cookies

pumpkin chocolate chip cookies to be exact, perfect for a Sunday evening With Aunt Milla

Family Pictures

OUr photographer did it again, she took so many good pictures that it was tough to pick favorites

Colin, I could kiss that face all day

 Kyle, still with shorter hair than usual, I want to squish him

 Adam, four-year-old handsome dude

 I love my family

 especially my Husband

another shot, see how it is tough to choose?

 All the boys

 Mom and her kiddos 

 awe, so sweet... but something is missing

that's more like it!

Thanks Chelle for such a great plethora of pictures!

Halloween, Party time

It makes a beg difference when your kids understand and get excited for all aspects of Halloween

 Kyle and mom tore up the dance floor at Dads Work Party

 Superman Adam, Monkey Colin and Pirate Kyle

It was very difficult to get them all seated and looking at the camera, they were super excited

 kyle was great at saying thank you, Adam too

 A cool family in our ward had an amazing corn maze in their yard. the boys loved it!

all in all the boys had way to much candy and so much fun. Adam was on a sugar high and "flew" from house to house. Kyle came up to me when we got home and said "I tired, ni night time" and he said goodnight to dad and put himself to bed. Colin went to bed the earliest at around 6:30. Im already looking forward to Halloween next year.

Trunk or Treat

this year, as part of the ward party, we had a trunk or treat. it was a great trial run for Trick or treating

 Kyle and Adam both got cakes from the cake walk

 Colin Monkey slept

Painting Pumpkins

Instead of carving pumpkins, this year we painted! the boys had a lot of fun and we had so many pumpkins to paint we didn't get to them all. some of our favorites are the Dalek, spider, wolf, and weeping angel. The boys love the beach ball. Face paint makes great pumpkin paint.

 Colin had fun trying to grab pumpkins that  were close by

 dads wolf... he knows I am afraid of wolves and thinks it is funny. Wolves are his favorite animal

 pumpkin pumkin

 Kyles pumpkin was mostly brown.

Adam used all the colors

Uncle Jared!

Uncle Jared came home from his mission for medical reasons and will be going back out but in the mean time Mom and Aunt Milla took the boys to California to see him! We were sad that Dad couldn't get off work but we had a great time there.  Jared met Colin for the first time, we went to Emma's cross country race and we played a lot of games.  Though it was a quick trip, it was great to see Jared again.

Adam went with Jared every where. they even played mine craft together

The Boys had fun with the photo booth app on my iPad 

And while we were gone, dad went shooting

Alpine loop

We were actually really busy this Saturday, but the timing was just perfect and we needed a break. So we took a drive. It's important to remember how blessed we are to live so close to such beauty. And to experience it first hand. The boys enjoyed the ride (and the doughnuts) and mom was in Autumn heaven.

 Dad was the navigator extraordinaire 

 Colin was asleep in his car seat most of the time.

lil eater

Colin has been doing great with solid foods and has recently started on finger foods

 I could just eat him up!

sleepy dump truck

resting on his pile of pillows