Boyd's Bears

So we finally made our trip out to Boyd's Bears Country in Gettysburg to take family Christmas picture. I love going to that store at Christmas time. It looks and feels so warm and cozy. Navie loves to run around and look at all the cute bears that they have (which make getting pictures sort of hard). This year we weren't able to get a lot of pictures because Navie was so distracted but we will make due with what we did get.

I love it when they have the lard fireplace lit. It is just so beautiful and really gets me in the Christmas spirit.

It's always neat to see the HUGE Christmas tree. The theme this year was "Santa's Workshop".

I love this picture but Navie wasn't smiling. It was kind of hard to get her to smile since there wasn't anyone behind the camera to smile at : )

So this is the one that will go in our Christmas card. We finally got Navie to smile.

Navie had to walk around and collect as many bears as she could.

This picture would have been really cute but of course Navie didn't want to smile. She was pretty good considering she was surrounded by toys. At least she stayed right with us and didn't run away.

It was nice to have a quick picture of just Cris and I. And if you see behind us, Navie is staying nice a close but still keeping herself entertained. I love that little girl!

So over all I would say that it was a successful trip. We didn't get as many pictures as last year but at least we got one for the Christmas card. I know Navie always enjoys going to the "bear store". Navie and I will be making another trip out there in a week or two for the annual Chick grandkids' trip. Its a nice way to start off the Christmas season : )

I Spy Something BLUE

I spy with my little eye something.......... BLUE!!!! This year for Trunk-or-Treat, we did the BlueMan Group : ). We asked Cris' little brother Corey and our friend Joe to fill in as the other Blue men. Audrey (Joe's wife) and I were the BlueMan Groupies. I have a whole bunch of pictures so brace yourselves. We also went to a BlueMan Group concert last weekend to get ourselves all pumped up. Those pictures will be later.

We had our old TV in the trunk playing a portions of a BlueMan Group concert so people who may not know who the Blue Men are could get an idea of what they do. We also put our souvenirs, program (kissed by one of the Blue Men), and pictures from the concert we went to.

We made a really working drumbone (one of the PVC pipe instruments that the BlueMan Group uses) and the guys played a short version of one of the BlueMan Group's songs. Everyone liked it so much, that they asked them to play it inside with everyone watching. The video of that is below...

Ok, so now starts the pictures from the BlueMan Group concert. We went with Cris' brother Corey and our two good friends Joe and Audrey Anderson. We had 'poncho' seats (front row, center). Again, there are a lot of pictures so I'm just going to post them and you can get the idea. The concert was a AWESOME!!!!!

Yes, one of the Blue Men came down and stood right next to us during the concert. Here he is looking straight at Cris.

I LOVE FALL!!!

Today was the perfect Fall day!!! It was also Stake Conference weekend so we were able to be out and enjoy the weather. After Conference the whole Chick family always picnics together. Its a nice way to spend the afternoon with family and the cousins get to run around and play. Navie loves to play with Heather and Will. It means a lot to me for Navie to grow up with her cousins because I grew up pretty close to mine. I just wish we lived closer to Steve and Holly so Navie and Caprie could grow up together too.

Again, it was a beautiful day, a little windy, but still beautiful.


The last time we had a picture of all the Chicks together was at our wedding. That was 4 years ago! I think this picture is way over due : )


This evening, Navie and I decided to go outside and collect Fall leaves. She was so cute walking around, picking them up and putting them in her bucket. It was a really nice bonding moment for Navie and I. Here are just a few pictures of Navie from tonight.

And here is a short video from this evening too. I haven't posted a video in a while so this is over due too : )