Kite flying adventures....

Since it's been a month since I last posted, I guess time to get to work. I still need to post about our fun Christmas vacation but that will have to wait for another day. Today we took advantage of the warmer temps and nice weather to go have some fun. We met some friends for lunch and then headed over to a nearby soccer field to fly their new kite. It took a few tries for the girls to get the kite up high enough to catch the wind coming over the trees that lined the field. However, once they did they had a hard time trying to keep the reel from spinning out of control.

Maren had a great time running around and filling her diaper (see pic).

Afterwards, we met Jim at a nearby disc golf course to play a round. We had to try out our new discs that came in the mail this week to add to our growing set. Disc golf has become the new family obsession especially after all the rounds played over our vacation. It's great because it's cheap, doesn't require much time to play, and we can take the whole family.

Temple lights and Breakfast with Santa...

I enjoyed a trip to the Washington DC temple with our church youth yesterday evening to see the lights and visit the temple visitor's center. It was a long (3.5 hour drive each way) but fun trip and the 16 youth we had go all seemed to have an enjoyable experience.

This morning after a short night's sleep I took the girls to the base for Breakfast with Santa. They enjoyed meeting Santa and Mrs. Claus, eating breakfast, and getting to do some crafts. Maybe we'll get around to putting up a few decorations today. I haven't wanted to get decorations out until we got the house back together which I can officially say is done now with the completion of the office this week!

Whitney decided to dress all fancy this week with her fluffy scarf. This is her on her way to preschool one afternoon:

Lastly, here is a picture of what happens when Mom goes to book club:

It's a....

BABY!
Okay so that is obvious but I'll give you a chance to try and figure it out first. We'll see if you can make anything out of the grainy snowstorm! I'll give you a hint the head is cut-off from the image but you can make out the arms, heart, and legs.

If you guessed that we are having the first Dahle male heir you are correct! If not, well we won't hold it against you. We are all ecstatic about adding a little boy to our home. Maren is celebrating the upcoming arrival of the 2nd anniversary of her "birthday" by frequently being found running around in her birthday suit. The problem is she has also recently figured out how to get her diaper off in addition to all articles of clothing. No, big accidents yet. But I'm sure she's just waiting until the new carpet is installed!

First snow!

We don't get a lot of snow where we live so it's a big deal when it actually snows. When I walked out of the gym this morning at 6:30 it had just started to snow so I went home and got Whitney up because I was afraid it wouldn't last very long and she would be very disappointed to have missed it. Luckily for the girls it snowed for another almost two hours! Although it did all melt when it hit the ground much to Whitney's dismay. She was really hoping to be able to make a snowman. Nonetheless, they had a blast dancing around outside in the falling snow in their PJ's, hats, and mittens. Afterwards, they came in to warm up with some hot chocolate. It made for a fun adventure this morning though I may have some tired girls later!

Girly girls...

Whitney has been bugging me for the past few days to paint her toenails so we finally get around to doing it tonight. As she is sitting there getting her nails painted, Maren decides she wants in on the action and sits down right next to Whitney so she can be next. We're in for trouble now with two little girly girls here in our house (though they still like to wrestle with Daddy!)

Fall fun...

First of all I have to say that it is a lovely evening here at home. Jim is at work until midnight and the girls were in bed asleep by 7 tonight. An hour earlier than usual but they had a busy day and were getting to be mighty cranky. The peace and quiet is heavenly!

I love this season of the year as the leaves change color and a chill enters the air, there is something about autumn that just speaks to my soul. I don't know what it is but this has always been my favorite season of the year. Maybe it has something to do with the beautiful colors, the comfort foods we eat at this time of year, or the first chance to get cozy with our sweaters and hot cocoa. I feel as though I haven't really had a chance to enjoy this year with all that we've had going on. Maybe the girls and I will have to go for a little hike this week to see more of the beauty than what we see from the windows of the car. Speaking of the car, we seem to spend a lot more time in it now making the 20-30 minute roundtrip twice a day taking Whitney to and from school.

Here's a short rundown of some of our recent fall activities (besides the continuing remodeling which hopefully will be complete the 26th when the carpet is installed). Whitney finished up soccer just before Halloween. She quickly picked up on how to play the game with this being her first season and loved every minute of it. I think her most favorite things were scoring 2 goals, playing goalie, and getting a trophy at the end of the season. One night we sent Whitney to get dressed for her game and when it is almost time to leave we find her dressed only in undies and shinguards and Maren has her soccer jersey on so between the two of them they were close to being ready! Soccer season was quickly followed by the Halloween festivities. My YW at church were in charge of putting on the trunk or treat activity the Wednesday prior and then we joined some friends to trick or treat and go to a party on Halloween night. The girls also enjoyed cleaning and carving the jack-o-lantern. Whitney designed the face this year and carved it with a bit of help.

And lastly proof that they do get along every once in awhile!

Toddler antics...

It's amazing how Maren can so quickly go from this...

to this...

The joys of having a toddler!