Brielle's dance group performed at 5 or 6 different places over the holidays...everywhere from The Festival of Tree's to Elderly Care Center's. 
(above: back row, middle -- in between the tree (left) and candy cane. below: far right of the trio)
(above: front row, second from the end on the right -- flopping reindeer ears. below: center, front)
She also had a performance at school. She was an angel, of course (her little face is right above the bald man's head in the center). All of the pictures I took were horrible, but I wanted to include this pic. because it is crazy that she's almost a head taller than the girl next to her (right) and nearly 2 heads taller than the girl to the left...yet she is the youngest one in her class! Needless to say she is the tallest in her class.
(above: back row, middle -- in between the tree (left) and candy cane. below: far right of the trio)
(above: front row, second from the end on the right -- flopping reindeer ears. below: center, front)
She also had a performance at school. She was an angel, of course (her little face is right above the bald man's head in the center). All of the pictures I took were horrible, but I wanted to include this pic. because it is crazy that she's almost a head taller than the girl next to her (right) and nearly 2 heads taller than the girl to the left...yet she is the youngest one in her class! Needless to say she is the tallest in her class.
We had our friends the Lundquist's in town the week of Thanksgiving. We loved having them and can't wait until they come back next year to see us again! 
Did I mention that 
Every year, I come up with these costume idea's for him and he actually wears them...and plays the part! He's wearing a plastic table cloth and bird feathers!!! I don't think I realized I was getting 'this' when we got married, but I feel so lucky I did because my kid's love it! 
These are the cutest ''scary'' faces! 
After a little 'Trick or treating" in our neighborhood and at Nana's & 
Is there any question why they are friends...
These are 
Dean is not a gentle kid...but you would think he is the nicest, sweetest kid ever if you saw him with Gracie! He tells me all the time "Mommy, I 'wove' 
Riding the carousel at the Zermatt Resort in Midway. 
Fall Lacrosse--Deano LOVES BYU Lacrosse games!
Pumpkin Picking!
Decorating cookies with the Asay's...Deano was more interested in eating the frosting off the top of his cookie then anything else.
Dean has decided that he want's to sleep in 'sissy's bed' EVERYNIGHT! One night, I came down to move him into his crib at about midnight and this is what I found. They are so sweet together...sometimes they 'bug' each other but most of the time they adore one another! 
We are so excited for Fall! We've got our 
Three times in the last week Dean has brought me one of 
The first thing he did was run around the house as fast as he could yelling "Buzz, Buzz!" Then, he wanted to watch Toy Story (of course) with his Buzz gun. He was so sad (6 hours later) when he had to take it off and get in the bath, he even tried to get me to put it back on before he went to bed...maybe I'm going to regret this! Oh well, don't worry you will NEVER see him out in public dressed as Buzz...that is where I draw the line!
