Happy Halloween!

Oh how we love the Halloween parade at the school! The kids looked forward to this all month. When I first arrived at the school there were kids running around everywhere getting costumes on, make up done and teachers trying to keep the boys and girls separated while dressing! Crazy I tell ya! Got a snap shot of Madi, Katie and Zack! I was able to help Madison's class with the party after the parade, that was fun!

Dakota, as you can see was a football player! His grandpa John always said he was as solid as a rock and would make the best football player around! I agree!! That's my boy:)

Madison ,being in sixth grade was finding it hard to come up with a costume that wasn't childish... I'm not sure what she was, but she did look grown up!

Madi enjoyed walking the halls with Edward scissor hands!! Ok, it was really Zack!

Shelby wanted to be an American Diva!! Very cute:) There was also 3 other diva's that looked identical to Shelby! John kept taking pictures of the wrong Diva.

More Birthday fun!

Jordan so excited to drive us all to the party!

Dakota dressed and ready to go to PIRATE ISLAND

The boy's chowing down on pizza

Grandpa Dan stopped by for some yummy pizza and the birthday festivities

Grandma Alice Joined in on the party fun!

Madison so excited she got what she wanted!! Ipod Nano. This was a true Kodak moment!

Madison enjoying the birthday wishes from the gang at Pirate Island!

This is the biggest Pizza we have ever seen! Jordan and Grandpa said they could eat the whole thing themselves!! Jordan won by eating 5 slices!

Dakota, Shelby and Madison enjoying the food and the pirate ambiance!

Happy Birthday Madi girl!! Love you:) Grandpa John is smiling down on you!

Happy Birthday Madison!

Happy Birthday to our Beautiful Madison Michele! We can't believe you are 12 today!! Where has the time gone? It's hard to believe you were once so small! I remember setting the date for you to arrive to our little family! We wanted your Aunt Karen to see you before she left on her mission, so we scheduled your arrival on October 21st at 8:00 A.M. You came to us with a full head of black hair and looked like you were of Navajo decent. I thought for sure you had been switched at birth! You were the cutest baby I had ever seen!! Now look at you! You are 12 and more beautiful then ever!You're not only Beautiful, you have a great personality. Always making people laugh, with your funny faces and funny sayings!!

You have so much fun with your friends! They love you Madi!

You are always doing something wild and crazy, and that's what we love about you!! Thanks for the past 12 years! You have brought us much joy and we love you so much! Happy Birthday Sweetie!

lagoon

Saturday we had the opportunity to spend the day at lagoon. It was very overcast and cold!
We decided to split up into groups of two to make for less confusion as to what rides to go on. Jordan and Madison took off in one direction and John and Dakota in another. Shelby and I decided to ride the tram across to the other side of the park. Ok, so me and heights don't really go well together and, I also found out Shelby doesn't do well either. We both freaked out on our very first ride!! Shelby was more into the spinning rides after that, not so good for me though. During the fall season lagoon adds a little extra events that go along with Halloween! They had a haunted house, Monster shows and people dressed in costumes greeting the guests. They even had a hypnotist there.

We caught up with Madi and Jordan for a while and we all went on the roller coaster and the bat ride together. By late afternoon we were freezing and met up at the Arby's for hot chocolate and a little heat being indoors.

Shelby on the mini roller coaster, She had so much fun! Her favorite ride was the tidal wave. We must have went on that like 10 times!

Just me being silly:)

The darker it got the cooler it got! Shelby and i went to the car to warm up and found Dakota and john there doing the same.. Dakota had gotten wet and was freezing!

The kids are already looking forward to next year.

Conference and the Alpine Loop

This weekend we had the opportunity to hear from the prophet, apostles and Church leaders! Saturday morning session i spent watching it in our hotel room in park city with Shari, Cindy and Alicia. It was nice to be with kind loving friends while listening to the wonderful talks given.

The afternoon session i watched with my family and it was just as amazing. Sunday we made sure everyone was up dressed and ready for 2 wonderful sessions that we would watch together. President Monson's talk was a good one for me to hear! " Have I done any good in the world today?" I want that to be my new motto. If you look up and down your street you can see so many people that are in need of a helping hand, a shoulder to cry on, a meal to be brought in, children to care for. There are plenty of opportunities for us to provide service to others! We need to do more giving and less taking. Elder Holland gave an amazing Testimony of the truth fullness of the book of Mormon. Very powerful talk. Elder Scott talked about listening to the whispering of the spirit and how the trash of modern day life can guide the spirit away. It was an amazing 2 days of joy as we sat as a family and listened to the words of our leaders!

During the break we took a drive around the Alpine Loop, It was raining as we started up the road to sundance. Jordan asked if he could drive, he needs 20 hours on the road so he can take his drivers test. As we started up the winding road past sundance, the weather was changing from rain to sleet and hail. Jordan was determined to drive clear to American Fork. I was about to have a heart attack at every switch back!!! When it started to snow i asked if he wanted me to take over and he said" Mom, I am driving very slowly and i think I can make it" I have to say he did a great job even though the weather was difficult. We arrived safely at home 5 minutes before the second session.

We had a great weekend together as a family and we are ready for another great week!