Snow

Yesterday we had our first snowfall. The kids were so excited! They were asking to go out and play at 7am. We bundled them up and took them out. They all had a blast playing with the neighbors, eating snow and throwing snow balls.

Kaleb, Jackson, Keaton and Talon...look out!

Kaleby

Luke, Coby and Kaleb...they love riding the teeter-totter, especially in the snow.

Every time I looked out to see what Kaleb was doing, he was laying on his belly licking the snow. He loved it!

Kaleb and Coby

Luke (our neighbor) and Kaleb

Poor Coby, he wanted to throw snowballs like the other kids, but every time he got a handful to throw, it would fall out of his hands before he could throw it at anyone. He sure did love playing in it though.

Kaleb making snowballs.

Talon

Kaleb and Coby riding the teeter-totter.

Coby was so funny. I forget that he was too small to REALLY play in the snow last year. So yesterday was his first REAL experience with it. I had been visiting with some of the other Moms when I found him over by the air conditioner eating snow. He cracks me up!

New Addition

Our niece, Miss Franny G, has finally made her appearance! She was born on Oct. 20th at 5:11am weighing 7 lbs. 9oz. and was 19 1/4 inches long. She is the most precious and perfect thing ever and we haven't even met her. The kids are so excited to have their first cousin. What a sweet little blessing in all of our lives. We love you Miss Franny!

Meet Frances Grace...

Momma Kelly holding her new baby girl.

Cute baby girl.

Kelly, Miss F, Josh and the Doctor.

Such a big girl. Pretty little pink baby.

Isn't she PRECIOUS!!

What To Do With a Wedding Dress

The Moms on our block...well, lets just say we like to have fun and laugh a lot. Tonight, we decided that we would reunite ourselves with our wedding dresses. No one ever puts on their dress and if they do, they don't know what to do in it. Well we know what to do in our dresses...jump on the tramp of course! We were silly and crazy and we laughed until we cried. Thanks for the fun girls!

Liz, Delvonie, Shanae (in my bridesmaid dress from Hailee's wedding. Her wedding dress is in Richfield...she's only about a foot shorter than me) and myself.

Is it just me, or is this pose a little Marilyn Monroe?

Mollie and Liz...isn't she so graceful?

Liz

Mollie, Delvonie, Shanae and Liz

Me and Liz. I think I just did a spin jump.

Mollie, Delvonie, Shanae and Liz. Delvonie looks like a ballerina jumping 20 ft in the air in this picture.

The Toyota jump.

This picture made us all just about pee our pants. Look how small Shanae looks! She's a mini-me! LOL!! We love it!

Liz

Man...we are crazy! Poor Shanae...always a bridesmaid, never a bride. Ha ha...we love you Shanae. :)

Me

Me and Liz

I love this one of Delvonie and Liz.

I think I'm holding my dress down. Ha ha!

Us girls (minus Brittany and Sandra, we'll catch them next time). Liz, Shanae, Stephanie, Delvonie and Me (down in front).

Delvonie, Shanae, Me and Liz

Our Festive Home

I have had so much fun decorating the house this year. I'm sure it's because we have a new house, but it's also because the kids are starting to get really excited about holidays now that they are getting older. We went to the pumpkin patch the other day and when we went, I already had plans in mind for the front of the house. I pulled all of the dead flowers out of my pots and picked pumpkins, that I think are just the right size, to go in them. We got corn stalks from Mom and Dad and picked up a mini bale of straw and some smaller pumpkins for the porch. I love the way the house looks when you pull up...especially at night. It's going to be fun to see how it looks when the pumpkins are carved and lit for Halloween!

The front of our new house. Decorated for Halloween.

The other thing that has been fun is having a plant shelf. I put most of my Halloween decorations up there so the kids couldn't touch them. It's been nice to be able to enjoy them and know that they won't get broken.

General Conference

Cousin Matthew got tickets to General Conference this year and invited Josh and I to go. Of course we accepted and we had a blast. Aunt Hailee watched the boys for us while we enjoyed the afternoon actually listening to everything the speakers had to say. Thanks Matthew for taking us!!

Our tickets.

Mollie, Josh and Matthew in front of the Salt Lake City Temple.

Pumpkin Patch

Last night we went to the pumpkin patch with some of our neighbors. We had such a great time. 21 of us loaded up in 4 cars and took off to find the pumpkins of our dreams. We had a lot of fun and brought home some really great looking ones that will be tons of fun to carve.

Here we are in the pumpkin patch. The kids really enjoyed picking out their own!

Liz and Mollie

Coby...checking out his options.

My boys! Coby, Kaleb and Talon

Talon, Coleby and Chase

Kaleb lovin' it!

Addie, Chase and Talon

Coby, Me and Addie

Josh and Mollie

Chase, Max, Matthew and Addie

So...if any of you know Kaleb, you know that when he has to pee, he drops his drawers and takes care of business. Doesn't matter where he is, he just pees. So, while we were at the pumpkin patch, he did what he does best and marked his territory right there in the middle of the field. I love that kid! He just does his OWN thing.

Kaleb doing his business.

Uncle Matthew was able to come with us also. I think he enjoyed himself. He got a pumpkin too.

Coby sitting on a pumpkin and happy as a clam.

Kaleb with some good looking pumpkins.

Sandra, our neighbor, and her brand new baby. Isn't she a good sport?

Cole and Max

The Youngs. They are our next door neighbors. We are so lucky to live in such a fun neighborhood with really great friends.

Here's the whole group. We had a blast!!

Cole and Josh. What studs!

Me and Liz. It's our turn to take a picture with the hay bale pumpkin.

After we were done picking pumpkins, we went to dinner with the Youngs. We had yummy Tin Plate Pasta, Roy's pizza and for dessert, a quick trip into Pollies for some penny candy (that now costs 2 pennys). Thanks for a good time guys!!

Addie, Cole, Coby, Kaleb Liz, Keaton, Coleby, and Talon