Family Pictures

Better late than never, we had these pictures taken this summer with Kent's family. The last time we had a picture taken with his family was when I was pregnant with Kaycee 14 years ago!! So this picture was well overdue.

Halloween fun!

We had perfect weather for Halloween this year, it was great. The kids got so much candy when they got home they organized it into individual types and bars. They made a pile for papaw that they did not want, this included: Almond Joy, Mounds and Snickers. I automatically threw away all salt water taffy and twizzlers.

Kids favorite halloween candy

Kaycee: Twix
Samantha: 3 Musketeer (she has braces and she can eat this with ease)
Mariah: Reeces Peanut Butter Cup
Nathan: Starburst and Skittles

Daily Bread Commercial

Nathan had a really fun opportunity to be on a commercial for Kent's company Daily Bread food storage. http://www.dailybread.com/ When he went in to film the commercial he was a natural, the producer and camera man were laughing and loving all the faces he was making. He only has a 3 second spot so dont' take your eyes away from the commercial for a second!!!

We went to Lagoon 30 times this year, ( I know that is a lot but we would only go for a few hours each time. ) Our favorite time at Lagoon is fall, it is crisp and cool, less crowded and the decorations are really fun.

Kent and I were invited to a fundraiser for the University of Utah at La Caille restaurant in Salt Lake. They took pictures of each couple at the beginning, haven't our picture taken since our cruise.

We hiked to the waterfall in Adam's canyon, it was a long hike and took a few hours. A few parts were tricky but we made it all the way to the end. Nathan fell once and bloodied up his knee but other than that we were accident free.

At Kent's sister's house in Eden, Utah. Had a mini vacation their this summer. We stayed in tents in their backyard.

He loved the kayak on Pineview resevoir, he spent most of the day on it.

First Day of School!!

A new haircut for the first day of school! We went to get haircuts and Mariah was insistent to have this particular cut. Her hair was long before so this is huge change. We figured out later she wanted to look like her American Girl Doll Kit.

Can you believe she has never had braces!! She has such a beautiful smile and I can't believe she is in 8th grade. This school year started out much better, she found her classes and did not hide in the bathroom waiting for the bell to ring. lol

My baby is going to kindergarten, I was sad and had tears in my eyes when I hugged him at the classroom door. He was excited and happy, so I felt his joy but when I got home I missed him and could not wait to pick him up. He is my little buddy and I love having him around.

She is now in 6th grade and I love her hair, it is so lush and thick, I like styling it and on Sundays she lets me do a huge bun, which I absolutely love doing.

My little girls are growing up, I remember living in New Jersey when they were 1 yr and 2, not knowing how I was going to get through each day in that tiny apartment. Here we are 11 years later and I wonder where the time went.

Lava Hot Springs

The actually hot springs were very clean and nice, the pools ranged in temperature, with the hottest being 112 degrees.

Fun times camping at Lava's premiere mobile home park and campground. Only 1/4 mile from downtown Lava. Conveniently located 10 yards from highway 30 and 20 yards from very active train tracks. Need an ice cold drink? No problem, take a short stroll through the hay field and your local Sinclair station is straight ahead. A shower, flush toilet, and free parking, we had it made. It was a really fun time, we rented tubes and went tubing down the river it was so fun, it was the highlight of the trip. The next day we went to the Olympic Swimming and Diving complex, which had Olympic Diving Platforms and 2 water slides and 2 speed slides. We stayed all day, Kaycee, Samantha and Kent jumped off the highest platform which was about 33 feet. Mariah told me it was the funnest vacation ever.

Braces and Girls Camp

Kaycee went to girls camp this past week, she loved it and had a much better time than last year. She is wearing the bright YELLOW shirt, her hair is in braids.

She is watching "The Shaggy Dog", the glasses play a movie, they were really cool.

Samantha got her braces on this past week, her mouth is pretty sore so she has been drinking a lot of smoothies.