Thanksgiving

This Thanksgiving my Mom, Dad, Brother and his daughter Alayna came to visit. Brynn was SO excited to have her cousin here. I wish I would have taken more pictures. I only have these few that turned out. The girls played dress-up nearly the entire time they were here. They had so much fun together. My brother Greg LOVED playing American Idol on the Wii. I wish I would have gotten a picture of that. He’s such a great singer. (“Hey there Delilah, what’s it like in New York City” , hee hee)

It’s hard being so far away from family, but it’s so much fun when we can all get together.

Alayna dressed up as a bride 

Halloween Costumes

Considering it is New Years Eve, I thought it was about time that I updated my blog from Halloween :) Those of you who have been asking when I’m going to get new pictures up, well today’s the day. Well, maybe not all the pictures since October but I will try my best to get them all uploaded before next week. So, here’s the kiddos dressed up this year, minus Skyler. He decided this year he was too old for trick or treating, although many of his friends apparently aren’t. Brynn was a fairy, Nick was a punk rocker and Sam was a WSU football fan.

 

Disney on Ice!

The morning of Halloween we took Sam and Brynn to see Disney on Ice at the Toyota Center. It was so much fun! Definitely worth the money. They both really enjoyed it. I was kind of worried if Sam would like it or not, but it was great. They had several characters from Disney movies performing. Like Lion King, Little Mermaid, Cars, Tinkerbell, and of course Minnie, Mickey, Donald and Goofy. It was like being at Disneyland! It was a great start to our Halloween.

 

 

Skydiving Grandpa!

I can’t believe it but my 85 year young Grandpa went skydiving this past month. He has way more guts than me! They had it videoed. Check it out! (you’ll have to scroll down to the bottom of the page and pause my music so you can hear the video)

Soccer Season

Nick is playing soccer this fall and had a game this afternoon. I don’t mean to brag, but Nick is so good at soccer. Actually, he’s just really good at all sports. No joke, he just is. It’s so much fun to watch him play. I got a few good shots of him today. It’s so funny to look at these kids facial expressions!

(this was the first goal of the game and that would be Nick on top of the kid that scored)

 

This is Nick plowing over a kid from the other team (check out their expressions!)

This is after Nick plowed the kid over (the other team was awarded a penalty kick for that one, nice Nick)

   

During Nick’s game, while I was taking pictures,  Danny turned to me and said, “I just got crapped on!” Check out his arm. (ha,ha,ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Big Reveal!

After a year and a couple months, Skyler got his braces off today! Yippee! No more brace face, metal mouth. He can finally go back to eating all those terrible chewy things he was missing. Here he is with bare teeth!

Looking through old pictures

Brynn and Sam both need pictures to bring to school this coming week, so while looking through my entire chest full of pictures, I came across this one of my boys when we were sealed in the temple. Isn’t it just darling? They were so stinking cute! Not that they aren’t anymore, they’ve just grown so much :( (The picture is not as clear as I’d like, but I had to scan it with my printer)