Lily's 6th Birthday

Lily had a friends My Little Pony themed birthday party the day before her birthday (dance interfered with doing it on her birthday). Rainbow Dash is her favorite pony so we went with a rainbow/pony theme. I made a rainbow/pony cake and had rainbow decorations. (She has too many friends...haha... and it was going to be rainy so I made her cut it down to just a few of them. I felt bad but since most of her friends are siblings they came in twos so we had to narrow it down to 5 or 6 invites. I think they all had a good time but I wish she could have invited everyone she wanted. Hazards of having a fall birthday and not a house big enough. Oy!) 

We played "pin the cutie on the pony," decorated unicorn horns and each child got a rainbow pony tail! After blowing out candles and eating our rainbow treats, Lily opened presents. Then we ate pink popcorn while watch a birthday party My Little Pony Episode. Later that night we had a family get together to eat that rainbow cake and have ice cream! Lily loved loved loved all the attention. Haha. She was pretty spoiled as well with new clothes and toys. 

On her birthday, we still tried to make it a special day for her. We saved our present to her for that night so she would have something to open. When her dad got home we went out to her place of choice! Which ended up being Perkins because Tuesdays are face painting nights!!! Haha. When we got home she opened her Pony Surprise. I have to admit I bought this for myself. lol. I had a Puppy Surprise as a child and it was one of my favorite toys. When I saw the different kinds in the store I really really wanted one. Haha. So I bought one for her! And guess what?!?!?!? She loved it! And guess what else?!?!?!?!? She got 5 ponies! 5!!!!! Lucky little girl. I only had 3 in mine when I was a kid. Haha. It's been a week and she's still in love with it so I guess we did well. 

Before I get to the pictures I just want to say I love this little girl with all my heart. She is feisty and frustrating and is going to cause her mother many sleepless nights in the future I'm sure, but she is also my most cuddly child. She is always the first to compliment everyone! Even strangers! She will tell our waitress how pretty she is, the person in the store how much she loves her eyes, and anyone else she sees. If there is a complement to be had, she shares it!!!! I love and envy her fearlessness though I'm afraid it's going to get her in trouble one of these days. Good news is we made it one more year with no more broken bones!!! Wahoo!!!!

Savings Account and Pampering

SAVINGS ACCOUNT

This girl opened a Savings Account at the bank this week. Her Great Grandparents gave her a whole $100 when she was baptized, and we thought it would be safer in the bank! ;-) 

NAILS

Crystal also got a nail painting kit for her birthday/baptism. I helped the girls paint and put jewels on their fingernails and toenails. Jay of course wanted some action too. I tried talking him out of it to no avail. Haha. He even had a jewel on a nail too... for a few minutes anyway.

Crystal's Baptism

CRYSTAL'S BAPTISM

The night before her baptism, Grandma and Papa came over with G. Grandma and G Grandpa Cook to give Crystal a gift. Grandma and Papa got her pearl earrings, a bracelet, and necklace. She wore the bracelet and pearl earrings (first time switching out her earrings) at her baptism. They also got her a book called The Sacrament. She read it all by herself that night. She loves it! G. Grandma and G. Grandpa Cook gave her a lighthouse necklace reminding her to stand up for what's right even when it's hard. 
Crystal was baptized on October 8th, 2016. She thinks it's so cool that she was baptized at age 8 on October 8th. Haha. She had a pretty wonderful day and I'm so proud of the sweet, kind, loving girl she's becoming and for her decision to get baptized and receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Crystal was so good to make sure she personally said hello to everyone who came to her baptism. I was so proud of her for thinking of others on this special day! We celebrated at Chuck-A-Rama with all our family and friends afterwards.

PS. The sun really did a number on the pictures we took afterwards. Oy. 

GORDON FAMILY PICTURES
The afternoon after Crystal's baptism, we had family pictures. Everyone was in town so we got them done while we had them all! After pictures Ty and I took the kids on a little hike to the river... in their dress clothes. haha. I thought it was kinda funny... and totally adorable!

ANNA AND ELSA

I made the girls fleece Frozen cloaks to go with their Halloween costumes. I think they turned out pretty good!

The zoo, conference and lots of Reed's Dairy

FAMILY NIGHT TREAT

Lily and Crystal had free Reed's Dairy Ice Cream coupons for their birthdays, so we went to Reed's Dairy for family night Monday!! We all love ice cream! 

OCTOBER
The kids and I put together some fun little foam pumpkins to help us decorate for Halloween! I still haven't managed to get the rest of the decorations out but maybe before the month is over ;-) 

REED'S DAIRY FIELD TRIP
Two trips to Reed's Dairy in one week!!! We had our first preschool field trip this week!!! We went to see some farm animals at Reed's Dairy and also went inside for some ice cream!! YUM!
While looking at the animals in the petting area, Jay came around a corner holding a chicken!!! Haha. This chicken was a lot more docile than our chickens at home, and Jay liked it! lol. Lily got to come with us and she was in seventh heaven! She absolutely LOVES animals!

LAST DAY AT THE ZOO

We didn't spend nearly enough time at the zoo this summer. We were running around so much that I feel like we didn't have as much time for our weekly zoo trips! The zoo was closing for the season so we decided to go one last time! We saw the white peacock right by the entrance. We actually saw 3 peacocks today. I think its the kids favorite part! Haha. We played in the children's zoo for a while. And a goat in the petting area bit Crystal while trying to eat her shirt. The goat Lily was petting was headbutted by a goat 3 times its size and Lily was VERY concerned for it. Haha. I've never seen so much violence in the goat area before. That's about when we decided it was time to leave! 

CONFERENCE WEEKEND
We had breakfast and watched conference with my family this morning. As we are getting breakfast ready my brother says, "Uh Laura your son found something..." I look out the french door window and see Jay standing there with the BIGGEST grin on his face and holding a cat!!! Haha. Just standing there! Haha. I'm glad it was at least a nice and well groomed cat. Haha. Needless to say watching conference with 6 kids is not an easy task. But considering what we were up against, I think things went pretty well! For afternoon session we went to Ty's parents. The kids played conference bingo. Jay managed to get a black out in the first 30 seconds of the first talk. Haha. Then he was free to eat the game pieces. Haha.