Tree Hunting 2010 part 2

So after what seemed like hours of trekking through feet, I'm not kidding, FEET of snow with 3, now crying kiddos (sweet guy was a champ and slept the ENTIRE time) I gave up! Lets just say after this experience I would have made a crappy pioneer. We brought the kids back and Gavin set off to find us a perfect, actually good enough tree. Me and Sweet Guy on our final decent from our crazy adventure!

We got back only to find that our cousins had not had any luck finding a tree, so Myself, along with 9 (yep 9) children climbed in to Gavin's truck and watched Charlie Brown Christmas for a solid 2 hours! Thank goodness we had the Mega Cab for this adventure!

Happy, fed, and warm!

Always a Smiley Guy!

Mr. K and his cousins were determined to ride this sled down this Crazy Steep hill, they made it almost to the top, and FLEW down the hill, they had so much fun, but neither was sure it was worth doing again!

Gav brought us back a beautiful tree! Look how happy we all are that he is back!

Tree Hunting 2010

Every year we go on a great adventure to find our Christmas tree up in the mountains, so this year we braved the snow packed up our four little kiddos (along with Gavin's dad and Brother's family) and set out for an adventure! These pictures are all from the beginning of the trip when kids were still smiling, the snow was still fun and pretty, and finding a tree didn't seem like an unreachable goal! Gav had to go under the tree!

Happy Sassy!

Minnie Ready to Go!

Mr. K looking ridiculously big!

...and my sweet guy waiting patiently. (perched in Minnie's seat)

How can you not love his face?

Happy Turkey Day!

We made sugar cookies after dinner! Mr. K loved his turkey the most, I think he spent a good 20 minutes on this masterpiece!

Little Rae loves to use the mixer! She thinks she is the cook!

Decorating with Annie!
(I love Rachael's face in the background, she was really excited about the cookies!)

Cute Baby K!

Sneaking some whipping cream!

We had a great Thanksgiving and I am so grateful that I live so close to most of our family and am able to spend holidays with them!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween 2010!

Love, The Gillings Family An Awesome Ninja!
A Beautiful Southern Belle!

A Sweet Butterfly!

Trick or Treat!

No costume is complete without a matching treat bag!!

(at least not at our house!)

Carvin' Punkin's

Getting Ready...Scooping the Guts! Going for the Hands!

Even Little Rae got in on the action!

Mildly grossed out!

Ta-Da!! Masterpieces!

Some of my favorites...

My favorite things... (well some of them) When daddy is on the computer, he is often visited by three cute kiddos, they all have their spots and often turn a quiet rest into a wrestling match!

Little Rae loves her new baby brother, and flashy necklaces! I love this girl (and her big blue eyes!)

Just checkin' her email!

Lovin' her baby...

Mr. K worked all afternoon to build the ferris wheel, he was so excited that he built it all by himself! I love how he sets a goal and works and works until he is done!

Visiting Grandma's

Meeting Great Grandma Turner
My kids are so lucky to have so many grandparents to love them.

We love going to see them often! The Boys with Great Grandma B!

Happy Faces!

Crazy Faces!! Even my sweet guy joined in!
We Love our Great Grandmas!