'twas the night before christmas

minnie got to open her christmas pj's from grandpa and grandma sabey to wear at nana and papa's house.

christmas dress

minnie looked so festive in her christmas dress from nana and papa!

temple square and grand america

the windows and toy store at grand america were mesmerizing. we liked that it was warm inside. temple square was cold, but festive. we liked the warm feelings we felt inside when we were there.

oh christmas tree, oh christmas tree!

this year we thought it would be more safe to have a felt tree that minnie could play with. she really seemed to like it.

thanks for the giving

thanksgiving was with the sabey side of the family this year. pete and katie were kind enough to have almost the while family sleep over for a few days. it was an adventure. we ate lots of good food. minnie loved the turkey and havarti mashed potatoes! we went to city creek for the first time. lastly, we just enjoyed being with family.

halloween in december

flying through the sky with her tongue hanging out to give her momentum

pumpkin walk 

our little pumpkin 

our little pumpkin trying to figure out what we have her dressed in.

halloween night at nana and papa's 

a halloween post in december?  why not?  if the stores can start putting christmas stuff out in october, i figure i can digress and post our halloween pictures in december.  minnie was lucky enough to have two costumes.  we were lucky enough that they were both free.  the pumpkin is a costume that was swede's and britta's.  katie was kind enough to add it to a bucket of hand-me-downs.  (nana decided she needed cute little pumkin p.j.'s to go under it.)  the butterfly was generously given to us by heidi and max.  heidi found it in a bin of baby clothes and let us take it.  i put minnie in the pumpkin costume 3 or 4 times in october.  i just couldn't get enough of dressing her in it.   i figured it was appropriate to put her in it for the pumpkin walk.  so i did.  i also put her in it one night when we took christian dinner up at school.  i also dressed her in it to take her on a run to visit nana at work.  the butterfly made it's appearance on halloween.  unfortunately, i couldn't get christian to dress up as a caterpillar.  wouldn't that have been great!?!? 

minnie's new favorite thing

she loves to wave.

sometimes she waves to say hello.

sometimes she waves to say goodbye. 

sometimes she waves when she is happy.

sometimes she waves when she is grumpy. 

sometimes she waves when she is getting in to things that 

she isn't supposed to be getting in to. 

whenever she does it, we always love it.

and, she knows it.