Happy Day! We did get to see Santa this year! I hope I never forget Jared's face when Santa walked into view. He just lit up! Jack, on the other hand, wanted nothing to do with him! I love the picture with Jared reaching for the candy canes. He's actually trying to get one for Jack so he'll stop crying. Sweet big brother.

We saw Santa at Fry's, they also had some free games and coloring for the kids. Jared won these glasses:

I was hoping for Judge Judy, oh well...

So yesterday we took the very final step in our adoption process. We had to appear in front of a judge for the re-adoption process. He's always been a United States citizen, only now he'll have a United States birth certificate. His name is now, legally, "Jared Magno McBride" instead of "Magno McBride." And we can apply now for a Social Security card. Yippee! No more paperwork, no more hoops to jump through, and hopefully, no more money due!

We love you Jared! Our family would not be complete without you.

Phoenix Zoo

A few weeks ago a group of Moms from my ward went to the zoo together. My good friend is an aspiring photagrapher and she took pics of our kids. Here are my favorites:
Jared and his friend Joc:

Jack loved petting the goats. He couldn't believe his eyes. Whenever he gets excited he looks like he's going to explode! Too bad he wasn't equally excited to have his picture taken.

Here are the "big" kids of our group. The "even bigger" kids were in school.

Love that smile!

Our new bathroom

Thanksgiving weekend Scott re-tiled our bathroom. I'm really happy with how great a job he did. He really is multi-talented! Now I just need to go shopping for new accessories!

Birthday present

For my birthday, Bradley gave me this 500 piece puzzle. It was really hard! Took me about a week, but I got her done.

In their Sunday best

Thanksgiving

We had a fabulous Thanksgiving. We spent the day at Scott's Grandparent's house in Gold Canyon. I only say Jared and Bradley a couple of times all day! The rest of their time was outside playing with their cousins. They went on a hike, played football and tag. It was a great day with lots of yummy food! It might be because my birthday is always near Thanksgiving, but I love turkey and pumpkin pie!

Here are some pics I took of the boys outside Grandmother's house. Will someone please teach Jared how to smile?