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Santa Photos

Well the weather outside was awful, so the Christmas tree I really wanted to put up has to wait until another weekend. We didn't want to slosh around in mud while choosing the perfect tree, so we settled for visiting Santa Claus!  Ashton was very excited to see him. He walked right up to him with a big smile and was ready to be placed on his lap. Ben and Hannah are great every year and will still get in the photo. What a great morning!

Thankful for Family

Thanksgiving was a great time to see the family! 

(And I love celebrating my birthday!)

Are all these for my birthday? 

I will take my favorite one. The Pineapple pudding cake!  Melts in your mouth. 

Franklin Girls

 

Ashton with Grandma and Grandpa

Ashton with Hannah and Ben

Ashton with his Aunt and Uncle

Where is Ashton in this photo?

MMMM.....another birthday cake! 

Tennis Boys

Ben played in his first Open tournament last weekend at the Nordstroms Tennis Center at the UW.  There were a lot of University of Washington Tennis players entered into this tournament.  He didn't win, but it was a great experience for him! (Ben is in the White shirt)

Ashton played some tennis too this past Monday.  He always loves to go to Daddy's work and hit some tennis balls. Here he is rallying with dad.

Halloween

 Our Halloween celebration starts with the pumpkin carving a couple weeks ago! Thankfully Ben and Hannah haven't complained that we do this. They seem like they still enjoy it. I think Hannah loves getting all the seeds to bake!

Photos a bit blurry, but you can see that he was happy wearing some gloves!

Ashton tried to do more this year, but he had issues with the gooey slimy feeling.

Ben was pretty proud of his!

The finished product!

On Halloween evening we went to the Price's home.  We all had a great time! Hannah and Abby went one direction. Ben and Griffen went another direction, and Ashton wound up crying because he wanted his brother and sister.  We got his mind off of it and started trick-or-treating at houses.  He seemed to like going up to the houses and getting the candy. He did great with saying "Trick-or-treat" and "Thank You", but in between walking to each house he kept wanting to go back to Jenny's.  It must have been a combination of Ben and Hannah not being with us, lack of a nap that afternoon, and having to go potty. This potty training thing sure does limit your time out and about!  Ashton did great and had a fun evening!

Ben is the in the Jason Mask

Thanks to our friend MeiLi Chen, he had a very warm hat and mittens!

Hannah and Abby Price

Loved dumping it out.  He kept asking why he is only able to eat one tonight. 

Hannah took a photo of her candy!  Teenagers and they are still excited about trick-or-treating because of the Candy! 

It was a great evening!