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Pearson Christmas Sledding

This year we spent Christmas with Jace's Family. We went down Christmas Eve packed our sack lunches and headed out to go sledding and see the elk. Although there wasn't really much snow and so the sled was a sled with wheels. The kids really enjoyed it and it was a lot of fun for everyone.

Here we are ready to go.

Tate was really excited.

Tate and Grandma

Some of our Party

Apparently I didn't get any pictures of the elk. Not sure how that happened. When we were finished we went back to Grandma and Grandpa's house for Dinner. Afterwards we tried doing some bell chiming. This is something Angie does with her family. It was a lot of fun. We finished the night with opening gifts and visiting. It was a great way to get ready for Christmas the next day.

Tate's Drawings

One day Tate was being really quite and when went to check on him he had drawn this picture. It was one of the first time's I had seen an actual picture and not just scribble so I had to take a picture of it. Not sure what it is but was impressed with my little man.

Thanksgiving 2011

We spent Thanksgiving in Kaysville at my Grandma's house. I also went out and did the black Friday Shopping. We starte out at 9:30 on Thursday night and ended at 5:30 a.m. I know I am probably crazy but we did get some good deals. Although I don't know if will ever do the full night again.

We went to castle park for a little while and played. It was chilly but not as cold as some past Thanksgivings have been.

My Strong Little Boy. It is amazing how long they can hold on for.

Going down the slide.

This is the only picture I could get of Tate. He was running around with his Aunts, Uncles, and Cousins and I could barely get him to stp for this one.

We then ended the weekend by going to the Discovery Museum in SLC. They loved the helicopter.

Swimming Fun

In November my cousin Kyle got married in Bountiful, UT. My parents had a room at the hotel so the boys had some fun swimming. We fogot Grants swimdiaper and swimsuit but we couldn't keep him out of the water.

Uncle Joseph and Grant

What is it about throwing your kids in the air? I sure don't know but the kids sure love it.

Birthday Parties

In November we always have two Birthday's to celebrate on the Pearson side, Max and Ty. Ty's Birthday was at a bounce house and it was a lot of fun. Here are a few pictures from the event.

A few weeks later we went down for the super hero party for Max. Here are some pictures.

Ty turned 3 and Max turned 5. I can't believe how big all of them keep getting.

Halloween 2011

So I don't have very many pictures from halloween but here are the few we have. Tate wanted to be Lightning McQueen for Halloween. But then one night we were reading this book and he told me he would rather be a knight in shining armor. So I started making a knight costume after asking him for a week that he was sure he wanted to be a knight. Just as I was about done he said he wanted to be Lightning McQueen. So we added in a decal and he became the King lightning knight. Poor Grant was one of our hand-me-down costume, but he was sure cute.

Fall Harvest 2011

In October we went with Jace's Family to the Farm for the Fall Harvest Festival. The kids loved it. We started off at Grandma and Grandpa's house picking out Rocks for Rock Soup. This turned into playing in the leaves and the trees.

Here are all the Monkey's.

He sure doesn't look like this anymore. Love this little boy.

Here we are at the entry into the Farm. These boys are so cute and they sure do love each other. The Farm is a place in Logan and I don't remember what year it is but it plants and harvests everything with old farm equipment. It is quite interesting.

The Train Ride was a big hit. It was short but the kids loved it.

Then we fed the animals.

Enjoyed sometime on these old style swings.

The next event was the biggest hit of all. This big slide. The kids loved it and the big Kids (Jake, Jared, and Jace had a little too much fun with it.