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!

Twins

Madison and Mykel both broke their arms in the same spot on the same arm! It was hilarious to see their arms wrapped in bubble wrap playing soccer! They played a great game despite their casts!

The whole team wanted to sign the cast after the game, I think that must be the fun part of getting a cast. The only fun part! Ha,Ha!

Another Broken Bone!

Madi had a game in Salt lake yesterday and this is a picture of her before the game.
This is after... A broken wrist! She had a bad fall during the very first play of the game! She came out and we wrapped her wrist and she rested for 5 minutes and was put back into the game. She played very well even though she was in a lot of pain. We were so proud of her for being so tuff! After the game we took her to the first med. She will go to the orthopedic surgeon on Monday and get a cast. She has a game in Salt Lake on Monday night so we will bubble wrap her cast so she doesn't whack someone with it!

We are keeping track of madi's broken bones, so far in her short 11 years here on earth she has broke, both femurs, foot twice, collar bone, wrist and her arm. We hope this is the end of broken bones.

Twas the night before pictures!

Shelby and Madison decided they wanted poofy hair for their school pictures, so we put little braids all over their heads last night! It was fun spending time with them and we had lots of laughs!
The girls being silly! I said "how are you going to smile for your pictures?" Lets hope they toned down the smile a little. lol

This is how their hair turned out! Pretty cute i think!

Happy Birthday Shelby Jean Marie!

Eight years ago today, The earth stood still as we watched in horror at what terrorist can do in a few moments. I remember that day as if it were yesterday, I think we all do.....

I also remember the 1 year anniversary as if it were yesterday also. I remember waking up at midnight in labor, 3 weeks early and thinking, I can NOT have this baby on 9/11! I didn't want my baby to share a day with all the grief the world shared on this day. As we arrived at the hospital there were many other ladies who felt the same way, we were all crying and carrying on about how we had to wait till the next day! I had an emergency C-section and by 6:00 A.M. I was holding my sweet bundle of joy... SHELBY! For that moment I forgot about the grief and enjoyed this new life i was holding, and suddenly life didn't seem so bad! This was a good thing to happen on the anniversary of the worst terror attack on US soil! This new year brought a new life and joy to so many

Shelby, we love you so much and we are grateful to have your special spirit in our home! You bring joy to us every day and always keep us laughing! You are the bright spot of 9/11, the year after! Happy Birthday baby!

Swiss Day's

This past weekend was Swiss Day's and we had a lot of fun! I went up on Thursday and went to Park City with My Mom, Sister Shelley and friend Jana. We went shopping and to a movie.. We saw Julia & Julie, Very funny movie.

This purse is the first thing I bought at Swiss day's! Isn't it cute?? I love it. It's not the typical purse you would see me carry but, i fell in love with this one!!

I have always wanted to hang the proclamation to the world in my living room, and I found the perfect plaque and it was the right color.

My Mom and sisters and family friend Jana! We always have so much fun together!

I bought this really cute headband for the girls but, thought I'd try it on.. not to bad for someone with short hair.

Jana and Shelley brought these funny teeth to Swiss day's! They got a lot of funny stares!

This is all the junk food we ate over the weekend! I don't think i want to weigh in on Saturday!!

Even though we are camping we cant forget to bring our lap tops!! We had seven in one trailer!!
This is what i call close quarters!

We ate at Cafe Rio twice! We all love that place! I think i am dealing with the aftermath of all the eating out and junk food!

We always bring our chairs, so that we can people watch! It's the highlight of the day! We even saw a guy who looked like Santa!!

Shari eating her GIANT scone! That's one of our favorites too!

Our time went by so fast this year! We are already looking forward to next year and thinking about extending it a few extra days!! Don't know if the husbands will like that but, we do!!