My Missionary!

So, my little brother, Nate, left on his mission yesterday morning. He is my littlest brother, (also the biggest!) He is such a cutie and I will miss him TONS, but he is very excited to serve a mission. This is something he has been looking forward to his whole life, and also, after watching all his big brothers serve, it makes him even more anxious!!

He will be serving in the Ogden, Utah mission (yes, I'm being totally serious, I saw the call myself). He will FREEZE his little bootie off! It goes north of Ogden, to Idaho and Wyoming. COLD!!
Maddie and Payton and Lexi will miss him SO much! He is their favorite uncle to play with!
Isn't he the cutest guy you've ever seen! He has and will break LOTS of hearts!!

Halloween!!!!

The kids had so much fun Trick-or-treating this year! It was really fun for Lexi too, because she understood that all she had to say was "Twick tweet" and people would give her a handful of candy, then she would say "Sanks" (Thanks) and as she was walking away from the door, she would grab a piece of candy and hold it up and say, "TANDY!!!" as if she just won the world series! This happened at almost every house! It was TOO Cute! After about 6 houses (and 6 handfuls of candy) she was done carrying the pumpkin. It was too heavy! I have the Cutest kids ever!!

My Cute Kiddos! WE had Annakin, Tinkerbell, and Ariel! You can't tell, but they had lots of SPARKLES!!

This was my Mother-in-laws stash of candy that she was going to be giving out for Halloween. Lexi looked like she had died and gone to heaven!! The bowl (more like a bucket) was bigger than she was! It was adorable!

The Pumpkins! The kids had a blast carving the pumpkins (Ok, Lexi had a LOT of help, and didn't really carve anything, she just danced around looking cute and entertaining us). Maddie and Payton loved picking out the patterns and then poking the holes and then using the knives to carve. They did a GREAT job!

Tyler's office wanted everyone to dress up for Halloween, and Tyler wanted to go as a PA (Duh, so boring!) so, instead he chose to go as a surgeon. I still thought that a surgeon was pretty boring, so we borrowed this great fake screw and glued it to Tyler's head. This is the most he has been dressed up in our entire 9 years of marriage!! Thanks, Chad, for letting us borrow the screw. The kids thought it was pretty creepy too!!

Jacob or Edward?

Well, any of you who know me and my GREAT friends, we always have FUN girls parties. We recently had one for Halloween based on the Stephenie Meyers books! All of us have read them (at least once, most of us have read them 2 or more times). Shelley did an AMAZING job of creating the mood. We had dinner, Twilight trivia, and Theories of what the next book might do! We came up with some pretty interesting stuff! Very creative!

Below are some of the pictures of the party!

The Invite!!One of the games was to figure out which character you were from the book!

All of the DELICIOUS food!! We all needed to "feed!" The Menu included:
Lasagna - Grizzly
Bread Sticks - Newborn Vampire Fangs
CreamCheese Ball - Warewolf Grub
Red Vines - Victoria's Hair
Slush Punch - Blood
Salad and Veggie Plate - Vegetarian Vampire Food
Vampire Cookies
Apples Slices w/carmel

Shelley made these CUTE figurines of Jacob and Edward, of course!

Debbie won the Trivia with 25 questions right! Here she is with our Host, Shelley (By the way, I love the edward shirt! It says; What Addiction?)

Second place for Trivia went to Amanda, and she got this cute vinyl sticker to put wherever she pleases! (If you want one of these, let me know!)

Thanks, Shelley, for a GREAT party! So, the question remains; Jacob or Edward! You choose!

Glasses!

Apparently, Payton got my bad eyesight! He got glasses! Maddie was devastated that she didn't get any (she really wanted the pink with sparkles barbie brand). We think he looks super handsome, and very grown up!! So Cute!

Daddy/Daughter

Back in September, Tyler took Lexi and Maddie to our ward's Daddy/Daughter. They all slept in the back of the suburban because it was pretty chilly at night! Here is some of the fun!

Check out the HAIR!! Yikes!

GUILTY!!

hmm....keep looking!

Now, you might be wondering, "Why all the random photos?" Well, one day I found Lexi with the camera, and these are the photos of an aspiring Photographer! When asked if she had taken pictures, this is what we saw:

Do you think she looked a tad bit guilty? I think the face says it ALL!!

We call this her "mug" shot, after she was caught red-handed! Busted!

My brother, Aaron, married a GREAT girl named Rachell Merrill. We are so happy to have her in our family! Above are some of the grandkids before the wedding! Don't they look so cute!
Here are my three kiddos! I told them to strike a cowboy pose! Lexi started showing me her boots instead. Payton is doing a lasso, and Maddie is doing a dance move (of course!)
Here Lexi is giving us her "fake cheesy" smile.
All the original family members, and of course, the beautiful bride!

It was a GREAT party and a fun reception! We had a blast! We are so excited they are married!