Violet's one year pictures.

My Mom took these beautiful pictures of my baby girl and a couple of Ryker too. I think that Violet looks like snow white. I love them and she did an amazing job.

Autumn adventures

So picking up where I left off, Violet can crawl now! She is everywhere I was so happy for her when she got the hang of it. I caught her splashing in the toilet one day. So we keep the bathroom door shut now. She also grew 2 teeth on the bottom, she says hi and uh-oh all of the time. It never ceases to amaze me how much progress babies make in that first year. I am just loving every minute of her. Ryker started preschool and he can ride a bike without training wheels! I didn't even have to teach him he just decided one day he was going to do it and he didn't need any help. He has always been so independent. He is so funny and charismatic. He has lots of friends coming over all of the time to play. We are blessed to live on a street where there are lots of kids to play with around his age. Gary and I had our 1 year anniversary of being sealed as a family in the temple. It's amazing how much progress we have made. We are loving our new outlook on life. Halloween came and went very quickly. Ryker was a swamp monster and Violet was a bumblebee. Gary was a scientist and I was a skeleton woman. We always get so excited for Halloween. We have watched The NightMare Before Christmas countless times. I don't think Gary and I will ever stop dressing up with our kids it's so much fun!