What We've Been Up To

We've been having lots of fun in California this week. Mainly hanging out at my Mom's apartment, visiting family, doing some Christmas shopping, making the Christmas tamales, crafting with Rachel, playing outside, and loving on sweet Violet! Here are some recent pictures from this week:

Cullen

Jackson

Being silly with Auntie Rachel

Going for a ride with Violet

Fearless... this ladder was over 6 feet tall.

Look at those thighs! Ahhh, they're so cute I could just die!

Jackson "riding on" McGraw. This was totally his idea by the way, we just looked over to see him sitting on the dog and bouncing.

It was 85 degrees over the weekend so of course we had to get in some pool time! The boys were so much braver this time, they walked straight across the pool and even tested out their balance by squatting down in the water.

Helping Nana make pancakes, they both love cooking!

Cousins in the bathtub! I just love this picture because I used to take baths with all my sisters and cousins when I was little too :-)

Jackson with his new backpack- my Mom and sisters can't resist giving the boys half of their Christmas presents early so they'll get to "see them enjoying their presents." Somehow Jackson and Cullen still have lots more presents under the tree too. They're so spoiled!

Such a pretty girl!

First Few Days in Cali

The boys and I flew to California on Thursday, it was a crazy 6 hours to say the least but in the Christmas spirit of not complaining, I won't say anything else about the flight. Thankfully we all made it in one piece and it feels worth it now that we're here with my family.

We've been adjusting to the time difference and mostly just hanging out at my Mom's house. But on Saturday my sisters and I got to go to my cousin Adam's wedding. And what a beautiful wedding it was! How special to witness two people so in love honoring God with a Christ-centered marriage ceremony! I was especially excited because I never get to go to family weddings anymore and I hadn't seen a lot of my aunts, uncles and cousins since my own wedding.

My sisters and I with our Dad

Adam dancing with his beautiful bride Lindsey. She was hands down the most stunningly beautiful bride I have ever seen in my entire life! Of course she was though, she's a real-life Disney princess. (no joke, she actually works at Disneyland as one of those princesses that your kids stand in line to meet).

My sisters and I with our new cousin Lindsey, she's such a sweetheart, I love seeing her when I'm in town!

My sisters and I with all of our Carstairs cousins

Another shot of the happy couple

My mom got the boys a wagon for Christmas (and obviously gave it to them a little early) so we've been going on lots of walks to the park and around the neighborhood. They just love it!

On Friday night we went to get the Christmas tree with the whole family

Me with my big boys - don't they look so much older with their new haircuts?

And the boys with their Auntie Rachel

Sweet Violet in the bathtub with her cousins

She's so adorable, I just can't stand it!