Here we are all dressed up for Halloween. Rayna was a tiger, Alizah a zebra and I was a jaguar. Levi was the zoo keeper. We had a Healthy Halloween party with the Holistic Moms group which was a ton of fun! Yummy food and Beth's husband is a juggler! He even juggles swords and probably fire too, although this night, in a small space, he juggled glow in the dark balls.
 
We took the girls out on a sleigh ride at Lowes Creek. Rayna has been afraid of the dark- especially the trees at night are scary- and we had to prep a lot for this. She said a couple prayers for protection and was so easy going once we got there. At the end she said "the bells on the horses kept the big animals away." On the other hand, Alizah was SCARED!, but she nodded off 1/2 way tucked tight against me.
 
This is the 2 of them smiling nice for the camera this Christmas eve. Rayna had a December filled with music. She sang at 3 church services the Alleluia choir version of "Go tell it on the Mountain" and "Twinkle Twinkle Twink." She is a great singer and is a little thrown off my the off key singing of some of her fellow choir members.
 

This one was taken on one of our fun fall days, raking leaves and pushing the girls in the wheel burrow to pile the leaves in the compost bin. In this photo Rayna has one of her many favorite "very special" animals "Rayna Bunny" and next to her her pet worm she dug from the sandbox at my friend Rebecca's house. Rebecca kindly cut some airholes in a container so Rayna could bring him home. I think he is making some fabulous dirt for us in the garden right now, if he's not froze stiff in this subzero weather.