October Happenings

There were a few things that happened in October that I didn't want to forget.

KAVEN......

turned 18 months and starting going to Nursery. He has LOVED it and has been no problem. Maybe it helps that Emery is in there too. We will see how he does when she starts going to Primary in January.

LOVES anything with wheels. He just found his train that he got for his birthday from Tim's parents and wants to cary the engine around with him everywhere while it is running. He also has some toy cars that have probably driven on every square inch of our home that he can reach. He usually has some form of wheels in his hands all day while making car or train noises. He also LOVES books. I wish I could read to him all day and get everything else done at the same time.

is REALLY taking off talking. His favorite things to say right now are, "DOing?" (what are your doing), "uh oh, happened?", "Emie, where are you? Peek-a-boo Emie" He also will say, "Bye, Bye, I love you Daddy." when Tim leaves. The funny thing is he will pause for a second between main words. I am also relieved to say that he does not call me Daddy as much anymore but has replaced it with Dallas. If I am lucky he will even call me Ma Ma. I guess I will take what I can get.

Oh, and I can't forget that he has some pretty cool dance moves. It is actually pretty funny to watch him. Too bad I can not get my videos working.

He is a TOTAL binki and blanket kid. It is a very sad time when ever I have to put his blanket in the washer. He knows where that thing is 24/7. I can not even hide washing it.

EMERY.....
is still ABSOLUTELY LOVING her ballet class. I thought that the fascination would wear off over time but it has not. If anything it has become even more of a highlight for her. I can not believe how much she has learned. I am glad we have found something else that she loves and is good at.
first position

plie

second position

she also thought that it would be neat to cut her own hair, the day after I finished her Goldilocks costume and bought some spendy curlers for her hair. Yeah, that actually happened at the end of September. I ended up trying to hide the cut part by doing her hair certain ways until after Halloween was over, so she could still be Goldilocks. The day after Halloween we evened it out.

Right after she cut her own hair

Before I cut her hair (a month later)

After I cut her hair.


She is still my sweet, strong willed little girl. We sure love her to pieces. There is hardly a dull moment with her around.

Halloween

Halloween was quite nice this year. We did a little trick-or-treating together as a family but decided to spilt up for the rest of it. Tim passed out treats at home while I took the kids around with some of our friends. This was both Emery and Kaven's first official trick-or-treating door to door. We have been trunk-or-treating or sick in previous years for Emery. It was really fun to do the actual thing this year. The kids did so well and I found out that Kaven is like his mother and totally LOVES candy. He could not get enough and was so excited with each piece he could eat. I remember one year I ate so much candy that I made myself sick and threw up. It didn't stop me in future years though. I still LOVE candy to this day. Once we hit all the homes in our ward we came home and watched some fun Halloween shows on T.V. while we finished passing out Candy. It was simple and perfect this year. Now on to Thanksgiving and Christmas. I LOVE this time of year. Happy Holidays Everyone!

Getting Ready to Go (curlers in hair, even though it was raining the whole time and her curls ended up falling out.)

Trick-or-Treat

It is getting TOO heavy!

Checking Out Their Loot!

Getting Ready for Church on the ACTUAL Halloween day. I let Emery wear her costume because I felt it was Church appropriate.

Crazy Fun Week!!!

Family Party (F.H.E.)

Making Haunted Houses out of Cereal boxes. I am not sure if Kaven got more paint on his house or himself. :)

Little Haunts
Going on the hay ride.

Friend Party

I planned a Halloween Party with a good Friend for all the girls and their kids in our ward/ward boundaries. Becky is such a great photographer and offered her talents at this party while we had lunch and visited. The pictures in my header are just a few that she took of my kids. You can check her real professional work out here.

Court Party


Carving a pumpkin for the pumpkin carving competition later that night. Too bad Tim was at school and work because then we might of had a better chance of winning something if he was involved. Still fun nonetheless.

Ward Party
Here is a preview of our costumes this year. Someone took this for us as we came into the party so it is not set up the greatest but you get the idea. If you can not tell we are Goldilocks and the Three Bears this year. The kids had just barely received their booster flu shots, hence the gloomy looks. Or maybe they are just exhausted from such a crazy fun week. :)

Visit from Brady (Tim's Brother)
We always love when family comes to visit. My favorite when Brady comes is hearing Tim and Bradys laughs throughout the house. Sorry no pictures though.

Little Haunts

My kids and I were having a little Picnic in our court when one of my friends started visiting with us. By the end of the Picnic we thought it would be fun to head over to This is the Place Herritage Park for the Little Haunts Festival, as soon as lunch was over. She said she had a Season Pass where we could get in for free with her. Not only that but another one of my friends was visiting with us as well and has a Pass too. So it was a VERY fun sponanious trip with some really great people. What a great way to start the Halloween Season. It was the first time my kids wore their costumes even though I did not have Kaven's finished yet.

Kaven just LOVED petting all the animals in the Corral. A Photographer from the place was even taking pictures of him because he was hugging and being so sweet with all the animals. I didn't get a very good picture of it though

Emery trying to catch the last of the Witch telling halloween stories

We took a ride on the Big trains and this Little Train

The kids had fun trick-or-treating at all the old houses as well. It was fun because we were able to to some different things than last year as well as some of the favorites like trick-or-treating at the old houses, hay rides, and more. Thanks Heather and Sarah, we has lot's of fun!

Sand Dunes

We spent of few days in Delta for Fall Break and on one of the days we went to the Sand Dunes and had a picnic. Here are a few pictures of our fun time.

Kaven just wanted to slide down the hills any way he could. He would start out on his bum then flip on his stomach and even roll over on his back, all while sliding down the hill.
We had to force Emery to slide down on the sled which she ended up loving but needed help back up the hill.
We had fun jumping off the hills while trying to capture the highest point with the Camera.

Tim's cute fun parents even gave it a try.

Cute Kids

We dug in the sand....


played "in" it


walked on it

and even rode the truck around on it.

and that's the end.

A Week of...

family

fun

smiling tomatoes (if you look close it has two eyes, a smile and crazy hair).

cuddling up by the fire


new beginnings (meeting cousin Anna for the first time)


harvesting and bottling (picked tomatoes, raspberries and peaches)

fun times with cousins (these two boys play SO WELL together!)


feeding animals (chickens, dogs, horses and ponies)


Gathering eggs

....just to name a few.
Last week I was able to spend a half a day in Delta and the rest of the week with my sisters family in Annabella while Tim was back in SLC doing the whole school work thing. We had so much fun. It was such a refreshing trip. My sisters family is SO AMAZING! I am just so grateful for the example they are to us. Thanks again Neilsons for having us, teaching us, and playing with us.