Have yourself...

....a merry little Christmas.  From our family to yours :)

 

merry countdown...

...there were so much fun to be had in the days leading up to Christmas!!

We all headed north to cheer Steve on in the Sacramento Marathon

Time to put up the kids' tree!

Davis & Mom's special night out to see a magic show

Sydney has the busiest social life of us all with preschool parties filling up her weekends!

A little Christmas shopping with my sweet Hads

And finally!  After all of our time in California our first lemons!!

Sydney loses her first tooth

Megan & Mom's annual day at the Nutcracker followed by a night in SF with friends

Sydney is a star!!   

                                        

Thanksgiving Wrap Up

We took the crew & headed to the Midwest to visit the Burgy clan for Thanksgiving.  We changed up our trip a bit by adding a stop in Nashville to hang with the Schoch cousins. 

So much to be thankful for!!

 

 

Loveless Café biscuits.  Yum!

A festive tour of the Belle Meade Plantation

A chilly night at the Vanderbilt game

Our first Goo Goo Cluster.  Yum again!

 Little travelers...they are getting so good!

A little Starbucks selfie with my girls

Circus Time!

 Gingerbread House Fun

 A bunch of turkeys at the Turkey Trot :)

Megs

I know you probably came here looking for Thanksgiving photos...and those are still to come.  But in the meantime, here's a video of Megan playing a song she wrote & composed for her recital.   Lovin' it :)

Sweet Sydney Rae

The sweetest little gal we know just turned 5 :) 

As many of you know, number one on her birthday list is a dog...but sadly she didn't get that wish (I know...we are the worst!). We came as close as we could, though, by throwing a big puppy birthday bash & even borrowing a special guest for the day-our puppy friend Lizzie! 

 

Birthday Bagel

A BIG new stuffed friend named Goldie from the Shrode crew started the day off perfectly!!

Pupcakes :)

 

We heart Lizzie

Look at this face!!  We love this little gal & her BIG personality!!  Luckiest parents EVER!!

Happy Halloween!!

Boo!! 

Love, The Barta Babies :)

 

Halloween Swimming :)

Little pumpkins

One puppy, a zombie soccer player & the return of Mike Wazowski & the awesome candy pouch

Social Media made an appearance as well :) 

beating the boo!

Since Halloween is quickly sneaking up I thought I would try to post all of our pre-holiday fun!

 

Run, family, run!  We all took part in the Run for Education-including our two littlest caped runners :)

 

 Lunch out with two of my favorite gals!

 

A little flipping fun during soccer practice

 

where did September go???

Oh yes....now I remember!!!

 

 

Our visit over Labor Day with our fave So Cal family-the Minniears!!

A little girl time with our buddy Faye

A LOT of girl time when mommy's cousin Heather & her sweet fam came to visit.

(as a side note: our 3rd hot day in SF this summer.  Love it!! Sorry Schoch family for making you overdress!)



Megan's first school dance :)  

 

 Davis's first game at AT&T park 

A pet lizard for Hadley

(she was brave until it started moving!!)

Sydney helping mama decorate cars to promote the Run for Education

 And finally...phew!...a free night when we snuck away & caught a movie. 

If you can't see, those are actually reclining seats at the theater we went to.  Two person love seat recliners.  And the kicker?? They are the same price as regular seats!!

Cheap & fun..our fave :)