It's so gorgeous!!! We couldn't wait to get out in it. So Jarom wrapped Kaleb up in a blanket and took him out for his first snow experience. 
Of course, me being the mother that I am, had to bring him back in and get him "properly dressed" for such a snow occasion.
I bought him some thermal underwear and was excited the moment had come for him to wear it for the first time. I thought he looked so cute in it. 
Here he is in the complete winter attire. Ready for the snow again.
Jarom's so good at getting him to smile for the camera.
The snow soon melted after the 2nd day and didn't snow again until I think a couple weeks before Christmas. It was so fun to have a white christmas. All those songs about "winter wonderland" and "let it snow", are finally starting to have meaning to me. I'm definately enjoying the 4 seasons. So that was our first snow and now... Remember the first picture with the bbq in the backround? Well, here's the bbq now.
Crazy huh? We've had so much snow fall, over 3 ft and counting... A guy from our ward said Spokane has had more snow than any other city in the country!! And it was mentioned on the radio that there has not been this much snow in Spokane that the snow fall in the month of December broke a record since 127 years ago!!! Super crazy! We figure it's good that we had a lot of snow our first winter, so that the following winters will seem like nothing.
This was our neighbors car that got stuck trying to get out to work that morning. We're so grateful that Jarom is able to work from home and not have to commute in the snow.
Crazy huh? We've had so much snow fall, over 3 ft and counting... A guy from our ward said Spokane has had more snow than any other city in the country!! And it was mentioned on the radio that there has not been this much snow in Spokane that the snow fall in the month of December broke a record since 127 years ago!!! Super crazy! We figure it's good that we had a lot of snow our first winter, so that the following winters will seem like nothing.
This was our neighbors car that got stuck trying to get out to work that morning. We're so grateful that Jarom is able to work from home and not have to commute in the snow. We hope you all are enjoying your winter and are staying warm.
Unfortunately it rained twice during the party, so our decorations ended up drooping. I had the church reserved as a back up plan, but it didn't rain till an hour before the party started, and was too last minute to make the switch. What can you do? Luckily everyone was patient with the rain and still stuck around for games. The kids played pin the football on the goal, throw the baseball through the hole, and later chased Jarom around as he made some big bubbles. 
I made a carrot cake for Kaleb sweetened with applesauce and raisons. I'm still trying to wait until later before I corrupt him with sugar.
Make a wish!
I couldn't get the slide show to work, so I'm sorry for another long post of pictures.
The small kiddos got to play on the blanket with a bunch of air filled sport balls. 
Party guests... 
The Monroes.
The Wests. 
Me and Stacia. 
Marina, Amanda, and baby Wyatt. 
The Riggs. 
The Fritter Family. 
Rebecca & Jonas
Thank you also for the gifts, Kaleb loved them all!
What's in here?
Here's our little family at the Los Angeles temple before Tirza's wedding. 
Congratulations to the newly weds Tirza & James. They were married October 25th at the Los Angeles Temple. It was a wonderful sealing! 
Tirza made such a beautiful bride.
You guys are a gorgeous couple!! We wish you the best as you start your new life together.
Here's Jarom and almost all his siblings. Eliza is serving her mission in Germany right now. 
It was so good to see Grandma & Grandpa Dickinson again. 
Kaleb loved seeing all his cousins. Here he is with little Adria and Summer.
One day Krystal and I took Kaleb and his cousin AJ to the park. They had a great time swinging on the swings. 
This is actually Kaleb's first time swinging solo. 
AJ is such a cutie. We tried getting some pictures of them together. We had a hard time getting them to sit still. 
Kaleb made sure he got to try out what sand tastes like. We barried his legs in the sand and he thought it was the funniest thing. My camera battery died so we didn't get any pics of it. 
We also want to congratulate our friends Bill and Marina for the birth of their little son Wyatt. Bill is Jarom's boss from his work, and he and his family are super cool and fun to hang out with! 
Wyatt is such a cute little boy, we were so happy to finally see him!! We miss game nights with you guys.
Anyways we later tried burning off all the calories we consumed by taking a walk on the beach, then snuggled together with a blanket while listening to the waves roll in. Definately one of my favorite dates. Thanks again to Mom Watts for watching Kaleb for us, you're the best! 
Kaleb and I went to visit my step sister Jenn one day by the Los Alamitos marina. We took a little walk after and looked at all the boats.
Unfortunately Kaleb wasn't very happy about having something big on his head so he didn't wear the ears very long. This is the best picture I could get of him with the whole outfit.
My mom made this costume for Kaleb. She did an awesome job, it turned out super cute!! Thank you again mom, we love you!!
Here I am at a girls night out with the sisters from the bellflower ward. These women are all so amazing and fun to hang out with!! I'm glad we had a chance to get together again. Thank you Shauna and Hillary for arranging it.