Tom's newest words

Tom has been talking non-stop! He learns new words every day. We are amazed with the things he says. "Excuse me", "Come on", "Where's Daddy go?" and "Bless you" when someone sneezes. My favorite is "I love you" which he alternates whispering and shouting! He can spell his name and recognizes the letters in his name, as well as a few others. He can even count to ten all by himself. Out of curiosity, Jake counted up about how many words Tom knows, the count was over 230, but he learns more each day. He's a smart little cookie!

Dancing with the Andrews'

We had a fun dinner with the Andrews family. Tom loved hanging out with his buddies and he really loved playing Just Dance. Just like his momma, Tom loves to get his groove on. Soon we will need to have a dance off between Bryan and Jake!

Christmas 2011

We had a wonderful Christmas this year!! Tom loves his strider bike!! We got to spend Christmas morning with both sides of the family. We had early morning here with the Chase side, then we all went down to Gram's to open more presents, then we had dinner here at our house, followed by
a super fun game of Pit!

Seesters!!

c. 1984

2011
Have we changed much?

Not at our most charming...only the Turner girls could all simultaneously
blink when having our picture taken.

Christmas Eve

We went to Gram's annual Christmas Eve party and got to see so many people we love! Tom had fun following around his cousins and second-cousins around the house to see the silly things they were doing. Jean, Sean, and Brian sang and danced "Sleigh Ride", then Vicki added the much needed back-up instrument, the SPOONS. Awesome! The Turner and Jensen boys were having fun with their mustache tattoos from Crazy Uncle Vicki. No one was safe!! Merry Christ-mustache!!

Matt's serious garlic breath from Charlie Brown's

Steven being hilarious

Just...hear...those...

Quite dapper with the much coveted reindeer ears

Lorelai with a 'stache

Mimi with a 'stache

Guiness time

Oh, Christmas Tree, Oh, Christmas Tree

Candy Cane Lane

We went to see the Santa Clarita Candy Cane Lane with the Jen and the twinsies. Tom loves to see Christmas lights, and he loves to see Charlie and Natalie so this was an especially fun night for him. The Wakefield community in Santa Clarita sets up their cul-de-sac with a crazy amount of lights and everyone in town goes to see them. Every night they are super crowded with cars driving and people walking through. They started doing Christmas lights after the Northridge earthquake in 1994 when all the neighbors started getting to know each other better and forming more of a community in their neighborhood. Many of the houses have live music, bonfires, and collections for charity to celebrate the season. We love seeing the lights every year.