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One little, red-cheeked girl sleeping by my side (on tummy with cute bum in air, naturally)? Check.

Holiday shopping started? Check.

Birthday shopping completed? Check.

Christmas music gathered and ready to play in one week? Check.

Thanksgiving decorations up? Check.

Christmas decorations ready? (But, not up, of course. It's against the rules until after Thanksgiving.) Check.

Birthday theme ready? Check.

Party decorations purchased? Check.

New Thanksgiving and Christmas traditions to start? Check.

Ready to run my first 5k? Sort of Check.

In the holiday spirit? Check.

Christmas movies picked and ready to watch, starting Thanksgiving night? Check. (Favorites: The Holiday, Elf, The Family Stone, The Polar Express, A Christmas Story, The Santa Claus, How the Grinch Stole Christmas. So, so many. Yes, I'm a geek. And no, Scrooged is NOT on the list.)

Checking magazines/blogs for present/decorating ideas? *And can't wait to try them out on our house? Check.

Getting excited? Check.

Can you tell I love this time of year? It is magical.

What are your plans/traditions/favorites?

11 Months...

say it isn't so.

She is our favorite part of every day.

Happy (belated) Halloween!

We're a week late, but Happy Halloween from the Swenson home.

Gav and I did dress up, but prefer not to have our costumes on the internet... We'll just say that one of us was Hannah Montana and leave it at that.

L loved being a ladybug. She was so much fun!

We hope you had a fun Halloween too.

Welcome, November. We're happy you're here.

Happy Fall!

We love fall and we have been having so much fun...

We took a lovely drive up the canyon and saw the colors. The drive was beautiful and the company was hilarious.

London has decided that she likes pumpkins.

A lot.

She really enjoyed the witches too.

She loves her fish at Nana's house. Thank you Mercedie!

(Although she hated her stye. We are so glad her eye is better now...)

Pumpkins, pumpkins and more pumpkins. We can't get enough!

We hope your fall is just as delightful!

End of Summer

We spent the last weekend in St. George. It was fantastic. We saw Aida, spent time with the Webster's, went swimming, shopping, golfing...all the good things. It was the perfect end to summer.

We ate at Entrada and enjoyed the fantastic view. Hi Tricy!

London likes the sunroof...

and LOVES the pool. Tricy was a good sport to pull her around!

The view from the Webster's backyard. Amazing.

London loves to drive!

We had so much fun! It was a great trip {quick but fantastic.}

Thanks mom and dad & Lorrie and Wade!

*And this makes the cold weather coming in tomorrow a little easier to take!*

We're really excited for fall at our house. We love sweaters and comfy pants.

But, we're really going to miss summer, too.

Loving this so, so much...

Loving and missing and praying for his safety, success and happiness.

Cousin Fun

We love it!

Bear Lake=Heaven.

Great company, good food, raspberry shakes, perfect water.

And Lolo loved it.

It is the perfect vacation and we can't wait for next year!

8 Months

8 months old.

The love of our lives.

Time is going too fast.  We are loving every minute.