All About Caden

Caden is officially Potty Trained! Hooray! He also learned to swim this last month! Two things he has been working on for a while. He is such a Big Boy now!

Substitution

Ellie lost her First tooth this last week at school somewhere sometime? I picked her up after school and we started walking home and she always runs ahead and waits at the corner. When we the rest of us got to the corner she started talking and i noticed and asked Ellie where her tooth was? She acted surprised and said she did not know it was out or when it fell out. We asked maybe it fell out at lunch but Ellie did not think that happened . Then we thought it must have it fell out on our walk home. So we retraced our steps looking everywhere for this little baby tooth. Much to Ellie's dismay we did not find it. Jocelyn and i were trying to tell her it was ok she could write a letter to the tooth fairy and explain what had happened. She did not like that idea. Then Jocelyn (being the nice sister that she is) told Ellie she could borrow one of her old teeth (that she had saved) and put it under her pillow for the fairy.

Ellie loved this idea. So her and Jocelyn cleaned off Jocie's old tooth and Ellie used it for her own. Look how happy she is NoW! Can't believe my little Ellie bug is getting so old and grown up! Holding the Tooth Substitution!
Also this month Ellie received the award for Student of the Month in her class for good academic achievement! Way to go Ellie! Nice work!
a not so photogenic teacher
acting a little shy in front of the whole school

But she has been wanting this award since Jocelyn got it in September.
Big Month for our Ellie!

the O.C. Beaches

Thanksgiving weekend Jeff had a few days off so we stayed over at Huntington, Beach then visited Newport and Laguna also. All beautiful and each unique.
Playing on the Beach. A little windy and chilly day

Go Utes! We watched the first half of the game at the restaurant then the kids wanted to go so we played on the beach and sent Jeff back to see them pull out the victory at the end!
Chilling by the Fire Pits at our hotel
A little marshmallow dipped in chocolate on a stick
It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas every where we go! (besides no snow- which is new for us)
riding the long board
Taking the ferry from Newport Beach to Balboa Island

the kids were excited to see Captain Hooks' pirate ship on the water.

Giving THANKS!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year. We got invited over to a friends home for the yummy feast. Thanks Greg and Heather for inviting our family over. They rented a bounce inflatable for the kids. It was great that they could play out side while the women cooked and the men watched football. They next day we went to Tangled 3D. Then we went to Orange county for the weekend did some more exploring of the area. (more pictures to come.) It was a wonderful long weekend.

We are so grateful for many things this year! Wonderful family, great husband and kids, good health, great friends old and new, the gospel, home to live in, and a job, just to name a few! Thanks to all of you for keeping in touch and for your influence in our lives.

our fake pumpkin pie (aka) sugar cookie
going to see Tangled at City Walk in Universal Studios. We Loved it!

Ellie at her schools Thanksgiving Feast

La Brea Tar Pits

Last weekend we visited the La Brea Tar Pits. What you say? The place where they go through tar to find remains of animals who may have got stuck in the tar and die because they could not get out. They have found lots of wolfs, sloths, saber tooth tigers, and mammoths to name a few. It was very fun and educational experience.example of what may have happened

In front of Pit 91- still in use today during the summer monthsJames enjoying his view from the stroller
the Giant Sloth




the Mammoth
Jocelyn in front of the " Fishbowl" where the paleontologists get to work on the remains or bones they have found in the tar and piece them together.

LAZOO

Last week there was no school on Veteran's Day so I took the kids and their friend Liviya to the LA Zoo. They had a great time and got pictures by their favorite animals. It was a nice sunny day. Some of the exhibits were under construction for the winter but we saw a lot (enough) and I definitely got a good work out pushing the stroller up and down the hills.the crocodile hiding under the tree


with the Zebras
Black with white stripes or white with black stripes? Jocelyn thinks it is definitely white with black stripes cause their bellies are white?
Jocelyn's favorite animal was the Giraffe
Caden's fav is the climbing Orangatang


Ellie's is the Tortoise
the whole crew. Oh so sunny! Not complaining loving the weather here. It is no San Diego Zoo but it was fun!