Oh Christmas Tree...

So, we decided to get our Christmas tree at a lot this year instead of chopping it down in the woods (the past two years we have done just that with Ben and Amanda).  I'm sure we'll continue that tradition in the future, but decided to make it easy this year.  :)

The upside to the lot is that the kids got to play "hide and seek" among the trees, which is a family tradition for the Jones boys (J, Ben, and Dan).

Here is Audrey hiding...

...and Aiden counting...

...and Bennett running...

...and Aiden hiding some more...

...and Bennett running...

Aiden liked watching the tree guy chop off the end of our tree using a chainsaw. 

Here's Aiden trying to lift our tree.

Before...

Aiden, putting the star on the top...

and AFTER...

And here's Audrey - she insisted on having a picture with her puppy and kitty. 

Merry Christmas Eve, friends!

Bennett's first overnighter

B went on his first overnight stay at Gigi's house in October - so fun!  

(Don't mind the creepy Halloween house across the street - ugh.)

Isn't he a sweetie?

Dancing

The dancing beauty returns...

She just loves dance class so very much!  

Doesn't her hair look darling this week?  

Waiting patiently for her turn.

And she's off!...

Carving Pumpkins and Trick-or-treating

Aiden decided to make a crazy, scary pumpkin this year and practically carved the entire thing himself after I drew it on.  He loved it and even scooped out some of the "guts" himself, too.

Audrey chose a Hello kitty design and helped me cut it when she was able - she loved the "guts" part!

Proudly displaying their pumpkins!

We trick-or-treated in our neighborhood again this year. Aside from the maniacs across the street with psycho-zombie-babies, blood wiped on their garage door, a smoke machine, a giant wolf-bat, a gurney with a "dead" person, creepy lighting, and scary music, the street is super kid-friendly.  

Audrey was Snow White and Aiden wanted to be Darth Vader minus the mask.  

Here's B waving "bye bye" to the kids as they left.

Loved this goofy pumpkin with a giant tooth!  Isn't he funny?

This girl (who I think was a pirate) was passing out candy and said "Happy Halloween" as we left - Aiden said as we were walking away, "Mom, didnt' she have the sweetest voice?"  How cute is that?

This was my favorite house!  They put up their Christmas lights and answered the door saying "Merry Christmas" dressed in a Santa suit!  Cute!

Wahoo!  Check out our candy!

Happy Halloween!

Bennett turned ONE! (in August)

We threw Bennett-boo an Orange 'Ball' party this August when he turned the big O-N-E and he had a blast!

Here are the big kids dancing away to B's birthday video slideshow.  

The orange balls on the trampoline were a big hit for months.  :)

Bennett liked the cake at first, but as he went he was less and less excited about it sticking to his chubby little fingers...

Mr. Bright Eyes...

Happy 1st Birthday Bennett-boo - we love you!