Family Pictures

I kind of decided at the last minute that I was going to do a Christmas card. It was Sunday, so I text Kristina and asked if she could do us a favor and take some family pictures for us. She kindly agreed and her and her friend Amy hoped in the car with us and we drove out to this museum that we had passed once before. (Maybe we ditched out on part of Church, don't judge us.) I thought the trains could be fun for some Flagstaff pictures, since you can hear the trains from just about anywhere in this town.

Here are the ones that actually turned out descent. It's always an adventure taking pictures with little ones!

 A big thanks to Kristina and Amy for using everything in their arsenal to capture Truman's attention and for being patient with me while I changed camera settings and poses. We owe our fun Christmas card to you ladies!!

Swim Lessons

Truman has taken 2 sessions of swim lessons. Rick and I get to swim with him in the parent/tot class. Truman absolutely loves being in the water, splashing, kicking, swimming after toys and observing everything that is going on in the Aquaplex.He has learned to move his arms and kick at the same time, put his face in the water and "blow bubbles" (kind of), and most recently he has gone all the way under water. Truman is so fun to watch and we are so proud of him!

Teeth

I was trying to get a couple of good pictures of T's teeth and curls. Got one of his first couple teeth, curls in the back of his hair, not so much. But I did get some other fun ones in the process.

Fake Thanksgiving

We have developed the tradition of having a "Fake Thanksgiving" with my Mom's side of the family every year before regular Thanksgiving. We usually do Mexican food, so it is also called "Mexican Thanksgiving"....Here are a few pictures from the shin dig at
Charles and Debbie's casa.

Truman and Taylor

We ate, visited and then the boys watched some football and the ladies did a craft. We made Christmas advent calendars out of mini muffin pans. Sweet idea Hollister!

Good Times

Here are a couple of Truman's most favorite things to do. He loves to run around Grandma and Grandpa Cross's house in his walker. He gets going pretty fast on the tile and he does continuous laps around the island. He loves the puppies and always is looking for them or chasing them.

Recently, he has played with Coco! Coco will bring Truman a toy and wait for him to pick it up and then she will play tug-o-war with him. It is so cute!!

Halloween

 We spent Truman's first Halloween down in the Valley. Friday evening we went to my parents' ward's trunk-or-treat...Truman had a bit of a melt down then fell asleep in his stroller. He didn't even make it into his costume that night. Haha!
Saturday night was the "main event". We went to Brannon and Amanda's for their annual Halloween bash.

Yay for costumes!

That's the cutest hot dog I've ever seen.

The costume didn't last too long, seeing as Truman wanted to crawl all over the place and as a hot dog, he couldn't move his legs.

Our lovely hosts.

My delicious parents.

 Amanda made party favors. They were decorated witches shoes filled with really good classic kinds of candy, like pop rocks!

 The amazing Halloween treat table!! Great job sister!

 Hello Kitty Cousin

Truman making Great Grandpa feed him like a baby goat...Great Grandpa also took advantage of the cotton candy machine that night and let Truman enjoy some too! That's what Grandpa's are for.

Thanks to everyone for a great Halloween!

Some Darn Cute Pictures

These were just some pictures we took after church on Sunday. We think Truman looks a lot like Liam in the third picture.