Family Pictures

RANDOM PICTURES THIS WEEK

I had a headache so I tried to hide in my room... didn't work out so well. lol.

They love each other!

Leo's Place

Mom I don't need a jacket!

It's a whole 40 degrees outside!!!!! 

FAMILY PICTURES 2015
We took family pictures this weekend. After we were done, we let the kids play in the leaves for a little bit! Best. Day. Ever. lol! It helped that it felt like summer outside! 50 degrees in the middle of November!!!!!! LOVING IT!

From Face Painting to Home Improvements

FACE PAINTING

Last week we went to Kid's Night at Smitty's Pancake House. The kids got their faces painted! Crystal asked for a star, Lily a butterfly, and Jay a spider! I've NEVER seen Jay sit this still before! I think he was more cooperative than the girls! lol! The lady did fantastic! The kids of course had to keep it on for a decent amount of time, which meant sleeping with it on their faces. Oh well, pillowcases wash right!??!

HALLOWEEN CANDY
Seriously. I don't think Santa will need to bring ANY sweets. Oy. We have a huge bowl of sweets from Halloween this year! (They pick 15 ish of their favorites out and the rest is pooled into one bowl for everyone to share. This way I don't have Halloween buckets full of candy lying around for the next 2 months.) The bad thing is that I eat as much as they do out of it! lol! 

LILY AND JAY
These two have grown a lot closer the past few months. With Crystal gone to school, they've had more one on one bonding time. At story time last week Jay went to sit next to her on the rug and gave her the sweetest longest hug but as soon as I pulled my phone out he had moved away. I did still gat a snapshot of his arm around her though! They were also wrestling around and chasing each other one day this past week. Lily says, "Mom! Mom! Take a picture! Take a picture!" I look over and Jay has her pinned to the ground waiting for said picture to be taken. Lol. Not long after he had her pinned again and Lily insisted on another picture. Haha. I was just glad they were getting along. Jay is always pinning her to the ground and laying on her face. She doesn't usually enjoy it very much. Haha.

HOME IMPROVEMENTS
Now that its colder outside, we've been able to give more attention to the house than the yard! Ty finally put the track lighting in the kitchen that I've been wanting since we bought the house 8 years ago! (In his defense we didn't live in the house for 5 of those years. lol). I hated that where ever I worked in the kitchen the light was ALWAYS behind me and it just wasn't bright enough! This fixed all of that! I'm so excited about it! Yay! 
I'm so thankful for a husband who's so handy and willing to try new things even when he's not so sure he knows what he's doing. lol! Now if only I could get him this excited about finishing the basement! ;-) 

RANDOM PICTURES
First I need to add a kid funny that occurred the other day. Ty was helping Lily brush her teeth one night.
Lily: Daddy, your tummy is getting bigger. Like it's starting to stick out a little bit now. Do you know I don't use the word fat anymore?
LOL! It was so funny.
A while back we explained to her that calling people fat isn't a nice thing to say... so naturally she doesn't use that word anymore. Haha. Still needs a little work I guess.

 The girls put a bow in his hair. This boy doesn't have a chance! Haha!

Waiting for tithing settlement. I know they don't look thrilled, but they have never sat so still for so long (like 10 whole minutes!) in the church before. lol. Wish they'd sit this quietly during sacrament meeting as well!

It was really quiet and I couldn't see the dog in any of his usual napping spots, so I was worried he was up to no good (he's a lot like a toddler... silence isn't always a good thing. lol). I found him sleeping halfway under the couch. haha. It looked pretty silly.

Halloween Happenings!

PRESCHOOL PARTY

Our Halloween fun began with our Halloween Preschool Party on Thursday. Jay dressed as a pirate and Lily as Spider-girl! I squeezed into my blue sparkly prom dress from high school. The jacket that went with it was not quite mobile enough for me to teach preschool in, so I wore a white button up shirt over it instead. Not quite as 'fairy godmother-ish' as I wanted, but good enough! We played games and colored pumpkins and decorated bat sugar cookies... then we ate them of course! 

BOO AT THE ZOO

Later that night we went to Boo at the Zoo. It had rained all day so I thought we were going to be miserable, but it actually turned out to be a pleasant evening! And it wasn't as crowded as other years! The kids had so much fun! 

Everything was scaring her.

The red panda was awake!!!! This never happens! Haha.

Oscar Meyer Hot Dog Truck!

 LIBRARY TRICK OR TREAT
Friday morning we went to the library for a short story time and trick or treating throughout the library!

HALLOWEEN PARADE
That afternoon we went to Crystal's school to watch the Halloween Parade! Lily was a little upset she couldn't be IN the parade, but in the end she enjoyed seeing all the costumes! We went into Crystal's classroom after the parade. I wanted to get a picture of Crystal with her teacher. Lily and Jay decided they needed to be in it as well. lol.

After school we had to cross at the crosswalk in front of the school to get to the car. As we were walking across I noticed a very tall and scary looking skeleton standing at the other side. My first thought was, "Great, Crystal is going to make me walk clear around the block before she'll pass that guy on the narrow sidewalk!" But we got across the street and Crystal walked right up to him and he took her hand in his skeleton hand! Lily and Jay shook his skeleton hand as well! After we got passed him and out of the crowd, I decided to turn around and take a picture. He saw me and walked towards us. When he reached us, he just kept coming like he was going to step on us. lol. Crystal went running! It was pretty funny.

Just thought I'd snap a quick picture.

He sees me snapping a picture...

He starts coming after me for snapping pictures! lol!

TRICK OR TREATING AT THE BANK
We went to see Daddy at work right after school. The kids were spoiled by everyone there with more candy! And it was the good stuff! ;-) It's not even Halloween yet and their buckets are half full already! Haha!

HOCUS POCUS

Later that night we all cuddled on the couch with popcorn and introduced the kids to Hocus Pocus! I was worried they'd be too scared... and I think they were at first. Haha. Crystal and Lily slept in the same bed that night! But they've watched it 10 times since then so I think it was a hit! I'm glad the kids can join me in this yearly tradition now! 

HALLOWEEN
We took the kids to our ward trunk or treat to start off our Halloween Day adventure (actually we had breakfast in Rexburg with friends to really start it off but I forgot to take pictures. lol)! My brother and sister in law brought their kids to the trunk or treat as well so they were able to walk around together! Love cousins!!! After that we decided to go trick or treating to a few houses ... just for experiences sake. Haha. The kids really love it ... though we need to work on their manners a little. lol. We then headed to Grandma Gordon's house for a Halloween Feast and a Scooby-Doo movie! We ended the night with one last trick or treat at Grandma Leslie's house (I can't believe I didn't get a picture! Gah!).
Ty and I were so exhausted, I genuinely think we were asleep before the kids that night. Haha. We got them in their beds and went to bed ourselves at like 9:30 ... which was bad since it was really 8:30 because of daylight savings time ending. Oy!

Papa the Pirate!

SUNDAY SHENANIGANS

Papa started wrestling with the kids Sunday night. Boy, I'm glad he had the energy to wear them out before bedtime. I sure didn't! Haha!