Daddy and Ian decided to build a snowman a few days ago after the first storm. They had a lot of fun. Brandon tried to get Audra to come and help but she wanted to stay inside and then she came out after they finished, and yes, for those of you wondering that is Audra in the background wearing pajamas! The Snowman turned out pretty cute!
Audra is acutally smiling for the camera for once!
Ryan is making great use of the leftover ribbon!
Ian and Anya opening a present...
Ian flashing his adorable smile for the camera!
Okay, so we were getting ready for Disney On Ice and Audra wanted to dress up in her Tinkerbell costume for the show. Even though she has some natural curl in her hair, I thought I would put curlers in her hair. Most of the time it has the opposite affect and her hair goes straight, but not this time! Her hair was an afro, but luckily I was eventually able to rein in the curls for a really cute hairdo! Too bad I didn't take an after picture.
We took the kids to my work to go trick or treating and had lots of fun! Ian always hams it up for camera...
...Audra is always camera shy!
My nephew Xander came trick or treating too!
Here are the pumpkins we carved for Halloween. We kind of had a disney theme this year!
We all got together, so of course we had to play Rock Band! Here is Brett rockin' out of the guitar and Milt singing...
Ryan playing guitar,
Me playing guitar
Sarah playing the drums! We had tons of fun!
Audra loved her Princess Mickey Mouse ears we bought her
Audra had a lot of fun at the princess breakfast in Ariel's Grotto!
Our Tinkerbell and Peter Pan had a blast at Mickey's Trick or Treat Party!
Here's Audra and I waiting for Playhouse Disney Live to start...
We got to meet Minnie Mouse...
...and Mickey Mouse!
Here we are again at Mickey's Trick or Treat Party.
We also got to meet Jessie!
I love this picture of Ian with Mr. and Mrs. Incredible. He's flexing his muscles for the camera!
The kids love to play "horsie"... This is when they climb on poor Brandon's back and have him give them a ride all around the room. They just love it and it is so much fun to watch them have fun with their Daddy.
The day after Audra's birthday (last Saturday) she became very sick. At first I thought she just had too much sugar and excitement from the night before. She couldn't eat anything all day and she vomited a couple times an hour. Then the next day she was vomiting and spiked a fever. I took her to Instacare thinking maybe she had an ear infection. She was extremely dehydrated so they started her on IV fluids and then had an ambulance transport us to Primary Children's Hospital. They kept her on an IV until Wednesday morning and while they ran tests, and it turned out she had Rotavirus which they vaccinate for now, but she just missed the cut off for it because it is a fairly new vaccination (they vaccinate at 2, 4, and 6 months of age she was about 9 months old when they started the vaccination). It actually is very common and most kids it is just like the stomach flu, but some severe cases can cause severe dehydration. It is extremely contagious and they had to keep her on "contact" which limited who came into the room (and she couldn't leave her room) and any personnel who came in the room had to wear masks, gloves, and surgical gowns. We couldn't leave the hospital until she would eat and drink without it coming back up. Finally Wednesday she started to eat and drink, but before we left the hospital they played Bingo. They handed out bingo cards to a bunch of the rooms and had us tune in to a channel to watch as "Barbie" (someone dressed as Barbie) read off the bingo cards. It was a lot of fun and afterwards they came to each room and gave the kids a toy. Audra got Ballerina Barbie (her first Barbie ever) and she is so excited to have a Barbie like her Mom.
For Audra's birthday it was all Tinkerbell (she loves Tinkerbell the best). The tiara she is wearing her "bampa" bought for her when she was 2 months old and now she has enough hair to actually wear it.
Here she is in the middle of blowing out the candles on her Tinkerbell cake.
Here are some of the toys she got from her Nana Stevens, dress up accessories! We see a flash forward of what is to come...
Here are some of the dress up clothes Audra got from her Nana and Bampa for her birthday, and some of her dress up accessories from her Nana Stevens.
Here is Audra and her Prince!
"Cheese!" Ian loves to say cheese for the camera. We had a Mickey Mouse themed birthday party. Ian and Gavin had Mickey Mouse ears and Audra and Anya had Minnie Mouse ears.
Ian is ready to open presents!
Ian got a remote control car from us...
a fun soccer/hockey set from Nana Stevens
...and the Little Einstein's Pat Pat Rocket from Nana and Bampa! He also got a fun Little Einsteins's music player from Auntie Rochelle, Uncle Milt, Anya and Gavin, and he got really fun Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi figurines from Uncle Nicholas and Auntie Sarah (he loves Mario). Thanks to everyone for the wonderful time we had, Ian absolutely loves all of his new toys!
This is his Mickey cake!
Ian was so excited to blow out his candles he blew them out before we finished singing, luckily one of them stayed lit until the end of the song.
Here's Audra in her Minnie Mouse ears, we can't wait to take them to Disneyland this October! 
