Happy Birthday, Sami!

Our niece, Samantha, turns eleven years old today. What a wonderful girl. There are few sweeter than Sami and she's such a great helper. We hope you have a wonderful day and we're excited to get to see you this weekend!

Happy Birthday!

Do We Scare You?

We had some strange little characters at our house Friday night, can you guess who they are?

Truman as Yoda
Ogden as Anakin Skywalker

Anna as Minnie Mouse

Ellie as Dorothy

Getting ready to spook the neighborhood

And, yes, I am one proud mother! Can you believe that organization?

Pumpkin Carving

We carved pumpkins Monday night, and these are the results.

The kids each drew their own designs and we went from there.
Ogden's scaaarrry design.

Anna's- we're not sure what to think of this one.

Ellie designed and carved hers all by herself this year. Can you tell?

Happy Halloween!!

Happy Birthday, Alyssa!

Yesterday was my niece, Alyssa's, birthday, and in all my haste, I never even opened the computer yesterday and neglected to give her a birthday wish. Alyssa is such a sweet girl with an amazing love for animals. She's also one very helpful big sister and babysitter. We hope you had a great day, Alyssa.

Happy Birthday #10!

Caves!

On Saturday we were planning on taking a hike, but Justin got tied up doing some scout stuff, so we didn't have as much time as we planned. We decided since we already had a lunch packed and the kids were all geared up, we'd just go take the hike at the rest stop. We decided to try the new path on the east side this time. It's crazy, but our kids love it there.

Justin and the kids finishing up their lunches.
The kids loved posing for pictures. The girls kept finding a rock to stand next to.

Anna

Ellie

Truman, happy to see we're done!

The girls had so much fun finding little caves to climb in to along the way. We decided that since we had some extra time, we'd take the kids to the elephant hunter's cave just out of Idaho Falls. They had so much fun, Ogden on the other hand, took a while to adjust.

Thumbs up to the elephant hunter's cave.

It was a fun day, and when we were through, we headed to Aunt Lois's for her yummy tacos!! and then played some wii with my cousins Adam, Mitch, and Jaci.

Becky turns the big 3-0!

Happy Birthday to another of Justin's beautiful sisters. Becky and Justin have always been really close and I remember I was so nervous about what Becky thought about me when we were at college because I knew she would be reporting back to the rest of the family. It looks as though she let me pass, barely, I think. Thanks, Becky.

Becky is also so much fun to be around and a great mom to her darling little boys. We hope you have a great day today and we're looking forward to a party tonight!

Happy Birthday, Becky.

Happy Birthday, Sally!

Happy Birthday to one amazing sister!! Sally is so talented and the toughest girl I know, and I'm not talking calves. She practically raised my kids for three months and never complained. We hope you had a great day today, Sally. We've been trying to call but the line has been busy non stop. You are one popular girl.

Happy Birthday, Sally, we love ya!!