a blessing it is that he got a new job opportunity and that we can make this move. We have prayed for it every night for 2 years and 2 months, exactly! 

Brandon's 10 Halloweens!

Brandon has been around for TEN Halloweens now! Crazy! I love seeing how he changes each year.