Picture with Santa

For our family night last night, we went to see Santa. You may think that it's too early to have this experience but with four kids and one being a baby, we didn't want to stand in line and wait. So, we didn't! We went straight up there and there was only one person in front of us. It's a family tradition to hit Bass Pro shop and do all the fun activities after we take the photo.

The picture was funny because Dakota didn't know what to think so we couldn't get a smile from her but at least there were no tears. Gotta love meeting Santa Claus. :)

Halloween and the Zoo

We went to the Southwest Airlines Halloween Party with the younger two kids. Dakota was Snow White and Drake was Thor again. :)

 Cotton candy eaten like it was an ice cream cone

 This big kid had a total blast. He loved having all the attention! :)

 Dakota was so tired by this point that she could only take a picture with her bottle in hand

 Halloween in our new neighborhood!

 David and Dakota

 Me and the boys

 Took a trip to the zoo yesterday. David had a sinus infection and so I left the baby with him and we took off!

 Dilan feeding the giraffe and Drew getting to pet him

 We saw the feeding time with the Lions. This was a great trick they would do for food!

 Penguins!

 I love how you can see the penguins swim

 Pony rides! Dilan was smitten with this pony. She smiled the entire time.

 The kids wanted to take this picture - so cute!

 We rode the carousel three times!!!

 Drake didn't like the carousel at first as he made me sit on one of those benches with him and go around and around. Then, he rode a lion that was stationary on his second try, and finally I got him to ride a monkey that went up and down on his third ride. He kept laughing and saying, "I'm riding a monkey!" Love this kid!