Random pictures from December

Christie came over and hung out with us one night while Rich and Chris were at a boy scout training meeting. Skyler got all cozied up with her watching TV on the couch...

...apparently he got a little too cozy and he fell asleep on her

Earlier that night, while Christie and I were making almond roca, Dylan got into the cereal cupboard and made a huge mess with his Kix.

And look at how proud he was of his mess

Skyler helped make the mess even bigger

So he also had to help clean it up

Skyler found my high heels one day and decided to try them on

He walked all over the house in them

And he did not want to take them off

Dylan was sleeping like this, with his hand up over his face, and I thought it was really cute

And after I took his picture he put both hands over his face. I guess he didn't want his picture taken.

Skyler looked like a little angel sleeping on the couch one day. I like to capture these moments on camera every now and then. He's looking so much older lately.

Dylan was being a naughty little boy at dinner one night and decided to try and get out of his high chair. Look at how proud he is! I love his big cheesy grin!

This little boy is 11 months old already. I love his big smile!

You gotta love his little mohawk! I didn't realize how long his hair is getting until I styled it like that. Looks like it will be time for his first real hair cut soon.

Dylan & Skyler were talking to daddy as he was working in his offoce

I know I've said it a million times but I really love sleeping baby pictures! Isn't he just so sweet!

FHE with the Martinsen's

Last week we went to Josh & Cheryl's for FHE. We had a fun lesson about Jesus and then we made gingerbread houses out of graham crackers. The kids definitely ate more candy than they put on the houses. But everyone had fun and got hyped up on sugar, what more could you ask for?

Hannah & Skyler working on their house together

Josh & Noah

Hannah and Noah putting the finishing touches on their masterpiece

Eli & Dylan playing the piano together

Eli, Hannah & Skyler

Eli & Dylan having fun together

Skyler and Hannah playing the piano while Noah dances to their music

Who knew the piano could be so entertaining?

Dylan, Skyler, Hannah & Eli

The finished houses

Dylan's 9 month pictures

So, I thought I was all caught up on my blog posts and then I realized that I never posted Dylan's 9 month pictures that we had taken at The Picture People. We got some cute ones of this happy little guy! Enjoy!

Playing Peek-a-boo with his blanket...this is his favorite game right now!

Peek-a-boo!

Showing off his crawling skils

Love this one!

The only picture that Skyler got in and they're both so serious faced. At least they're not crying, though, so that's an improvement.

Zoo Lights 2011

Last night we went to Zoo Lights with Tristan & Jodi and the boys. It was a lot of fun and not nearly as cold as I was expecting, thankfully. We took a lot of pictures, some of them are a bit blurry but you get the idea...

The Bernard's at Zoo Lights

Our little family

Rich, Skyler, Ethan and Tristan by the elephants

Rich and Skyler by the camels

Skyler loved watching the camels

I love this picture of the guys looking at the fish tank

I also love this picture of Skyler by the shark tank

checking out the sharks

This is the best picture we could get by the pretty rainbow

Skyler had fun at the new little playground area

Peek-a-boo

Daddy & Skyler got "stuck" in the spider web

Skyler was still pretending to be stuck

Skyler & Ethan had fun climbing all over the spider web

Skyler would climb to the top and then roll all the way down to the bottom

2 little boys in a nest

Towards the end of the night Skyler and Ethan had fun running along the trail, chasing each other

My favorite part of zoo lights is always this beautiful tree!

We have our picture taken by it every time. It'll be fun to look back, years from now, and see how our family picture, by this tree, changed over the years!

Tristan, Jodi & Ethan by the pretty tree

Dylan slept in the Ergo most of the night but woke up at the end and wanted to check everything out

I love this picture of Mt. Rainier with the Tacoma Narrows Bridge

Skyler took a little break from running

I have no idea what he's doing in this picture but it's funny! At least he was having a good time!

Skyler & Ethan hanging out on the bench together

This picture reminds me of the one taken Monday night, with Jodi and I on the couch with the little boys

Dylan was pretty hungry on the way home so Skyler was a good big brother and fed him his bottle