The First Snow Day

My boys woke up this morning, super excited that snow was falling from the sky! They managed to wait until Peter got home from school to go out and play in it! They had so much fun! I could hear them giggling and laughing and it made my heart happy and warm. There is nothing like your child laughing to warm your heart!

 Peter of course had to eat it! What fun would snow be without eating it?

 Andrew preparing to attack Peter!

 The fight is on! Andrew made these huge balls of snow while Peter made little tiny ones. I think Andrew had the right idea!

 Some running in the snow! Making boot prints!

 More eating of the snow! I, like Andrew, prefer to eat it right out of the sky!

Peter prefers to scoop it up and eat it!

After about twenty minutes of playing it was time for some hot cocoa and a movie! Maybe winter won't be so bad this year! It being the first time in two years that I'm not sick with morning sickness has me more excited for the winter and all its possibilities! But then again, I hate snowy roads! You win some, you lose some!

All Hallow's Eve

This Halloween seemed to go on forever! Between school parties, office parties, a carnival, a ward party, and family parties I was exchuasted! As were my kids! The fun started two weeks before the grand event. We had some of my family over to celebrate my sister's birthday and decided to pull out the costume box.  The above shot is of my sister, Rachal trying on one of the wigs. The one below is of my brother also with a curly hair wig!

 Then it was time to crave pumpkins! It was quite a feat to crave six pumpkins but we did it! This is a picture of Julia with the boys craved pumpkins. Anth and I finished ours when the boys went downstairs to watch the great Halloween classic, "Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin." Fitting,  I know!

The night finally arrived! We had a flower....

Isn't she cute?

I can't believe how fast she is growing! She is almost four months old! She loves to smile and will at anyone that calls her pretty or cute! (Vanity starts early, I guess!) But when its time to pull out the camera.... I can't get this girl to smile for the world! She is way too interested in the big black thing Mom is pointing at her.

Grandpa was finally able to get her to smile! I love how she smiles with her whole face! Her eyes light up and you can tell that her soul is shining through as well! 

and then a clown stepped into the picture!  Peter had a large rainbow wig put chose not to wear it for trick or treating because it was scratchy!

Matthew was a dragon ( a costume I got at a garage sale for 3 bucks) but he didn't get to go trick or treating because of cold and also because he developed the natsy habit of gagging himself and threw up all over it in the car after the school carnival! ( We later found out he had a double ear infection. Who knew it could cause kids to gag themselves in order to relieve the pressure and pain. )

A scary pumpkin also decided to join us in our hunt for sugar! Andrew decided last November that he was going to a scary pumpkin and often reminded me about through the year! I'm glad that he thought this pumpkin was scary enough!

My sister decided to join in the fun of trick or treating and put on this wig and glasses for the adventure! 

Overall it was a great Halloween! Anyone want some candy?

Conference Weekend

Conference weekend was awesome! I love conference! I feel renewed and able to continue with the tasks that I have been given. It helps that I got to spend two days with my family and get in some photo time!

Here are some of the highlights!

Playing in the leaves!

 Peter liked doing somersaults into them!

 This is him posing in the leaves for me! We have a lot of trees in our backyard but because of the way that the wind blows, all our neighbors get our leaves. My boys loved being able to actual jump in a pile. Well...that is all but Matthew!

 I think that this is my favorite! It says it all!  "What does my mom think that she is doing?"


Next was getting to ride on the four wheeler with Grandma or whoever else might be willingly to drive them around!

 Matthew had to get into the action as well! Can you see him sandwitched into between Andrew and my mom?

What would be more appropriate then a leaf fight? Of course Uncle Glen started it! He's always getting everyone in trouble! (J/K Glen! I had to say that! See, Glen was falsely accused of teaching the boys how to throw lite matches! It's the family joke now!)

 Matthew even got into the action!  He loves to throw things and has recently started throwing his food when he doesn't agree with what is being placed in front of him! I blame it on the parade that we went to a month ago. Matthew loved the concept of flying candy!

 Peter thought it would be funny to throw leaves at this mom! He soon learned not to do that!

Our last favorite activity was getting to help make homemade spudnuts! (Doughnuts made out of potato flakes! Only in Idaho right?)

 Here's the boys getting to cut out the doughnuts!

 We (and when I say we... I mean my dad! I tend to stay away from anything that involves grease!) fried them up!

The final product! They were so good and we had dozens of them! We got to bring them home and snack on them and since they had a vegetable in them I didn't feel too bad about eating them constantly!

Overall, it was a great weekend to enjoy family togetherness and to be refueled with words from the prophets!

Go, Glen, Go!!!

My brother, Glen, is doing cross country this year and when we found out that he was running basically next door we decided to take the family and go watch him! 

They ran at a golf course that is near our house. For being the first part of October is was hot and a horrible day to run! This is at the start of the race! This is Glen's senior year and the first time that he has done running.

 While Uncle Glen was running the three mile course, we found ways to entertain ourselves. Matthew made this face over and over! Not quite sure what he means by it!

Anthony even came over to support Glen after he got off work! This is after the boys spotted him!

Julia just hung out in her carseat! She has been an angel of a baby! She is usually so smiley and happy all the time! She has started to giggle and roll over both ways! My baby is growing up way too fast!

 This is near the end of the race. Glen had been hanging back with a couple of his friends but the last 100 yards he put on the gas and took off!  At this point, we started yelling his name and the boys were screaming, "Go, Glen, Go!!" It was a lot of fun and I was glad that my boys were able to go and  support one of their favorite  uncles!

This has to be my favorite picture! He looks like he is running in the air! I think I decided that I like cross country a lot better then football. The night before Anth and I attended a football  game and almost froze! It wasn't that cold but it was cold enough! Cross country lasted about a half hour, while football games can drag on forever! Go cross country!

A Day in the Park

This is our cousin Kaylie. We love to play with her. The other day she came over with our grandma and we got to go for a walk to the park! It was so much fun! We got to play on the toys and later see the ducks! What a great day!

Whew!! One of Matthew's first times going down the slide by himself!! He is such a dare devil! No fear...he is constantly climbing and getting into things that my other boys never even thought of trying!

 Races down the slide! For some reason, Matthew always won!! Peter usually came in last! But he was a good sport about helping his brothers.