getting his shave on...

tough girl

pretty intimidating, eh?

wild & crazy cookie decorating!

yep, it was that kind of party! check out all the winning designs!

visit with santa at bentleyville!

lots of lights! and the biggest tree in North America! sitting on the big man's lap, can you believe it???

post santa glow!
yay bentleyville!

it was a warm night to visit bentleyville and we had fun catching up with Nick & Lydia!

Polar Express Ride & Santa

posing in front of the train, brrrr! Q proud of his new bell!

pipes first santa encounter...meanwhile her bro ditched her, not quite ready to see santa yet.

she told him her scaredy cat bro needs some lightning mcqueen goods!

we had a really fun night!

my name is piper...

and i get into EVERYTHING!

happy friday from...

Q's homemade mr. potato head!

video to come...

but for now here's a pic of Q in action at his Christmas program put on by the best daycare in the world! the toddlers learned Christmas songs and sang them with such pride, it was so cute!

ice skating attempt...FAILED.

the hockey obsessed kid was thrilled to get his skates on, but completely froze up when we got into the arena. next up, small pond near the house...only because he's still telling us he wants to skate, despite freaking out both times we've taken him. ahhhh, serenity now. I think he might just need a private lesson with Parker!

when the cats away...

(hey, girls can like hockey too!)

happy baptism day to Pipes

happy throwback friday!

an oldie but goodie from early twenty-ten!

pals

Remembering Grandma Ruth Ryan

We'll miss you a lot, Grandma! Thanks for all the wonderful years and fantastic memories!

*BeLaTeD* Halloween recap

showing off...

pipes is way ahead of Q in the self bottle feeding department!

nudey shot

meeting of the minds...

Poppy & Q

let me outta here!

**Photo credit to Steve Raukar (Poppy) for the recent posts! Thanks for letting us rob your camera!**

dance time!

Q got to pose with a beautiful Steff, her date didn't seem to mind!

11-1-11

make a wish!

happy halloween!

rAuKiN' oUt!

Q sMiLeS

girly goalie

gather around for story time

obsessed doesn't even begin to describe Q's infatuation with chicka chicka right now! pipes is pretending to be interested, this is not the first time she's heard that one.

playtime

step 1: eat keys step 2: yell at keysstep 3:stuff the animal in

step 4: wait for bro to notice i am playing with his stuff.

step 5: take cover once he notices!

messy girl

this is what pipes looks like after dad feeds her.

playing in the woods