We got my dad a soda maker for Christmas in September. Harper was so good keeping the secret. She didn't even mention it to him for three months. Then, while Harper and Dad were watching TV, a commercial for the soda maker came on.

Harp said, "Don't look at the TV, Daddy. You'll see your Christmas present."

That kid does the funniest things.

Christmas 2011

Some of Harp's China sisters came to visit. It's so cool to see how they've grown. They all get along like they see each other every day.

We had a great Christmas. On Christmas Eve, we went to service at our church and had dinner with some of the people from church afterward. On Christmas day, we had a lot of fun seeing what Santa brought us, going to a bell service at Harp's preschool church, opening family presents, and eating alfredo steak tacos for dinner. Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Psalm 95:1-6 - O Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms. For the LORD is a great God, And a great King above all gods, In whose hand are the depths of the earth; The peaks of the mountains are His also. The sea is His, for it was He who made it; And His hands formed the dry land. Come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.

The Pumpkin Patch

Harper was all set for a fun day at the pumpkin patch.

They had all sorts of activities like pumpkin golf,

beanbag toss,

and pumpkin bowling.

They even had a little maze that Harper and I went through while Sydney and Dad were in the big maze.

Here's us outside of the little maze. (Harper was so excited all day because we matched.)

They had a ton of pumpkins, and they were all super cheap. It must have been a good year for pumpkins.

Dad helped Harp carve her pumpkin. She gave him very detailed instructions on how she wanted it done. Let's just say that her proposed pumpkin would have had more teeth than your average shark.

They all turned out all right. If you can't tell, Sydney's pumpkin is in the process of eating Cupcake's little bitty pumpkin. It was pretty funny.

Harp's New Look and Back to School

Harper's First Day of four year old preschool- 2011

Harper started four year old preschool this September. So far she's loving it.

Harper had long, beautiful hair just like Rapunzel.

And just like Rapunzel, she had it all chopped off.

And now, she had short, even more beautiful hair that trumps Rapunzel's any day. Doesn't she look so old?

Fall

We went on a nature hike today at Quail Hollow. It was very nice, and the weather was great. 80 degrees in October! We're loving it!

There was a little stream with tadpoles in it.

Isn't the forest beautiful?

Harp and Sydney were all about climbing the trees while mom and I set up lunch.

Harp came to show me this bark. I don't know why, but she thought it was the coolest thing ever. Keep looking down. I'll put stuff about back to school and Harp's new look.