Santa Parade

Last Saturday, we bundled up the family and headed to the Santa parade downtown Grand Rapids. The kids absolutely loved it - Such a fun memory with their cousin, Maren.

All the kids lined up on the curb -

we found Jack and Ellie sitting near by

and had fun with a quick cousins reunion!

Thank goodness for hot chocolate!

I'm pretty sure that's how Kate and I survived the cold☺

Cute father/son time!

Crazy Cactus!

We took a family vacation to Arizona last week with our dear friends, the Riedbergers, and had an absolute blast. Paige and Will were obsessed with the cactus and made sure to point out everyone we passed along the way☺ The kids had so much fun playing at the pool and the adults had so much fun soaking up the sun and being together. So very thankful for the gift of wonderful friends and the ability to spend five great days of quality time together.

Our little fishies

Paige and Addie - best buddies since birth!

Paige developed some new dance skills this past week - they are pretty hilarious. Here are a few captured moments of our little dancing queen (and her silly brother).

Ben clearly enjoying himself - Life is good!

Spending a sweet morning with Lolo

Our only family picture -
and of course, we didn't even get one group shot of all of us!

One "Crazy Cactus" and two crazy kiddos☺

We're thinking....

We found out that a little girl will be joining our family in March!!

Trick or Treat

Three is the perfect age for Halloween - I just loved seeing the sparkle in Paige's eye as she figured out the concept of Trick or Treating. She had so much fun dressing up in her costume, celebrating at a few Halloween parties with her friends, and "teaching" Will about all of the things he needed to know about the festivities. Will loved following in Paige's footsteps from door to door. I loved watching his little candy bag drag behind him as he walked down the street. Here are a few pictures from our days of celebrating:

We stayed home one night to hand out candy to the trick-or-treaters in our neighborhood. Paige insisted on wearing old costumes and her and Will took over "door duty". They had a blast!

Paige and Natalie at the Kent's amazing Halloween party.

These two bugs are good buddies!

Parker and Will

Cash, Paige and Ava

Trick or Treat at Grams and Grandpa's house!

Our trick or treat group heading out - it was the cutest group of kiddos!