November

Zack came for Thanksgiving. Benson loved hanging around his guns (and Keenan's too). Here he is reading books in the corner by the guns.

In October, Beusie sent us a fortuitous email informing us that they had been planning to remodel the main bathroom and get new toilets upstairs before they left and that they would pay for us to do it. I started looking at toilets and flooring that night! The toilets were terrible! They didn't flush half the time and the master one never flushed completely. Disgusting. So David tore out the flooring, vanity and toilet. And Ryan Hahn helped him install the new stuff. The new toilets are easily the best part! :)

new vanity and flooring

curbside appeal like we've never experienced before!

sometimes Benson takes pictures of Annika. It makes my heart happy :)

David went out with the missionaries right at dinner time. I was feeling a little put out. But, my tune changed while I was doing dishes. Esther worked on that half ear of corn the whole time I was doing dishes. And the kids played well downstairs. I felt blessed at home while David was serving with the missionaries. 

bath hair is the best :)

cutest toddler in the world!

Daddy gives the kids rides every time he mows the lawn #meltsmyheart

Benson has been asking me to take his picture lately

the kids all love swinging. It's fun to have them all contained and happy at the same time :)

the best jungle gym

french braid practice. My goal is to master french braiding before she is in middle school sports :)

Lions Park. We have had some really nice days. It's been a crazy and lovely November!

Pam's Playground! We don't go very often now that we live out of town. But that playground holds sweet memories and sentiments for me. I love bringing the kids there!

Pam's Playground!

Twice in one day, Esther climbed up on the table and stuck her fingers in green water color paints and ran them through her hair. She is fast! and mischievous.

Three babes in a row. It's been fun to watch Esther playing as an equal with her siblings more and more. She is an adventurous girl!

my favorite wall decor in our house. Grandpa Stock cut out the J and Y for me. Zack took our family pictures.

Annika named Zack the "book servant" last spring. He is supposed to get books and read books. She is hilarious. I love her ideas. 

We all love it when Esther snuggles. But, Papi enjoys it more than anyone else, I think. She will snuggle like this with him for 15 minutes if he gets her up from bed.

We went to Blake and Julie's for a Stock family post thanksgiving dinner. It was great! The highlight was watching grandma Stock push the kids around in the Stock boys wheel chair (they have it for playing with). The girls loved it and Grandma was making hilarious commentary as she wheeled them around.

Selfie session

My girls! Zack took these pictures after he did a photo shoot of Janelle Nygard's family.

decorating the Christmas tree! The kids were so excited. Benson kept saying, "look at this! look at this!" We were quite disappointed in this tree so we went to cut one down in the Wenatchee forest the next weekend.